Advocacy Letters to Legislators WhyWrite Legislators care about re-election and about passing bills Letters provide a written record of constituents’ concerns and positions and communicate a seriousinterest in an issueRemind them that they work for...
read moreThe harm of solitary confinement -Stanford Study
The study tells us what we have long known - the harm of solitary confinement is far beyond punishment and far deeper than revenge. CCR_StanfordLab-SHUReport
read moreUnjust Racial Disparities – Still.
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read moreThe New Dynamics of Mass Incarceration
Prison reform is more than just reducing the number of people in prison. It has to start from the ground up. the-new-dynamics-of-mass-incarceration-report
read moreUnjust Disparities – Vera Institute Study
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read morePeople in Prison – Vera Institute Study
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read moreTucson Outlaws for-profit Prisons
Tucson Draws the Line on Prison Privatization Saturday, May 19, 2018 By Joe Watson, Truthout | Op-Ed (Source: Pixabay) On Tuesday, May 8, Tucson, Arizona, passed a long-overdue resolution banning the privatization of its jails and detention centers. One more...
read moreWhy Are For-Profit US Prisons Subjecting Detainees to Forced Labor?
Inmates stand in the yard at the privately-run Arizona State Prison-Kingman in Golden Valley, Ariz. (photo: Patrick Breen/AP) Why Are For-Profit US Prisons Subjecting Detainees to Forced Labor? By Azadeh Shahshahani, Guardian UK 18 May 18 Private prisons have for...
read moreMore women in prison than ever
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read moreCore Civic (CCA) and Slave Labor
IMMIGRANT DETAINEE ACCUSES ICE CONTRACTOR CORECIVIC OF LOCKING HIM IN SOLITARY OVER $8 Ryan Devereaux, Spencer Woodman April 19 2018, 7:34 a.m. IT WAS LATE March and Arafat Hasan Riad was entering his seventh day in solitary confinement. Speaking over a fuzzy phone...
read moreDeath Row Exonerees – May 4 – The Gathering
Dignity for women in Jail
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