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As rates of Covid-19 climb inside prisons, @SusanBurtonLA and @ANewWayofLife1 are racing to house newly released women in communal homes. Safe and immediate housing is one of the most punishing barriers to reentry, and the work of these programs is even more urgent today.

12:44 am · August 12, 2020

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"@SusanBurtonLA proved that we can put people in real houses on ordinary streets and that they have a right to come back to the community.” - IJ's Alex Busansky on Susan Burton's trailblazing work at @ANewWayofLife1. nytimes.com/2020/08/07/art…

12:35 am · August 12, 2020

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@jack PLEASE fund our Homecoming Project, housing for prisoners released early bcz of COVID #startsmall #ImpactJustice

5:02 pm · August 8, 2020

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"No one knows how many inmates die each year because of staff use of force. Correctional systems typically do not gather — much less publish — data on such deaths, and they rarely receive media attention." washingtonpost.com/opinions/2…

8:27 pm · July 6, 2020

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"Please understand that Covid-19 is a death sentence for people like my dad." Watch today's testimony from advocates and loved ones at the CA Senate Committee on Public Safety hearing: senate.ca.gov/media/senate-t…

9:21 pm · July 1, 2020