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Tell ECU to Cancel Social Sentinel Contract
Nation Inside
Nov, 07 2018
Sign and share this petition to tell ECU Chancellor Dr. Cecil Staton, and other members of the university administration, to cancel this contract!Easte...
Action on COVID-19 for South Carolina Prisons and Jails
South Carolina Prison Justice Network
Sep, 11 2020
Please sign the below petition to demand action to stop the rampant spread of COVID-19 in South Carolina’s prisons. As the COVID-19 death toll rises the South Carolina Department of Corrections has now reported 21 prisoners who have died after testing positive for COVID-19. This high CO...
SC Justice Champion
South Carolina Prison Justice Network
Sep, 11 2020
Speak out for fairness and justice for people incarcerated in South Carolina by becoming a SC Justice Champion. Join our public education campaign to advance justice and human rights in South Carolina. We will challenge inhumane conditions in South Carolina’s facilities while advancin...
The DOJ Can Stop COVID-19 in Prisons
#CagingCOVID: Stopping the Spread Behind Bars
Aug, 29 2020
[This petition has been updated as of 1/26/2021 to narrow its focus on demanding action from the incoming head of the DOJ Civil Rights Division.]Sign this petition demanding investigation...
Texas Needs an Independent Ombudsman to its prison system
Prison Ecology Project
May, 03 2019
The TX House of Representatives' Calendars Committee has less than a week to get HB 363, a bill that would create an independent ombudsman to TDCJ, on to the floor for discussion, spurring the TX Senate to also bring its companion bill up, SB 188. The Campaign to Fight Toxic Prison...
End Prison Slave Contracts with University of Florida
Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (Gainesville)
Jan, 26 2019
[UPDATES: This campaign started with targeting the City of Gainesville and Alachua County. As of Jan 24, 2019, both the City and County have officially terminated their contracts with FDOC. ...
Drop bogus investigation against FL jailhouse lawyer Melvin Perez
Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (Gainesville)
Nov, 12 2018
Please make these calls and emails to tell Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) that you demand Melvin Perez be returned to general population and the phony investigation against him be dropped. [Names collected in this petition will also be send to FDOC administration periodical...
Demand #MoreThan4: Restore Felon Voting Rights Without Discrimination in FL
Human Rights Defense Center
Oct, 03 2018
Sign this petition to demand an end to discrimination in voter re-enfranchisement. By now, as a result of the Amendment 4 campaign, most ...
Climate Change is Causing Cruel & Unusual Punishment: Tell Congress to Recognize the Demands of Prison Strikers
#StopTheHeat – End Abusive Conditions in Prisons
Aug, 31 2018
A global climate justice convergence in San Francisco coincided with the national prison strike in September 2018. Nation Inside’s #StopTheHeat Campaign ...
TIFA Heat Petition 2019
Texas Inmate Families Association
Jul, 18 2018
The dangerous heat conditions in our TDCJ units are an unacceptable health and safety hazard. We’ve learne...
Stop Florida prisons from replacing in-person visits with video calls
Campaign for Prison Phone Justice
May, 24 2018
Contact with family and community on the outside is often regarded as one of the most important aspects of prison life and successful re-entry. Adding cost-prohibitive barriers to this communication is counter productive for everyone... but the prison profiteers.While many jails nati...
Stop Florida prisons from replacing in-person visits with video calls
Stop Prison Profiteering
May, 18 2018
Click the START WRITING button to skip straight to sending a letter to the FL Department of Corrections (FDOC). BackgroundContact with family and community on the outside is often regarded as one of the most important aspects of prison life and succes...
Use of Discretionary Sentencing Guidelines Provision Subsection F in Virginia
Resource Information Help for the Disadvantaged
Feb, 27 2018
Use of Discretionary Sentencing Guidelines Provision Subsection FSentencing Guidelines Disparities: Whereas, when parole was abolished in 1995, Virginia Sentence Guideline(s) Subsection B, mandated that judges "shall” file with the record of the case a written explanation of any departur...
Tell FL Legislatures: Recognize the Operation PUSH prisoners' demands
Prison Ecology Project
Feb, 13 2018
On January 15th, Florida prisoners launched #OperationPUSH, asking supporters to "shine a light from the outside in on the system."...
Tell Congress: Even the DOJ Doesn't Want Another Toxic Prison in Appalachia
Prison Ecology Project
Oct, 05 2017
This action will send a letter to your representatives in Congress who could take a stand to save taxpayers $444 million dollars by respecting the Department of Justice (DOJ) position on not building this prison. It will also add your name on a new comment to the BOP for the latest version of...
STOP THE HEAT
#StopTheHeat – End Abusive Conditions in Prisons
Jun, 23 2017
Nation Inside and Middle Ground Prison Reform are hearing concerns from prisoners and families in Arizona regarding excessive heat conditions, an issue of actual life and death in a state whose summers reach triple digit temperatures. Let’s protect those within our criminal justice system by pu...
PISTONS & Prison Phones: Foul on Families
Campaign for Prison Phone Justice
May, 19 2017
The owner of the Detroit Pistons, billionaire Tom Gores, brought the Pistons back to Detroit beca...
