Resource Information Help for the Disadvantaged

Fighting to reverse the trend of mass incarceration and correcting sentencing bias and injustices that remain uncorrected in Virginia." -- Lillie Branch-Kennedy, Founder/Executive Director Resource Information Help for the Disadvantaged & Disenfranchised (RIHD)
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Shocked by the conditions she saw while visiting her son incarcerated in Virginia, in 2002 Lillie Branch-Kennedy launched Resource Information Help for the Disadvantaged (RIHD) to provide transportation for families of prisoners and organize them to work for change. To date RIHD has assisted more than 1,000 families, holding monthly support meetings and hosting children of incarcerated parents at year-round summer and after-school programs.

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Recent News

2020 Legislative Agenda
Feb 11, 2020
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Written with Love & Shredded with Malice
Apr 11, 2017
The Virginia Department of Corrections' new policy will see all incoming mail (photos included) photocopied for delivery to inmates and the original mail shredded.
Recap and moving forward with Mobile Justice Tour
Feb 23, 2016
SB216, which would give parole eligibility for non-violent offenders only who received sentences when juries were not informed of key fact (1995-2000)/ was left on the table in the House for cross-over.
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Many ex-felons don’t know they can get their right to vote restored
Apr 19, 2016
On a Tuesday afternoon in December, Richard Walker stood on the corner outside the city’s social services building and hollered.
The Mobile Justice Tour is Back!—Virginia
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Oct 07, 2014
The Mobile Justice Tour (MJT) in Virginia is embarking on their 3rd fifteen-city tour calling for the overhaul of Virginia's Justice System, restoring civil and voting rights and for state-wide fair-hiring application policies for persons with a criminal record.
The Injustice of Five Years of Unfair Jury Trials In VA Remains Uncorrected
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Oct 07, 2014
Help R.I.H.D., Inc. to correct all unfair jury trials in Virginia.
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