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The Sentencing Project
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The Sentencing Project has been working for a fair and effective U.S. legal system since 1986.
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    The Sentencing Project
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    Mar 14, 2025
    Here's where you can connect with us & check out our research/advocacy work: • IG: @thesentencingproject • FB: facebook.com/thesentencingp… • LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/the-se… ✉️ Sign up for our email list to receive reports, newsletters & action alerts: bit.ly/4ib0M9c
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    The Sentencing Project
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    Apr 27, 2018
    A new policy at the Federal Bureau of Prisons would bans all books from being sent into federal facilities from outside sources and require incarcerated individuals to use an ordering system in which they must pay exorbitant prices. sent.pr/2r57chL via @laurenk_gill
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    The Sentencing Project
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    Oct 12, 2019
    Nevada recently enacted a law that automatically restores the voting rights of people upon their release from prison. "It gave me a sense of citizenship. Now, I feel more like a regular person."—Kenneth Dorsey, who recently regained his right to vote. sent.pr/318BKPC
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    The Sentencing Project
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    Aug 23, 2021
    BREAKING: In North Carolina, a state court ruled that ALL formerly incarcerated people have the right to vote. This decision restores voting rights to an estimated 55,000 people on parole or probation for a felony conviction. #FreeTheVote
    Dennis Gaddy speaks at a news conference Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, in downtown Raleigh about a lawsuit challenging a North Carolina law that keeps 70,000 felons from voting.
    NC court grants voting rights to thousands of people on probation or parole for a felony
    From newsobserver.com
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    The Sentencing Project
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    Jan 6, 2017
    .@POTUS is the first president in decades to leave office with a smaller federal prison population. sent.pr/2jk5jwq via @voxdotcom
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    The Sentencing Project
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    Nov 8, 2016
    More people with felony convictions are barred from voting in this year's election than any election in US history: sent.pr/2dxLexh
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    The Sentencing Project
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    Jan 19, 2016
    .@RandPaul says people shouldn't go to prison for 20 years for youthful, nonviolent mistakes sent.pr/1OEasEa
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    The Sentencing Project
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    Jun 21, 2018
    BREAKING: House passes #FarmBill 213-211 with provision to permanently exclude people convicted of certain violent offenses from receiving food stamps.
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    The Sentencing Project
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    Apr 19, 2021
    Two friends from Philadelphia are working to reduce the city's recidivism rates by running a pizza shop run exclusively by formerly incarcerated people. "We just want to meet people where they're at and help them along the way." #SecondChanceMonth abcn.ws/32rPIPI
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    The Sentencing Project
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    Dec 21, 2018
    After 23 years in prison, Tyra Patterson is using her experiences to start a reentry mentoring program & advocate for those impacted by incarceration. "I lost more than half my life to the system. Me giving back is part of my survival," she said. sent.pr/2rRjsUa
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    The Sentencing Project
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    Oct 6, 2016
    A record 6.1M Americans will be barred from voting in the upcoming election. Here's why: sent.pr/2dxLexh
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    The Sentencing Project
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    Mar 20, 2019
    A new @prisonpolicy report found over 540K people who are incarcerated in local jails have not been convicted or sentenced. Many are detained in local jails because they cannot afford to pay the bail set to secure their release. sent.pr/2FgP0cf
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    The Sentencing Project
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    Jan 25, 2023
    NEW REPORT: Nearly two million people are living in prisons and jails instead of their communities. Compare this figure to the early 1970s when this count was 360,000 people. bit.ly/3XFXj8C
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    The Sentencing Project
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    Nov 7, 2018
    BREAKING NEWS: Florida voters passed Amendment 4! Nearly one-quarter of the entire disenfranchised population in the U.S will now have the right to vote and will no longer be treated as second class citizens.