Student Demands
Decarcerate Illinois
May, 04 2017
Higher education remains the consummate way to turn a life around, yet universities and colleges routinely force applicants to reveal their criminal histories, complicating academic progress for those who need it most. But a state bill---HB 3142---aims to remedy that problem in Illinois and needs...
Tell Virginia Not to Shred Family Photos
Resource Information Help for the Disadvantaged
Apr, 13 2017
Correspondence written by the loved ones of Virginia prisoners will be shredded after being opened and copied by prison staff. The new policy takes hold April 17th, when half of all Virginia Department of Corrections facilities will begin destroying incoming prisoner mail items like letters...
Even the DOJ Doesn't Want Another Toxic Prison in Appalachia
Prison Ecology Project
Mar, 29 2017
The Department of Justice agrees: We don't need the Letcher prison--------------------------------------------------------------------In August of this year the DOJ, which controls to Bureau of Prisons (BOP), retracted its request for funds to build this prison in Ken...
Prisons Need Ice in Summer Heat #StopTheHeat
#StopTheHeat – End Abusive Conditions in Prisons
Aug, 01 2016
The indoor heat index in Oklahoma prisons often hovers around the 90s and 100s in the summer because most prison units don’t have air conditioning, leaving those inside susceptible to heat stroke and complications related to existing medical conditions. We’re hearing reports from famil...
Heat Kills in Texas Prisons #StopTheHeat
#StopTheHeat – End Abusive Conditions in Prisons
Aug, 01 2016
A Texas man was supposed to return home to his family after his 2 year sentence for passing a bad check. Instead he died of heatstroke after suffering convulsions in his cell. He didn’t have a fan, he ...
Stop the Unfair Sentencing Trap in VA (FISHBACK & SENTENCING DISPARITY)
Resource Information Help for the Disadvantaged
Jun, 23 2016
"Working together to end mass incarceration by improving the effectiveness and fairness of Virginia's criminal justice system"Parole in Virgi...
Raise the Larceny Threshold
Jobs Not Jails
May, 10 2016
The Massachusetts legislative session ends July 31, 2016. There's still time to enact criminal justice reform this session. If you are convicted of larceny of items over $250, it is a felony here in Massachusetts. The present $250 threshold is unjust because it captures many low level offenses a...
Preserve CORI Reform
Jobs Not Jails
May, 02 2016
We need your help to stop the courts from putting criminal records online which will have the effect of gutting the benefits of sealing CORI records. We are also asking them to halt the current practice of putting housing records online. Comments are due Wednesday, May 4....
OK - Prison Phone Justice
Campaign for Prison Phone Justice
Mar, 16 2016
On October 22, 2015 the Federal Communications Commission voted to cap the rates and fees companies charge those families struggling to keep in touch with incarcerated relatives by phone.Now, attorneys general in several states are joining with phone companies to try to block this pos...
IN - Prison Phone Justice
Campaign for Prison Phone Justice
Mar, 16 2016
On October 22, 2015 the Federal Communications Commission voted to cap the rates and fees companies charge those families struggling to keep in touch with incarcerated relatives by phone.Now, attorneys general in several states are joining with phone companies to try to block this pos...
KS - Prison Phone Justice
Campaign for Prison Phone Justice
Mar, 16 2016
On October 22, 2015 the Federal Communications Commission voted to cap the rates and fees companies charge those families struggling to keep in touch with incarcerated relatives by phone.Now, attorneys general in several states are joining with phone companies to try to block this pos...
AR - Prison Phone Justice
Campaign for Prison Phone Justice
Mar, 16 2016
On October 22, 2015 the Federal Communications Commission voted to cap the rates and fees companies charge those families struggling to keep in touch with incarcerated relatives by phone.Now, attorneys general in several states are joining with phone companies to try to block this pos...
LA - Prison Phone Justice
Campaign for Prison Phone Justice
Mar, 16 2016
On October 22, 2015 the Federal Communications Commission voted to cap the rates and fees companies charge those families struggling to keep in touch with incarcerated relatives by phone.Now, attorneys general in several states are joining with phone companies to try to block this pos...
WI - Prison Phone Justice
Campaign for Prison Phone Justice
Mar, 16 2016
On October 22, 2015 the Federal Communications Commission voted to cap the rates and fees companies charge those families struggling to keep in touch with incarcerated relatives by phone.Now, attorneys general in several states are joining with phone companies to try to block this pos...
Stop Kickbacks from Phone Calls in Illinois Prisons!
Illinois Campaign for Prison Phone Justice
Mar, 12 2016
Support House Bill 6200: The Family Connections Bill! Introduced by State Representative Carol Ammons (D-Urbana), it eliminates the commissions collected from phone calls in Illinois prisons, what amount to a tax on poor families. Securus Technologies, ...
Tell the EPA that Prisoners Deserve Environmental Justice
Prison Ecology Project
Feb, 10 2016
There are about 2.4 million people who live in the United States but are effectively ignored by the Environmental Protection Agency. How is this possible? They live in prisons.It is appalling that our government is exempting millions of people from basic environmental and health safeg...
No New Capitol Prison in "District 12"
Prison Ecology Project
Jan, 31 2016
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has proposed to build a new facility located in the mountains of eastern Kentucky—the actual region used as the model for "District 12" in The Hunger Games trilogy, showing that The Capito...
FCC Commissioners Thank You Petition