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In 2024, executions ‘in the heart of Dixie’ still rely on Jim Crow

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From The Hill  On Jan. 25, Alabama’s governor approved killing Kenneth Smith by nitrogen gas — something the United Nations said ”will likely violate the prohibition on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment” in violation of International Human Rights Law. Alabama’s use of an experimental method of execution is an outrage. But what is more […]

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San Quentin Advisory Panel Meets In Secret

Criminal Justice Reform, Justice, Prison Reform, Reentry Services, Rehabilitation / By /

The Democratic governor wants to remake San Quentin, where the state performed executions, into a model for preparing people for life on the outside — a shift from the state’s decades-long focus on punishment. And he wants it all complete by December 2025, just before he leaves office. Read the article here.

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Rehab on hold: COVID-19 devastated prison learning programs

Education, Family Impact, Job Training, Justice, Prison Reform, Rehabilitation, Youth in Prison / By /

From Napa Valley Register By AARON MORRISON Associated Press    Mar 5, 2023 Updated Apr 10, 2023   CHOWCHILLA — Joseph Sena has spent nearly half of his 27 years in prison for manslaughter. For almost as long, he’s been striving to make himself a better man than when he arrived. He has taken courses in creative

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PERSEVERE Awarded Walmart Grant to Advance Workforce Equity for At-Risk Youth

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National Launch Event at SXSW on March 11 Includes Major U.S. Employment Partners Helping to Disrupt the Prison Pipeline Memphis, TN (March 11, 2022) –Persevere, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, has been awarded a grant from Walmart.org. Funding will help Persevere create and build the National Institute for Unlock Potential (UP) capacity. The national institute will

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Drew Crowe & the Transition House

Job Training, Justice, Reentry Services, Substance Abuse / By /

From Persevere It’s unseasonably cold in Memphis when Drew Crowe pulls into the sparsely populated parking lot in front of the towering Methodist church. Large, imposing, and sporting multiple tattoos, at first glance you’d probably expect to find Drew in a biker bar before seeing him volunteering at a church. If you’re lucky enough to

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