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Category Archives: Drug Policy
SCOTUS: Drug War Finally Kills the American Revolution
The U.S. Supreme Court has finally cast down the 4th Amendment and harkened back to the police powers of 1772. In last week’s Kentucky v King ruling, an 8-1 Court decided that it was okay to break in a door … Continue reading
Posted in Courts, Drug Policy
Tagged Alito, Cannabis, Circuit Court, Criminal justice, Dissent, Drug Policy Alliance, drug war, Exigent circumstance in United States law, Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Ginsberg, Human Rights and Liberties, Kentucky Supreme Court, Kentucky v King, Prison-Industrial Complex, SCOTUS, Search warrant, United States, United States Constitution, United States Supreme Court
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Formerly Incarcerated & Convicted People’s Movement Arises!
Alabama represents the answer to a clarion call. This is a call that speaks to us in our own voice; clear, loud and urgent. A voice that speaks to our identity and emanates from the soul, ringing true both in … Continue reading
Posted in Actions, Commentary, Courts, Drug Policy, Innocence, Political Prisoners, Prison Conditions, prison economics, Rehabilitation, Voting Rights
Tagged Activism, Alabama, Alabame, All of Us or None, Ban the Box, Civil rights movement, Crime and Justice, Criminal justice, Direct Action for Rights and Equality, Drug Policy Alliance, drug war, Edmund Pettus Bridge, Formerly incarcerated, Human rights, Los Angeles, Martin Luther King Jr., Montgomery, Prison, Prison-Industrial Complex, Riverside Church, Selma Alabama, voting rights
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Marijuana Reform Efforts Move Forward This Week in NY and RI
NEW YORK: A new report will be released on the steps of City Hall on Tuesday, documenting the astronomical financial costs of the over 50,300 arrests for marijuana possession in New York City in 2010, and the cost of the 350,000 … Continue reading
Posted in Drug Policy
Tagged Cannabis, Crime and Justice, Criminal justice, DARE, Direct Action for Rights and Equality, drug policy, Drug Policy Alliance, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, Letitia James, Marijuana Policy Project, New York City, New York City Police Department, Prison-Industrial Complex, Rhode Island
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Underfunded Public Defenders are Only 1/3 of The Equation
As state budget discussions heat up around the nation, each department will be fighting to keep their slice of the pie while a few will be bold enough to tout their need for expansion. In a time of economic hardship … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Courts, Drug Policy, prison economics
Tagged actual innocence, Attorney general, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Commissioners Court, Crime and Justice, Criminal justice, death penalty, drug policy, drug war, governor quinn, harris v. champion, jailhouse lawyer, Law, new mexico, oklahoma, Public defender, Rhode Island, Speedy Trial, state of public defender programs, war on drugs
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Help Rhode Island “Ban the Box” Sign This Petition!
It is well established that the path to stability for the formerly incarcerated is through employment, yet studies show that simply asking “Have You Been Convicted of a Felony?” is a major barrier on two levels. First, it sends a … Continue reading
Posted in Actions, Drug Policy, prison economics, Rehabilitation
Tagged Activism, AFSC, Anastasia Williams, Andrew Horwitz, Ban the Box, Chuck Levesque, Conviction, Crime and Justice, David Segal, Direct Action for Rights and Equality, Drug Policy Alliance, Employment, Felony, Formerly incarcerated, Grace Diaz, Health, Jobs With Justice, Joe Bevilacqua, Leo Medina, Mental Health Association, Miguel Luna, NAACP, National Employment Law Project, Ocean State Action, Olneyville Neighborhood Association, Open Doors, Prison Policy Initiative, Providence Rhode Island, Rhode Island, RI People's Assembly, RIPDA, Scott Slater, United States
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Formerly Incarcerated Convene to Establish First National Agenda
On February 28th to March 2nd, 2011, a group of activists who have first-hand experience regarding inhumanities of the American prison industrial complex will convene in Alabama to lay the groundwork for a national civil rights movement. This conference of … Continue reading
Posted in Drug Policy, Prison Conditions, Uncategorized, Voting Rights
Tagged Alabama, All of Us or None, Civil and political rights, Civil rights movement, Formerly incarcerated, Los Angeles, Martin Luther King, Prison, Prison-Industrial Complex, Tina Reynolds, TOPS, United States, voting rights
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Conservatives Launch The “Right On Crime” Initiative To Save Money and Lives Across the PIC
I feel like that crazy scientist in the disaster movies, who has been running around for years saying that the conservatives will get out front on prison reform, because (1) it will cost too much to continue and (2) the … Continue reading
God Speaketh: “Thou Shalt Legalize It!”
The 700 Club, a Christian talk show program hosted by staunch conservative Pat Robertson, is not the place you’d expect to find sympathy for the marijuana-legalization movement. But that’s exactly what happened this week when Robertson started talking about the … Continue reading
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War on the Drug War
The War on the Drug War must escalate, and it must be Total War. June 17th marks the 40th Anniversary since Nixon declared the War on American people known as the War on Drugs. It is the 39th anniversary since … Continue reading →