FACTS Families Advocating to Change The System

Solar tech is a very promising field for formerly incarcerated workers, and for training programs inside.

Important election today in Fulton County for the board of Education. Vote Alfred “ashivy” ” Brooks Seat 7 1 citywide At large
Nothing is more important than our children!

Recidivism in Georgia is fueled by a system of probation and parole that sets people up to fail. It’s time for change

Pritzker signs bill overhauling mandatory supervised release By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – A new law in Illinois aims to give former inmates a better chance to succeed outside of prison and reduce the likelihood that they’ll be sent back. Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday signed Senate Bill 423, a unanimous...

What a world without prisons could look like Deanna Van Buren designs restorative justice centers that, instead of taking the punitive approach used by a system focused on mass incarceration, treat crime as a breach of relationships and justice as a process where all stakeholders come together to repair that breach. With help and ideas from in...

SB 44 is a bill that will push Justice in Georgia backwards fueling mass incarceration and criminalizing poverty
Some elected reps think that the way to get themselves re-elected is to push harsh, irrational, punitive laws that hurt our communities but keep our prisons full, If you care about the crisis in our prisons, the lack of oversight, the hemorrhaging budget now at $1.38 BILLION and you want to see some kind of positive change CALL YOUR REPS BEFORE MONDAY AND DEMAND THEY VOTE NO ON SB 44.
It is a bad, harsh, opportunistic bill with no basis in science, economics or common decency. Google it for yourself and get on the phone
Here are some links. They think we're not watching. They think we don't know the facts, Tell them that justice and common sense demand a NO VOTE ON SB 44

Action Alert: Urge Your Senator to Vote NO on SB 44 – Southern Center for Human Rights SB 44, a bill imposing dangerous and regressive penalties targeting young people, will be voted on by the Georgia State Senate on Monday, February 13.