Driving the Movement for Universal Representation
The SAFE Initiative is catalyzing momentum for local- and state-funded deportation defense
At a time of unprecedented challenge, we’re fighting for justice reform built on bedrock American values and grounded in action at the state and local level.
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Starting a Postsecondary Education Program in Prison
In April 2020, the U.S. Department of Education expanded the Second Chance Pell Experimental Sites Initiative, adding 67 new higher education institutions to the program’s already operating 63 colleges offering postsecondary education programs in prison. Starting a college program in prison is a significant undertaking that will profoundly affect t ...
If Prison Walls Could Talk
Personal stories about COVID-19 and incarceration
Series: Covid-19
Policymakers Must Lift the Veil on COVID-19 in Jails and Prisons
We know the problem is bad, but we don’t know the details, particularly surrounding how COVID-19 in correctional facilities is impacting people of color. Currently, no central government reporting and collection agency, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), tracks the data on COVID-19 in correctional facilities. Nonprofits a ...
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Micah Haskell-Hoehl
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Logan Schmidt