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This irresistible evening of community building will include a buffet dinner and open bar, an awards ceremony featuring a special program uplifting voices
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End Mass Incarceration
A Proclamation On Second Chance Month, 2022
“We must rethink the existing criminal justice system and whom we send to prison and for how long; how unaddressed trauma and abuse
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Prisoner Advocacy Group: Mold Infestation Causing Inhumane Conditions In Central Illinois Prison
The mold has sent about 170 inmates from the medium security unit at Pontiac to the prison in Centralia. Inmates have called the
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A Room With A View By Joseph Dole
Joseph Dole is an Incarcerated Artist & Policy Director Of Parole Illinois
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Rally & Campaign Launch
Join the Illinois Prison Project, system-impacted people, advocates and lawmakers for a rally and campaign launch against dangerous “tough-on-crime” politics this election season.
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Inside One Lawyer’s Quest To End Solitary Confinement
Solitary Confinement is usually defined as isolating individuals for 22 hours a day or more. The United Nations considers solitary to be torture
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NACDL FREE LIVE WEBINAR
Thursday, April 14th, 2022… NACDL and The Sentencing Project are hosting, “Legislating Freedom: The Importance of a Second Look.” This panel discussion will
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The Hidden Billion-Dollar Cost Of Repeated Police Misconduct
More than $1.5 billion has been spent to settle claims of police misconduct on behalf of thousands of officers repeatedly accused of wrongdoing.
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When An Attorney’s Racism Tilts The Scales Of Justice, The Courts Must Correct With A New Trial
Justice cannot be served when racial bigotry stands in its way. CLICK
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Strip-Search Optional: Volunteers To Test New Swiss Jail
Zurich corrections authorities received 832 applications for an as-yet undecided number of spots. The volunteers can’t bring cellphones or other electronic devices inside.
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