The state legislature has officially halted construction of the new prison units and redirected the funding toward community job programs. We will be monitoring the implementation of these new investments to ensure the money reaches the intended districts. Thank you for your commitment to this outcome.
April 1, 2014
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Reached 250 supporters
January 31, 2014
Reached 100 supporters
August 28, 2013
August 25, 2013
We are approaching the one hundred signature threshold which serves as our initial benchmark for vetting by legislative aides. Please direct this link to your personal networks so we reach that mark before my scheduled briefing at the State House.
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Yes! If people had jobs that supported them, they would not have to resort to selling drugs or breaking-&-entering in order to survive. We also need to create jobs for those with records that prevent them from getting jobs.
The U.S. has a higher incarceration rate than Russia, China, and Iran. We jail more of our racial or ethnic minorities than any other country. How do we explain this to the incarcerated, ourselves, and the world? It's time to create jobs, not jails.
I do not think one more penny should be spend on new or expanded prisons in Massachusetts. Use all of that money to support jobs, education, health care and housing for families in underserved and marginalized communities.
Jobs and Opportunity are sorely needed vs any new Prison Cells. A Life is what you allow one to make of it, and what a person dreams of after having made mistakes. Not a return to Draconian measures. Steal one's dreams and he'll be sure to fill a cell.
Putting this money into jobs leads to more public safety and wellbeing. Putting it into prisons leads to a demand for more prisoners, inciting injustice.
no more jails! jails are for criminals! abolish jails!
Criminal justice should be about rehabilitation, not punishment. How is it good for society to create an entire class of citizens that can't even provide for themselves?
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The state legislature has officially halted construction of the new prison units and redirected the funding toward community job programs. We will be monitoring the implementation of these new investments to ensure the money reaches the intended districts. Thank you for your commitment to this outcome.
April 1, 2014
Final supporters
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
January 31, 2014
Reached 100 supporters
August 28, 2013
August 25, 2013
We are approaching the one hundred signature threshold which serves as our initial benchmark for vetting by legislative aides. Please direct this link to your personal networks so we reach that mark before my scheduled briefing at the State House.
32 Comments
Criminal justice should be about rehabilitation, not punishment. How is it good for society to create an entire class of citizens that can't even provide for themselves?
Yes! If people had jobs that supported them, they would not have to resort to selling drugs or breaking-&-entering in order to survive. We also need to create jobs for those with records that prevent them from getting jobs.
The U.S. has a higher incarceration rate than Russia, China, and Iran. We jail more of our racial or ethnic minorities than any other country. How do we explain this to the incarcerated, ourselves, and the world? It's time to create jobs, not jails.
I do not think one more penny should be spend on new or expanded prisons in Massachusetts. Use all of that money to support jobs, education, health care and housing for families in underserved and marginalized communities.
Jobs and Opportunity are sorely needed vs any new Prison Cells. A Life is what you allow one to make of it, and what a person dreams of after having made mistakes. Not a return to Draconian measures. Steal one's dreams and he'll be sure to fill a cell.
Putting this money into jobs leads to more public safety and wellbeing. Putting it into prisons leads to a demand for more prisoners, inciting injustice.
no more jails! jails are for criminals! abolish jails!
Criminal justice should be about rehabilitation, not punishment. How is it good for society to create an entire class of citizens that can't even provide for themselves?
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Criminal justice should be about rehabilitation, not punishment. How is it good for society to create an entire class of citizens that can't even provide for themselves?