CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM

Our criminal justice system is consuming our American citizens. It is a private industry profiting from our tax dollars. Our current prison/jailing systems are giving inmates and guards PTSD. Our Criminal Justice System is not just. It is a corrupted system profiting off of the poor and people of color. Until there is justice, there will be no prosperity in our country. We must take back our justice system to reflect restoration, rehabilitation, and reconciliation for the victim, the perpetrator, and for our communities. We can ensure the safety of our children, our parents and our communities by addressing our fears and creating solutions that benefit the collective.

• Bring back prison education
• Decriminalize addiction
• Decriminalize marijuana and other medicinal/non-violent drug use.
• End for-profit phone calls and commissary for inmates
• End money bail that targets the poor
• End private prisons
• End slavery in prisons, including work for pennies
• Ensure adequate healthcare within our prisons and jails.
• Prioritize rehabilitation
• Promote restorative justice
• Train and pay our prison and jail staff a wage worthy of great care and attention to their jobs.
• Ensure they have access to mental health and time with family.
• Utilize scholars and experts in criminal justice to reform the justice system. Our system should be one that rehabilitates people so that when they are released, they learned from their incarceration and are truly ready to reenter society.