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Alabama Non-Violent Offenders Organization(ANVOO) serves as a vehicle to assist recently released and former non-violent offenders reintegrate back into society

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Help local non-violent offenders receive housing https://t.co/A2kr9gfXxo

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Madison County Confederate monument removal https://t.co/FdBI527XJh

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[Beth Shelburne @bshelburne]

"It's important for me to better myself," she continued. "I can live better in here and if I do get out, I can do better out there." This is the remarkable thing I've discovered about people like Ms. Bendolph. Despite their hopeless sentence, they continue to grow & change. 11/12

[Beth Shelburne @bshelburne]

She is one of close to 500 people cast away in Alabama's violent prisons with a death-in-prison sentence under the habitual offender law. Many, like Ms. Bendolph, committed crimes that involved no physical harm. Let's tell lawmakers to change this. 7/12 https://t.co/83Ub17WDag

[Beth Shelburne @bshelburne]

I recently spoke to Ms. Bendolph, who says her family & God are the 2 things that keep her going. Her daughter Monica shared this photo from a recent visit. Ms. Bendolph's youngest son is behind her. He's now in high school. The 2 other boys are Bendolph's grandbabies. 2/12

[Beth Shelburne @bshelburne]

Valrise Bendolph is one of 7000 women with a life sentence in the United States. Nearly 1/3, like Ms. Bendolph, have no chance of parole. Ms. Bendolph was sent to prison when her youngest child was 3. She's now a grandmother. 80% of incarcerated women are mothers. 1/12

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Rowe: Ivey will push for new prisons leased to state https://t.co/NJ0FxOykaZ

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5,000 Puerto Ricans Still Homeless After 6.4 Magnitude Earthquake https://t.co/1Bh8DJVCgl

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Next U.S. Navy aircraft carrier to be named after African American Pearl Harbor hero https://t.co/oJrvonEgao

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Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘Letter From Birmingham Jail’ https://t.co/bsDmBpXpjr

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Alabama museum dedicated to lynching victims wins tourism award - theGrio https://t.co/LQLFQTQLVw

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Fines, Fees, and Financial Security in the US South – Alabama Appleseed https://t.co/qaIKmpdWnn

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Poverty Grew In One-Third Of U.S. Counties Despite Strong National Economy https://t.co/hvq3zXQDoQ

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Birmingham and UAB Partner to Offer Free Tuition to City Graduates | WBHM 90.3 https://t.co/fboAX5S59A

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No longer ‘voiceless,’ Louisiana felons regain the right to vote https://t.co/r1814QD8xo

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Judge Sentenced To 28 Years For Selling Black Teens To Prisons https://t.co/OqyLF7B2zA