Friend,

People behind bars are losing their lives to COVID-19. Many of them were incarcerated for drug offenses. But with your help, we’ve been pressuring Congress to release people and save lives – and our advocacy is paying off.

The U.S. House recently passed The Heroes Act and included the decarceration priorities we’ve been lobbying for to protect people behind bars from COVID-19.

Now it’s time to take our fight to the Senate: tell your Senators to pass The Heroes Act and release people at risk of COVID-19. [link removed]

While it’s encouraging that the House voted in favor of this vital legislation, the Senate must swiftly pass it and keep the decarceration provisions intact.

We are running out of time to save lives. Please watch and share our new video featuring formerly incarcerated people explaining why it’s impossible to stay safe from COVID-19 while behind bars: [link removed]

Although some steps have been taken to release people to fight the spread of the virus, it is not enough. Hundreds of thousands more are still at risk.

The Senate must step up and pass The Heroes Act. This life-saving bill includes the Emergency Community Supervision Act which prioritizes releasing certain incarcerated individuals from federal custody into community supervision, including young people, medically vulnerable individuals, people over 50 years of age, and individuals within 12 months of release. It also includes the COVID-19 Correctional Facility Emergency Response Act which incentivizes states and localities to reduce their jail and prison populations and provides critical reentry funding.

COVID-19 will claim even more lives unless our lawmakers act now. Please urge your Senators to protect people behind bars from COVID-19 by passing The Heroes Act: [link removed]

Sincerely,

Maritza Perez
Director, National Affairs
Drug Policy Alliance


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