#NoLonger3/5

MA prisoners and organizers fighting for felony voting rights restoration via a ballot campaign!

[#NoLonger3/5 @MassPowerVote]

https://t.co/DeSZ8RyAXa

[Prison Policy Initiative @PrisonPolicy]

While an exorbitant number of formerly incarcerated people are homeless, nearly three times as many are housing insecure. The stigma of criminalization perpetuates a dangerous exclusion of vulnerable people from the housing market.

[Families for Justice as Healing @justicehealing]

Our Holiday Canteen Drive is in full effect!

Let's keep giving...

Help women incarcerated in the DOC get through the holiday season!

Love and local solidarity!

https://t.co/RN6yUOSvm1

#FreeHer
#ReimaginingCommunities

[CourtWatchMA @CourtWatchMA]

#NoCostCalls will be rolled out THIS FRIDAY (December 1)! #KeepFamiliesConnected

Securus has posted a set of Frequently Asked Questions & Answers online, with information about getting refunds on prepaid calling and other concerns:
https://t.co/PLCjVzndLR

[Jasmin Borges @JasminBorges6]

Come join the conversation tomorrow at 3:30pm via zoom

[Jewish Voice for Peace - Boston @JVPBoston]

Palestine events in Massachusetts this week!

Graphic by @toqaassaf on Instagram

[#NoLonger3/5 @MassPowerVote]

The National Prison Debate League is sending a co-ed team of formerly incarcerated students from 3 different states to D.C. to engage in a policy debate on voting rights. Tune into the livestream tomorrow at 2pm and show them some love! https://t.co/yiNL2w0qQL

[Sarah Betancourt @sweetadelinevt]

The other interesting thing- is that this law also makes MA the first to allow free phone calls in county jails. Email communication and video calls will also be free.

https://t.co/32J47Kh7ic @GBHNews @NPR #mapoli

[CourtWatchMA @CourtWatchMA]

The #MALeg came so far in a year—passing the reenacted bill for #NoCostCalls with a commitment in the bill title to keep calls *unlimited* on Dec. 1, just as they are now! HUGE victory for impacted leaders & organizers + important commitment by #mapoli #KeepFamiliesConnected

[#NoLonger3/5 @MassPowerVote]

FINALLY!! No Cost Calls is officially signed into law🎉

[andreaFreeHerjames @andreacjames]

Thank you @maura_healey
Signed into law
"No one should be denied the opportunity to maintain communication with their loved ones simply because of cost. I'm proud to sign into law unlimited, free phone calls for individuals in county and state prisons” -Governor Maura T. Healey

[CourtWatchMA @CourtWatchMA]

This is a huge deal. #mapoli #bospoli

"[I]n 28% of stops—more than 1 in 4—involving male drivers with Hispanic last names, police identified the driver as white on their citations. ... likely ... obscur[ing] state and local data used to monitor racial profiling."

Read this 🧵:

[Jean Trounstine⚖️ @spoutible & @bluesky @JusticeWithJean]

"State’s highest court holds the fate of 108 people in its hands" It changed the law on felony murder in 2017 but left them to die behind bars. 82 percent are people of color — 59 percent Black.
https://t.co/2dMwLW02SC via @BostonGlobe

[John Roman @JohnKRoman]

This will get no traction because it's not salacious. But, the Council on Criminal Justice finds no change in shoplifting nationally between 2019 and 2023. The organized smash-and-grabs your cable TV station can't stop talking about are rare events. https://t.co/fs7w70KjTl...

[Prison Policy Initiative @PrisonPolicy]

NEW:
If you're on parole, you can be sent back to prison for hanging out w/ the wrong people - in 18 states, anyone with a felony record - even if those people are trying to help you succeed. Our friend @KevinPyle2 illustrates our new briefing:
https://t.co/UYokVVJSPM

[Keri Blakinger @keribla]

A Senate proposal introduced last week would send THOUSANDS of people released under CARES Act back to federal prison - in some cases years after they were released.

It's wild to me that this isn't getting more coverage. https://t.co/hUWGzmHb7v

[#NoLonger3/5 @MassPowerVote]

It's Election Day! Get out to vote, and if you see one of our volunteers outside the polling location, sign our petition to restore voting rights to people serving a felony sentence. We have volunteers at locations throughout the state so let's get this done!

[Legal Defense Fund @NAACP_LDF]

Most jailed people have the right to vote – but few can.

Legally innocent individuals awaiting a trial never lose the right to vote, and yet they are overwhelmingly denied the ability to cast a ballot. https://t.co/9ZgXYQe5n8

[#NoLonger3/5 @MassPowerVote]

We have a volunteer training starting at 7pm tonight if you want to help collect signatures to restore voting rights to people serving a felony sentence https://t.co/Kdq0JzHgBA

[#NoLonger3/5 @MassPowerVote]

Would be great to add nearly 6,000 more people to this number by restoring voting rights to MA residents currently serving a felony sentence!

[The Sentencing Project @SentencingProj]

Over 2 million Americans have regained the right to vote since 1997.

Since 1997, 26 states and the District of Columbia have expanded voting rights to people living with felony convictions or amended policies to guarantee ballot access. https://t.co/AggAEUjhWP

[#NoLonger3/5 @MassPowerVote]

It's crunch time to collect signatures for Election Day. Want to helps us reach our goal?? Then sign up on our volunteer form and a coalition member will get back to you! We want to get as many volunteers at the polls as possible so join us https://t.co/CzrP1fltdT