Safe Haven Re-Entry Program (SHaRP)

05/25/2020

A federal judge has ruled that Florida law can't stop felons from voting because they can't pay back any legal fees, court costs and restitution.

05/05/2020

This is just so.....WOW?

Attorneys for prisoners say the policy goes against public health warnings and will ‘promote and facilitate a viral outbreak.’

04/16/2020

Must read

Josie Duffy Rice and her co-host, Derecka Purnell, talk to Judith Browne Dianis, executive director of the Advancement Project, about the school to prison pipeline.

04/02/2020

04/02/2020

With COVID-19 rapidly spreading across the state, there’s heightened concern that the conditions inside Lowell Correctional Institution, coupled with the prison’s sizable elderly and pregnant population, could foster a deadly outbreak.

04/02/2020

WOW! Is ‘tis just the beginning?

Delaying trials will mean more people stay in jail while a life-threatening disease spreads throughout the state.

03/24/2020

What’s are your thoughts about this?

Up to 1,000 people will have their sentences delayed or suspended.

02/19/2020

Shaun 'Lucky' Corbett, a 40-year old ex-felon turned barber and entrepreneur from Charlotte, North Carolina, has opened his very own barbershop called Da Lucky Spot Barbershop. Located inside of a Walmart store, Shaun has made history as the first Black entrepreneur to ever do this.

01/03/2020

Tia Hamilton’s State v. Us focuses closely on the criminal justice system, especially as it applies to people of color, who are statistically overrepresented in the carceral system.

12/20/2019

It’s on the way to being a law in PA.

Breaking News....Another One! The Pa House just passed my bill HB1477 which was co-authored by my partner in reform PA State Rep. Sheryl Delozier. This legislation provides licensing boards greater leeway when considering whether to grant formally incarcerated and convicted individuals licenses to practice their trade. Simply put...your crimnal record alone won’t deny you from getting a license in a particular field. This is how you reduce recidivism, improve our economy, and give people the second chance they deserve! Now onto the Senate to make this bill a law...

12/18/2019

Congratulations

A man sentenced to death for murder in Louisiana, who was later exonerated, received a college degree here in North Texas this weekend.

12/18/2019

Advocates in both states vow to demand further action against felony disenfranchisement. “To vote has value to the soul,” a New Jersey advocate said at a signing ceremony.

11/21/2019

11/16/2019

Darnell Ferguson, founder of Super Chef's restaurants, fought back against homelessness and being a drug dealer to eventually open 3 successful restaurants.

11/05/2019

Two former inmates whose life-sentences were commuted have been hired by Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman.

10/01/2019

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09/01/2019

76 women, said to have been s*x workers, graduated on Friday from a 2-year vocational program in disciplines such as cosmetology, sewing and cooking. The initiative is from a non-profit organization called the 'Fanm Kore Fanm' (Women Caring for Women) Association.

06/29/2019

You can do it too!

Yolanda Perkins didn't see a future for herself after being sentenced to 3 years in federal prison. Now, she has a PhD and is helping other formerly incarcerated people to better their own futures.

06/19/2019

People have been saying this for a long time.

Wayne State researchers looked at programs in 10 Michigan counties. They found early intervention also reduces jail populations.

06/19/2019

This is a must read for all. The banks who we bank with have and are financing mass incarceration. To name a few Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and the list goes on. If the states are taking action by not allowing private prisons in their areas, we must take action and bank with banks who don’t finance private prisons.

New York State has been leading the way in flexing its muscles with respect to the private prison industry. Let’s take a look at what these three policies in concert mean, and what may come next as Bill S5433 goes to the Assembly and ultimately the Governor for approval as soon as this week.

06/13/2019

New policy follows proposed legislation that would broaden access to menstrual products for inmates.

06/11/2019

Incarceration rates have tripled over the past three decades, driving up spending on jails and prisons. California spends $53,146 more per prisoner than it does per student, according to a new report.

06/07/2019

Sen. Marco Rubio is one of the biggest beneficiaries.

06/05/2019

This speaks volumes.

And municipal governments have paid out $2.2 billion to exonerees.

06/01/2019

The pipeline to prison is a problem that disproportionately affects the African-American community and four Black women who are judges and members of Alpha Kappa Alpha and Delta Sigma Theta have teamed up to create a program in Dallas to combat it. The program they have created is called Pipeline to...

05/11/2019

Never underestimate the intellect or skills of those who are incarcerated.

Rashod Stanley created "The Trenches" line. Written by Tweety Elitou Creativity cannot be stopped in a cage nor can talent be stifled behind bars! These words were inspired after social media was introduced to Rashod "2500 Shod" Stanley, an Atlanta-native who took his designe ...

04/30/2019

Just Wow!!!

Rashod Stanley created "The Trenches" line.

03/19/2019

Through stories of redemption, a professor who oversees a Maryland prison education program says the time has come to restore federal financial aid for America's incarcerated.

01/27/2019

Second Chances

Jermaine Wilson of Leavenworth, Kansas, started using drugs at age 11 and was in maximum-security prison by age 21. Now he's the mayor of Leavenworth. Steve Hartman has his story for "On the Road."