Setting people up for success in Second Chance Month.
[link removed] [[link removed]]
Hey John ,
Second Chance Month is a nationwide effort to bring awareness to the collateral consequences of a criminal record. Every person has dignity and potential, but the collateral consequences of being justice-involved are often barriers to long-term success and stability.
Generation Progress, and many others in the criminal justice space, are working to undo the harms that the criminal legal system has on the nation, and also highlight and combat the disportionate harms the criminal legal system has on young people.
TAKE ACTION [[link removed]]
Just a few of our advocacy highlights and resources from this month thus far:
*
We've
worked
in
partnership
with
you
to
call
on
state
lawmakers
to
shrink
the
system,
recognizing
that
a
record
should
NOT
mean
a
lifetime
of
harm.
[[link removed]]
*
We
have
had
policy
experts
and
justice
advocates
discuss
the
impact
of
collateral
consequences.
[[link removed]]
*
We've
released
a
column
that
highlights
four
key
facts
about
women
in
the
criminal
legal
system.
[[link removed]]
This month allows an additional opportunity to examine impacts of collateral consequences for justice-involved people and work towards solutions that allow them to realize their full potential without the added barriers to success that collateral consequences hold.
We call on lawmakers to change the framework of state and federal laws and policies that can reduce the number of people who go into the criminal legal system and mitigate the harms of those already involved with the system.
Take action to guarantee that while April is a month of recognition of these harms, it is a year-round process to end the harms that the criminal legal system has on justice-involved people. [[link removed]]
Thank you,Hassen Bashir
Advocacy Associate
Generation Progress
[link removed] [[link removed]] [link removed] [[link removed]] [link removed] [[link removed]]
Donate [[link removed]] | Privacy Policy [[link removed]] | unsubscribe: [link removed]
Generation Progress
1333 H St. NW
Floor 10
Washington, DC xxxxxx
United States