HOLLYWOOD, CA (LA ELEMENTS) 6/6/2024 –“The first thing you notice about Pelican Bay? It’s so quiet. It’s quiet. And then the loneliness man.…
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Shanna Rifkin is an attorney with both litigation and public policy experience dedicated to reforming the criminal legal system, with a particular passion…
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1 in 2 adults in the U.S. has experienced incarceration in their family. Families for Justice Reform FAMM seeks to create a more…
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DUBLIN, Calif. – Dozens of women have shared horrific-sounding bus rides to prisons across the country as the Bureau of Prisons abruptly shut…
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Women incarcerated in Philadelphia live in a decrepit facility where fights break out over access to functioning phones, corrections officers are nowhere to…
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North Carolina is prosecuting Amanda Wallace, Founder of Operation Stop CPS, in response to her organizing to keep families together. While working as…
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Woman Passes Bar Exam on 1st Try More Than a Decade After Being Released from Prison
by adminby adminA New York mom’s story is going viral on social media for her emotional reaction after learning she passed the bar exam on…
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Release Aging People in Prison (RAPP) is a grassroots advocacy campaign created and led by formerly incarcerated people. We work to end the…
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FreeHer Protesters Call on Biden to ‘Bring Moms Home’ from Prisons and Jails – Medill on the Hill
by adminby adminWASHINGTON — “Bring Moms Home for Mother’s Day,” called protesters at the 10th Anniversary FreeHer March and Rally on Wednesday. Organized by The…
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April is Second Chance Month Each April, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs celebrates Second Chance Month to recognize the…