CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Advocate for Criminal Justice
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Earn your way out will provide inmates with support to serve their time then return to the public as law-abiding citizens.
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Background S761/A1986 will provide inmates the support to have a successful reentry into society. Prior to release, there will be a reentry plan implemented for each inmate with services that will cover medical, psychiatric, psychological, educational, vocational, substance abuse, and social rehabilitative services shall be incorporated into a comprehensive reentry plan. With clear expectations of them and the legal system, these rehabilitation programs will help aid the wellbeing of each inmate as they renter society. |
Why AdvocateS761/A1986 turns incarceration into opportunity for people who feel that they have had no choice other than resorting to crime to survive. This system provides inmates a second chance at earning a life as a healthy law-abiding citizen. Earn Your Way Out will finally allow people to receive the help and services needed to keep them from falling into a life of crime. It will educate people on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle and give them alternative ways to survive without crime. |
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Take Action
Bill S761/A1986 was passed by the Senate and is waiting for approval from the assembly. Please contact your legislator and express the importance of ending mass incarceration by passing Earn Your Way Out.
This bill will stop the abuse of Isolated Confinement and the devastating effects it has on people in prison.
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BackgroundThe Isolated Confinement Restriction Act will limit the use of isolated confinement in correctional facilities in NJ. This bill demands livable conditions while in confinement and allows inmates to not only contest their confinement, but puts a limit on the number of days they can spend there. |
Why AdvocateNumerous studies have documented the harmful psychological effects of long-term solitary confinement, which can produce debilitating symptoms. The point of incarceration is to reform and release. The Isolated Confinement Restriction Act is holding state prisons accountable for harming inmates with isolation rather than reforming them. Sentencing people in prison to long-term isolated confinement is sentencing them to leave prison in worse health than they entered. This increases their chances of being rearrested and limiting their ability to exist in society. |
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Take Action
Please end the suffering caused by isolated confinement by contacting your legislators and prompting them to pass The Isolated Confinement Restriction Act.