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    WRITE A LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR showing your support for criminal justice reform.

    Tell Gov. Quinn to look to what states across the country are doing to reduce their prison populations, control crime and save taxpayer money.

  • Birthing Behind Bars Pledge

    We, the undersigned, support incarcerated women's rights to safe, healthy prenatal care and childbirth.

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    WRITE A LETTER TO YOUR LEGISLATOR

    Show your support for criminal justice reform.

  • Cut Tamms out of the budget

    SEND AN EMAIL TO ALL THE SUPER-TARGET LEGISLATORS!

    Tamms closure hearings were last week!
    Appropriations hearings are this week! 

    Please urge legislators to cut Tamms out of the budget!
    Edit this sample letter and click below to send.

    Your email will be addressed to each member of Appropriations and the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability (CGFA).

  • Support SB2621 and reduce prison overcrowding

    WRITE A LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR showing your support for criminal justice reform.

    Tell Gov. Quinn and the General Assembly to look to what states across the country are doing to reduce their prison populations, control crime and save taxpayer money.

  • Prison Phone Justice

    Imagine having to pay $15 up front for a chance to talk to a loved one whose
    incarcerated for up to 15 minutes. That’s more than it costs to call Ecuador ($.60/
    minutes). Does that sound extreme? It is! Yet, that’s exactly what’s happening
    in Cook County Jail, in Illinois.  Securus Technologies--the sole provider of telephones in Cook County
    Jail--is charging a service of $15 for a 15-minute phone call.

    It’s an outrage that families who can least afford it are being forced to pay these
    expensive rates in order to stay connected with loved ones behind bars.

    Cook County Board President, Toni Preckwinkle is now calling on the jail to discontinue this service.

    Join us as we send a message to Board President Preckwinkle. Let her know that families across IL want to be able to afford to call their loved ones.

  • No to Private Prisons in Michigan

    Tell Michigan Legislators "No to Private Prisons"

    House Bills 5174 and 5177 would allow the DOC to contract with the GEO Group to re-open the closed facility in Baldwin to hold MDOC inmates as long as the contract reflects at least a 10% annual savings.

    The facility in Baldwin was run by the GEO Group from 1999 to 2005 to house MDOC youthful offenders.  The funding for that contract was cancelled in 2005 because a study by the Michigan Auditor General showed that the daily cost per inmate at the facility was greater than 33 of the State’s 37 other facilities run by the DOC.

    It didn’t work then, so why would the Legislators expect a different outcome this time? The Legislature seems determined to see history repeat itself… all at the expense of taxpayer dollars, state employee jobs, and accountability.  Apparently we need to remind them of just why it is the contract with the GEO Group was cancelled the first time around, and why privatization is not the answer when it comes to Corrections Policy.

    TELL THE LEGISLATOR TO VOTE NO ON HB 5174 & 5177

    We have made it easy for you to take action.  Plug your zip-code in below and you will be prompted to a letter page.  (limited only to residents of Michigan)


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    Congratulations!  We did it!  SJ 64 passed the Senate of Virginia with unanimous support.

    SJ 64, is a study by the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to study offender classification and the effects of nonviolent felony convictions on employment and the economic condition of our Commonwealth.

    Now, we need you to again lend us your support in contacting the Members of the House of Delegates to also pass SJ 64!

     Even if you have signed-on before, we need you speak out again to the House Members.

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    Tell your legislators to close Tamms.

    Send a letter to your legislators

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    Illinois - Tell Your Representative: Vote YES on HB 3944

    Cell phones and smart phones have become an integral part of our lives many of us regularly pull out the phone to snap a random photo or capture video of something on the streets that captures our attention. But, did you know that you could be arrested and prosecuted for eavesdropping if you record audio of a police officer doing his or her public duty in a public place? It’s true.

    Read more about the bill.

    Tell your State Representative that no one should be arrested for audio recording a police officer in public.

  • Letter to state prison phone policymakers
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  • Save Public Law Libraries

    Last year, without legislative authority, the Administrator of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals began closing public law libraries across the state.

     

    This was done in contradiction to existing statutes within West Virginia Code. 

     

    PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN.

     

  • Vote Yes on SJ 64

    The measure passed the Senate Rules Committee by unanimous vote with a substitute extending this to a two year study.  Now we need you more then ever to help us push SJ-64.  Please email the link to this webpage to your friends and use Facebook and Twitter to spread the word.

  • Hawai'i Stop Using Private Prisons

    Tell Hawai'i Gov. Neil Abercrombie to Stop Using Private Prisons
    Davina Waialae wipes tears from her eyes while discussing her son, Bronson Nunuha, who was murdered in his cell at a privately run prison in Arizona, at a news conference on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012 in Honolulu. Waialae and her family have sued the state of Hawaii and the Corrections Corporation of America, accusing the state of negligence and the company of failing to properly staff the prison.

    Today the family of Bronson Nunuha, a 26-year-old Hawaii inmate who was brutally murdered at a Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) (NYSE:CXW) private prison in Arizona in 2010, filed a lawsuit in state court against CCA and the State of Hawaii.  The suit exposes CCA’s business model of grossly short-staffing prisons and cutting corners in every way possible to make its private prisons profitable.

