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Compassionate Perspectives on Criminal Justice, Civil Rights, Animal Rights, and Social Change

Hadar Aviram

| A leading voice on criminal justice, courtroom practices, policing, punishment and incarceration. |

Author of:

Yesterday's Monsters
The Legal Promise and Process of Justice
Cheap on Crime

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love: that is the eternal rule.

The Buddha

Good food that is healthy for the body, the soul, movements, community celebrations and the planet.

Hadar Aviram writes about:

Nourishment for Social Justice Activists and Supporters

Compassionate Scholarship

Blog posts, articles, and books on social justice, the criminal justice system, human rights, social justice and animal rights.

Compassionate Practices

Mindfulness meditation, heart practices, and musings of how to be present and awake with what arises.

Compassionate Cooking

Awesome vegan recipes and writings on food, family feasts and food justice.

Recent posts

Worried about Vaccine Mandates Potentially Causing Prison Understaffing? Guess What Actually Causes Prison Understaffing: COVID-19.

January 14, 2022

At first glance, today’s COVID-19 numbers for California prisons appear to be a grim reprise of the two previous outbreak waves: thousands of cases, with major outbreaks in several facilities.

Omicron, Sirhan Parole Denial, Academic/Activist Exhaustion: Four Thoughts

January 14, 2022

Denying parole to aging, infirm people at this moment in time is… maddening. Several journalist friends called me yesterday about Gov. Newsom’s reversal of Sirhan Sirhan’s parole grant. Anyone who

Omicron Is Here, and We’ve Learned Nothing

January 7, 2022

Let’s cut straight to the chase. Today’s CDCR ticker is showing 1,343 new cases and only three prisons with no cases (one of them is San Quentin, which may be

Meaningful Ways to Support Animal Liberation through Criminal Law

December 29, 2021

Happy Return of the Light to all my readers! I hope the lengthening days and multifaith holidays of light are giving you some hope, even in the face of some

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Hadar Aviram 48 mins ago

@SharonDolovich The irony of "we can't mandate staff vaccination because we'll have shortages" is probably lost on pretty much everyone.

Hadar Aviram 2 hours ago

@jdmortenson The Honorable Phryne Fisher! https://t.co/2udll7qXou

Hadar Aviram 2 hours ago

Hey #AcademicTwitter, what's the in-person/online teaching scenario at your university/college?

Hadar Aviram 7 hours ago

@DrKatieRat @bree_bop Winnie Li's #DarkChapter

Hadar Aviram 9 hours ago

We've been reading The Hobbit to Rio every day during quarantine, and watched the 1977 animated movie. Yesterday he whispered, just before falling asleep, "Bilbo Baggins, Bilbo Baggins."