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Michigan: The Good Time Bill myth
If Michigan state legislators really want to pass a bill that effectively reduces the current population inside jam-packed state prisons (TIS), they should introduce a bill, or bills, that simply repeals disciplinary time, as enacted back in 1998.
One year later, National Prison Strike demands manifest in presidential proposal
Every one of the [National Prison Strike] demands is addressed in Bernie Sanders’ criminal justice reform plan.
Change maker Amani Sawari taking Amend the 13th Petition to the...
Re-empowering the disenfranchised with their Right2Vote provides us with a ‘voice’ and an opportunity to take part in a democracy which has failed us for decades.
Allowing prisoners to vote would reform America’s outdated prison policies
Felony disenfranchisement is a symptom left behind from Jim Crow. The rights of formerly enslaved Africans were tweaked, trimmed and stripped throughout the Jim Crow era.