Why @FAMMFoundation supports the #FirstStepAct If the right sentencing reform is added to it, the First Step Act could be the best reform bill of my lifetime to come out of Congress.
"Juanita is a mother of 6 & is in prison for a 15-year sentence for drug possession even though in 2016, Oklahoma voted to classify drug possession as a misdemeanor.
Commutation would give Juanita a second chance. #ProjectCommutation"
"Although I have been home from prison for nearly 4 years, the movie brought me right back to the days when I would listen over a prison payphone as my oldest daughter performed a new song she learned on the piano," @KevinARing@TheSentenceDoc@USATODAY https://t.co/R1ofrE7OGr
We’re number one…in global incarceration.
We spend $80,000,000,000.00 per year on incarceration, but more than 50% of people who leave prison return within 5 years. We know there’s a better way – it’s past time to #ReimaginePrison. Join us LIVE on 10/10: https://t.co/80SxOz3zJ5
@KevinARing and @thereelrudyv on the red carpet before the Urbanworld Festival’s screening of the @TheSentenceDoc. This film is so critically important to understanding what happens to families affected by incarceration nationwide!
#BREAKING Texas prison system just voted to drastically slash the cost of inmate phone calls - the new contract will be 6 cents per minute instead of 26 cents.
Hopefully, the Attorney-General will understand that his job is to "faithfully execute the laws" and let the legislators legislate.
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$60M. In ONE yr! That's how much OK saved by passing #CJreform#SQ780 – & that # will climb to $137M in the next 5 yrs.
For a state that holds the title "World's Prison Capital," they're doing a pretty great job working to shed it ASAP. #JusticeReformNOW
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For whatever reason, ending mass incarceration is an issue that progressives and conservatives are actually willing to work together on. Hopefully this great bipartisanship in Missouri can keep spreading nationwide. #bipartisanship#CJReform
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When is the federal government going to do the same? Congress has been talking about it for close to five years, and done little to nothing! It's time for them to act, and they can start with THE FIRST STEP ACT, HR #5682. #cjreform#criminaljusticereform#prisonreform https://t.co/ncsDWbuQqv
BREAKING: Today, the NYC Council passed a piece of legislation that would effectively guarantee free phone calls made by those incarcerated in the city’s jails and is awaiting the mayor's signature—making NYC the first jurisdiction in the country to do so: https://t.co/KruUWChsOp
Our #criminaljustice system often hurts #children and #families said Hannah at last week’s @FAMMFoundation rally, "As a kid, it is very confusing to watch adults fight over politics instead of helping people solve these problems" #FirstStepAct https://t.co/aAhbj5ExAV
NEW REPORT: Fourth release in USSC's series on mandatory minimums examines use and impact of 21 U.S.C. § 851 enhancements for federal drug trafficking offenders with a prior drug conviction. https://t.co/vIVPMLCoxQ https://t.co/SwuUQM63Aa
Instead of spending $523 million on building three new prisons, Texas saved an estimated $3 billion through criminal justice reform. #txlege#cjreform https://t.co/0rzIvBdjJK