Criminal Justice

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[NationOfSecondChance @nationofchances]

After 22 years in prison, President Obama gave Donel Clark a second chance at life.

This is his thank you letter.

[Elizabeth McGovern 🇺🇦 @ElizabethMcGov]

Greg Abbott: Pardon Black Woman Imprisoned for Voting - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/5FFuVHOhBU via @Change

[When We All Vote @WhenWeAllVote]

The #WhenWeAllVote team is hitting the road!

📆Sept. 22 in Houston: https://t.co/VMklAVFjUI
📆Sept. 25 in Pittsburgh: https://t.co/SLa91SY5Jy
📆Sept. 27 in Detroit: https://t.co/A6QLziWqB6
📆Sept. 28 in LA: https://t.co/aWJ9U15hUm

[Vera Institute of Justice @verainstitute]

Mass incarceration does not work. It has not made us safer.

This new report by @ACLU shows just how staggering the scale of mass incarceration is and provides a 50-state blueprint for reducing the number of people incarcerated in the US by half.

https://t.co/tS8S43AwYx

[Dream.Org Justice Team @DreamJustice]

"This issue can’t take four years off...waiting for the perfect person with the perfect motive, with the perfect time, because people’s lives are being spent behind bars." - @VanJones68

🙏👏 #FirstStepAct #FirstStepFall #cjreform https://t.co/yuZWOVmk0i

[Dream.Org Justice Team @DreamJustice]

Great job by @KevinARing of breaking down key elements of the #FirstStepAct during the @FAMMFoundation Facebook Live Q & A last night.

If you missed it, you can still see it here #cjreform #Facebook https://t.co/StlwEb2b4x

[ACUF for Justice @ACUFforJustice]

"This Woman Was Shackled While Pregnant in Federal Prison. A New Bill Would Make Sure That Never Happens Again"

Read the latest from @cjciaramella and @reason on the fight for Dignity for Incarcerated women. https://t.co/GBrtBD7Z9l

[Change.org @Change]

We're so excited to partnering with @WhenWeAllVote, a new initiative launched by @MichelleObama, @TomHanks, @JanelleMonae and others, to help you get registered to vote.

Register here: https://t.co/hzXsrTaN7R

[Jonathan Perri @_jonperri]

There are 55 million marijuana users in the United States. The odds of finding weed in basically anyone's apartment are pretty, pretty, pretty good.

[Darrell Padgett, M.S. @dpadgett68]

As I’m writing for my book, I have to allow my thoughts to take me back into situations from the 20 years that I spent in prison, and these thoughts are horrifying.

[NationOfSecondChance @nationofchances]

"At sentencing they moved us like cattle and I was the last one. By the time they got to me the judge was tired and wanted to go home so he wouldn’t let my boss speak as my character witness. He didn’t care how long I went to prison for."

https://t.co/005d9mlXa2

[Dream.Org Justice Team @DreamJustice]

‼️32 signatures short of our @changejustice goal‼️

Let's send a resounding msg to the Senate: #CJReform is URGENT. This can't be delayed bc of petty partisan politics. #FirstStepAct will do a lot of good for a lot of people who #CANTWAIT.

SIGN 👇🏽
https://t.co/lLFc3PPlvH

[The Appeal @theappeal]

The Texas prison system has slashed the cost of prisoner calls from an average of 26 cents per minute to 6 cents per minute. "Now there's going to be parents who can afford to call home and maybe help with their kids' homework." https://t.co/RC9Vmno1yI by @keribla

[The Appeal @theappeal]

Today another prisoner died in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, making 12 deaths this month. https://t.co/XrhYCNNufI by @FowlerSarah

[Criminal Justice @changejustice]

Excellent and important piece from @nick_sibilla of @IJ.

[USA TODAY Opinion @usatodayopinion]

From @nick_sibilla: Despite fighting California's largest fires, inmates are denied licenses they need to become firefighters after they get out. #wildfires https://t.co/MKtiN5L3IX

[Institute for Justice @IJ]

The nation’s occupational and business licensing laws have over 27,000 restrictions on ex-offenders, which includes banning people with criminal records from working as barbers or hosting bingo games https://t.co/IJMHp0vODE

[Greyston Bakery & Foundation @GreystonBakery]

Great read from Soraya Ferdman of @mashable on how our #OpenHiring model helps people get jobs based on their ability to work, not their past. #findonejob #openhiringworks

[National Cannabis Industry Association @NCIAorg]

Please sign and share to help us end unfair #marijuana censorship on Facebook! https://t.co/pnnX8oThhp

[NationOfSecondChance @nationofchances]

"I prayed for grace and mercy. For a chance to live life. But it just gets harder as time goes on. The visits from family and friends happen less often. If you’re reading this and you have family in prison, please visit them. Call them. It means so much."

https://t.co/alpcQJPkK1

[Dream.Org Justice Team @DreamJustice]

This whole report shows that the clemency process should be taken out of the jurisdiction of the DoJ – who serve the original sentences in the 1st place. We need an impartial committee outside the DOJ. They shouldn't be policing themselves. #ClemencyNOW

https://t.co/OSBDAlPX2J