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Tag Archives: Lincoln Chafee
The Feds vs. The States: Supreme Court must decide Death Penalty Fight
Can the Feds order a state to execute a man? This is the question that the Supreme Court may ultimately answer regarding Jason Pleau, arrested last year for killing a man during a robbery. What appeared to be a routine … Continue reading
Governor Chaffee Signs Two Laws Supporting Civil and Human Rights in RI
Governor Lincoln Chaffee recently signed two important prison reform bills: the Healthy Pregnancies Act, (to unshackle pregnant prisoners), and another which would create a task force to develop procedures for recording interrogations in serious cases. Neither are radical changes to existing … Continue reading
Unshackled Pregnancies: Idaho, Nevada, Rhode Island…
UPDATE: By a vote of 48-16, the Rhode Island House of Representatives passed H 5257, echoing passage of the same bill by the Senate several weeks ago. The bill should end up on Governor Lincoln Chaffee’s desk within a few … Continue reading
Posted in Courts, Prison Conditions, Prisoner Health
Tagged ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union, Brian Sandoval, California, Crime and Justice, Criminal justice, Direct Action for Rights and Equality, Health, Human rights, Idaho, legislation, Lincoln Chafee, Nevada, pregnant prisoners, Prison, Prison-Industrial Complex, Rhode Island, Tina Reynolds, United States, unshackling, women
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65 Million “Need Not Apply” – Is it Time for Boycotts?
A report released yesterday by National Employment Law Project (NELP) confirms that many companies are instituting blanket bans on hiring people with criminal records, including those with misdemeanors. Creating what is an public safety issue and, if reforms are not … Continue reading
Posted in prison economics, Rehabilitation
Tagged ABM Industries, Ban the Box, Bank of America, Civil rights movement, Crime and Justice, criminal record, discrimination, drug war, EEOC, Employment, Formerly incarcerated, Hilda Solis, Human rights, Lincoln Chafee, litigation, Lowes, ManPower, National Employment Law Project, NELP, Peter Kilmartin, Prison-Industrial Complex, Rhode Island, Title VII, United States, United States Secretary of Labor
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