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Happy birthday to our rock star Staff Attorney Audrey McGinn! Audrey has been an invaluable part of our team for many years. She started her journey with CIP as a volunteer and clinical intern while she was in law school at @californiawesternschooloflaw. After passing the bar, she worked as an investigator with us until she became a Staff Attorney in 2011. Help us wish her an amazing birthday!
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HAPPY FATHERS DAY to all fathers! And to those that are visiting Fathers today have a great visit YOU ALL are appreciated. .
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This Saturday, we held our graduation at Avenal State Prison on Yard D! Participants successfully completed the year-long curriculum and held a ceremony to celebrate their accomplishments.
The warden, Rosemary Ndoh, attended to show her support and our amazing facilitator Arnoldo, wore his cap and gown from his recent Fresno State graduation in solidarity. The beautiful mural was painted by amazing artists at Avenal who perfectly matched the design to our garden.
We are so proud of these inspiring men for all their hard work and we have so much love and appreciation for our Avenal community!
We need to HALT SOLITARY for ALL. For the prisons and jails in New York, not just one or the other. Every person in this devastating and inhumane torture needs to be let out of their solitary cell and given a space that allows them to mentally and physically heal. This bill needs to pass in the RIGHT way that gives everyone in New York in solitary their rights back. Via @kaliefbrowderway // @nygovcuomo @jamaaltbailey36 @mikeblake1922 @andreastewartcousins
Seven years ago today, we sat in a courtroom with @brianbanksfree and heard the judge in his case announce that his conviction was reversed. "There comes a time when you have to let go in order to move on. The only thing I wasn't going to let go was this fight," Brian told a crowd of reporters and supporters that day.
Since his exoneration, Brian has fulfilled his dream of playing in the @nfl; he's become a father; and within the next few months, both his book, What Set Me Free, and the feature film about his story, @brianbanksmovie, will be released. Be sure to get your copy of the book (out July 2) and see the film when it hits theaters August 9!
Cheers, Brian!
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Thank you Senator Nancy Skinner for standing with hundreds of people living with a past conviction/record!
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It’s time to end barriers and create opportunities! LINK IN BIO .
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#whentheyseeus brings together an important reminder of what happens in courts across the US every single day. Instead of taking this just as a vital story, we need to utilize these powerful voices to keep on working, keep on voting, keep on reforming. Our justice system is filled with people that are not working for the safety and well-being of all, and we are the only ones who can change it. What’s happening in NYC that can make a difference? The Queens DA primary: pay attention - get to know the candidates - VOTE.
A truly historic day in PA! One year after Clean Slate became law, the process is now underway to automatically seal 30 million criminal records across the commonwealth. The opportunity to give people a second chance, get a job, and not let one mistake determine their future would not have been possible without the tremendous amount of hard work and collaboration between me, my partner in reform @RepDolzier, @GovernorTomWolf, and countless other lawmakers/advocates from both sides of the aisle. This is an exciting day, but our fight for criminal justice reform is far from over! #repharris #letswork #cjreform