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Tag Archives: Formerly incarcerated
Ten Million Movement: Beyond COINTELPRO, the Demand for Civil Rights Continues in America
March 8th, 2011 marks the 40th Anniversary of the anonymous group of activists who broke into a Pennsylvania FBI office and uncovered a counter-intelligence program known as COINTELPRO. This program played an essential role in destroying the American Civil Rights … Continue reading
Posted in Actions, Political Prisoners, prison economics, Voting Rights
Tagged African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968), Alabama, Black people, Civil rights movement, COINTELPRO, convicted, Edmund Pettus Bridge, Formerly incarcerated, J. Edgar Hoover, Martin Luther King, movement building, Patriot Act, prison growth, proliferation of prisons, Selma Alabama, Ten Million, United States
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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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Will Virginia Restore Voting Rights to 300,000 People?
Check this out from the Washington Post. It appears that the GOP Governor Robert McDonnell is not so concerned about a formerly incarcerated voting bloc that will throw him by the wayside. He is granting most all individual restoration applications … Continue reading
Posted in Rehabilitation, Voting Rights
Tagged felons, Formerly incarcerated, GOP, Republican, Robert McDonnell, Virginia, voting rights
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SUSAN ROSENBERG’S 16 YEARS AS A POLITICAL PRISONER COME TO LIGHT IN NEW MEMOIR
An AMERICAN RADICAL: Political Prisoner in My Own Country to be published March 1, 2011 It didn’t take me long to get to know Susan. We could do the convict’s shorthand considering we both spent our most formative years in … Continue reading →