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Our program advocates on behalf of people in prison. We work to get people out of prison. And build a world without cages.

Ypsilanti, MI
Joined July 2011
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Thank you, Representative @KaraHope7 for championing the safety of Michiganders inside and outside of the Michigan Department of Corrections. You brought #SecondLookMI to a successful vote out of the Criminal Justice committee. Second Look would create a vital and safe way to relieve pressure on understaffed prisons, while giving people who can safely return home an opportunity to contribute to their communities.
Thank you @karahope7 for listening to directly impacted voices and corrections officers through your advocacy for #SecondLookMI. This bill is critical to end mass incarceration, advance racial justice, and better invest in community safety.
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OP-ED: "Michigan has some of the country’s strictest sentencing laws. Second Look is smart policy that will make Michigan’s criminal legal system more just, more humane, and less wasteful."—@AFSCMICJProgram's Natalie Holbrook-Combs & @SADOmich's Maya Menlo bit.ly/3M03AIa
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Hope you’re enjoying your weekend thus far! Check this event that our friends at American Friends Service Committee in Ypsilanti are putting on! No registration is required and it’s bound to be a fun time. See you there! #education #learning #mixer #community #fun #prison
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MI Criminal Justice retweeted
"we are not your state property. We are the people... you will never take our voices." Preach Ashley Golden from @NationOutside #WeNeedAllHandsonDeck – at Michigan, USA
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✨Free Ashley merch is live✨ Fuck Black Friday‼️ Fund an incarcerated Black trans woman’s survival and healing instead!
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Black women account for 1/3 of women serving life sentences or at 50+ year sentence. 1 of every 39 Black women in prison is serving life without parole. #EndLWOP #EndLifeImprisonment nbwji.org/post/extreme-sente…… @SentencingProj @DeathPenaltyWW
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BREAKING: @NYGovCuomo has granted clemency to five incarcerated people, including members of our RAPP family. A statement from our Director:
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MI Criminal Justice retweeted
Today is the Criminal Record Expo at Frog Island. Come through today Aug 22 between 12 - 4 PM to build community and support efforts for the Clean Slate expungement laws. ABW mentee, LaWanda's business, The Chow Hall will be there cooking food. #formerlyincarcerated #ABWForward
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Mr. Dukes, who has served over 40 yrs in prison, was welcomed home this week by attorneys Jessica Newton and Jessica Zimbelman. We wish him all good things. Thanks to 70x7 Life Recovery & @SADOreentry for the support & assistance. Read more here: mlive.com/news/muskegon/2021…
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MI Criminal Justice retweeted
Great documentary about prison gerrymandering, as a former forced resident of Michigan Congressional District 70, it was worth the watch @mi_cemi @PrisonPolicy @AFSCMICJProgram
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NEW: In Newsday, former District Attorney Julie Garcia writes in support of the Fair & Timely Parole and Elder Parole bills: "By passing these bills, we can pursue a path that keeps families together while building a stronger and more just New York." newsday.com/opinion/commenta…
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Join the @MIStateBar Prisons and Corrections Section on Saturday 6/5 from 9:45 to 2:30 pm. Register at sado.org/go/women.
"Second look" legislation has been introduced in 25 states that would authorize reevaluation of lengthy prison sentences. #SecondLook reforms are a crucial part of the solution to end mass incarceration and tackle its racist roots. bit.ly/343l3ZY
John Richardson was ignored by prison doctors over and over until his leg had to be amputated. But when he filed a lawsuit, it was struck down on a technicality, like so many other lawsuits crushed by the Prison Litigation Reform Act. This law turns 25 today. Repeal it now.
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VICTORY! After a long campaign led by survivors of solitary confinement, families with loved ones in solitary, and families who have lost loved ones in solitary, the #HALTsolitary Confinement Act is now law! Next up: #ParoleJusticeNY
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Join our action fund + Michigan stakeholders for a legislative roundtable about reproductive justice in Michigan prisons and jails, and how to support crucial bills providing care for pregnant people. Register: bit.ly/RJRT21.
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At 3 pm Natalie Holbrook of @AFSCMICJProgram will be moderating a panel on Civic Oversight for Pregnant Women in Prison with @SenErikaGeiss and Siwatu Salama-Ra Register HERE #DayOfEmpathy #Michigan bit.ly/DOE2021
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MI Criminal Justice retweeted
District attorneys do not represent victims/survivors. Unlearn that. They are lying to you. They represent the state.
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