    "It's still hard for my family," Davina Waialae, Nunuha's mother, said at a press conference on the lawsuit. "My grandson has to grow up without a dad." Nunuha, 26, was serving a five-year sentence for burglary and property damage. He was nine months away from finishing his sentence when he was killed.

    Send a letter to Hawai'i Gov. Neil Abercrombie to take action today.

  • Support HJR 127

    Share your support of HJR 127 , a study by the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to study offender classification and the effects of nonviolent felony convictions on employment and the economic condition of our Commonwealth.

  • No on SB-2038

    Tell Your Senator to Vote No on SB2038!

    A major prison privatization bill in Florida, SB2038, is pending in the state Senate. If passed, the bill would privatize almost 30 facilities and put 3,800 state employees out of work (although they could be rehired by private prison companies at lower wages and fewer benefits). What savings would be achieved by this unprecedented prison privatization plan? Less than 1% of the state's corrections budget. Send a message to Florida senators asking them to oppose SB2038!

    NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT!  Speak out now and reach out to your friends.

     

  • Support SJ 64

    Please show your support for SJ 64, a study by the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to study offender classification and the effects of nonviolent felony convictions on employment and the economic condition of our Commonwealth.

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    To get started, sign the pledge

    Tell the New York legislature about these needed changes to parole policy

    Write to the Governor about parole reform

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    To get started, sign the pledge below to show your belief in earned second chances

    Sign Our Petition about the change we need to be a safe community

    Host an event in your community with our action kit

    Action Hub - Other ideas and tools to spread the word

  • Thank you | Senate Bill 5374
    Send a thank you note to Senator Tom Duane for sponsoring the SAFE Parole Act, Senate Bill 5374.

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    To get started, sign the pledge

    Tell the New York legislature about these needed changes to parole policy

    Write to the Governor about parole reform

     

    Tell the New York Legislature to take action.

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    If you represent an organization that supports the SAFE Parole Act S5374-Duane/A7939-Aubry , please sign below.  Thanks for your support.   (If you're an individual who wants to sign-on please click here)

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  • Letter to state prison phone policymakers
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  • Organization Pledge

  • End Kickbacks on Prison Calls
  • Support the SAFE Parole Act S5374-Duane/A7939-Aubry

    To get started, sign the pledge

    Tell the New York legislature about these needed changes to parole policy

    Write to the Governor about parole reform

     

    WRITE A LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR in support the SAFE Parole Act S5374-Duane/A7939-Aubry .

  • NYS Parole Reform Campaign Pledge

    To get started, sign the pledge

    Tell the New York legislature about these needed changes to parole policy

    Write to the Governor about parole reform

     

    Support the SAFE Parole Act S5374-Duane/A7939-Aubry
    A legislative proposal to reform parole in New York State

  • Stop SB 1001

    We need to take action today to stop SB 1001.

  • I support Georgia Prisoners

    For Georgia Residents Only.

    Reaching out from behind prison walls, thousands of people incarcerated within at least eight facilities across the state of Georgia have been engaging in a nonviolent protest for basic human rights. They have organized and reached out to the media and activists with the help of text messages and phone calls made with contraband cell phones.

  • I support the Georgia Prisoners

    These thousands of men, from Baldwin, Hancock, Hays, Macon, Smith and Telfair State Prisons, among others, state they are striking to press the Georgia Department of Corrections (DOC) to stop treating them like animals and slaves and institute programs that address their basic human rights. They have set forth the following demands:


  • Contact Your Legislator

    Welcome to the CommunityRestorationCampaign.Org Action Page! If you want to build a better life and community, you’ve come to the right place.

    To get started, sign the pledge to show your belief in earned second chances

    Tell your legislator about the change we need to be a safe community

    Host an Event in your community with our action kit

    Action Hub - Other ideas and tools to spread the word

     

    Let your legislator know about your involvement in the Community Restoration Campaign by sending him/her a letter through our website that you can edit.

  • Community Restoration Pledge

    Welcome to the CommunityRestorationCampaign.Org Action Page! If you want to build a better life and community, you’ve come to the right place.

    To get started, sign the pledge below to show your belief in earned second chances

    Sign Our Petition about the change we need to be a safe community

    Host an event in your community with our action kit

    Action Hub - Other ideas and tools to spread the word

     

    Join us bringing our families and communities back together.  Stand with the Earned Second Chance Provision.   

    SIGN THE  PLEDGE

  • Power Inside

    Power Inside meets women and girls where they are.  We are working together to create safer lives for women and girls in Baltimore. 

     

    Learn more about Power Inside or click here to upload a video for this page.

  • Write Your Congress Member

    JOIN THE CAMPAIGN

    We need you to stand with us! We believe that defining broadband Internet as a Universal Service and supporting Net Neturality are vital to a healthy society.  We are asking our friends (artists, rural/urban activists, community workers and young people) to join us. 

    TAKE ACTION NOW!