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People with criminal records face a daunting array of counterproductive, debilitating legal barriers that make it much more difficult for them to succeed in almost every important aspect of life. The Legal Action Centers groundbreaking report, After Prison: Roadblocks to Reentry, documents and grades each state on the legal obstacles that people with criminal records face as they seek to become fully productive members of society. The Report also makes a series of recommendations for legislative and policy change that point the way for future advocacy that can make a real difference in facilitating reentry for this population.
In order to help advocates eliminate these unfair roadblocks, the Legal Action Center has developed advocacy kits on 12 critically important policy, funding and legal issues that can be used to remove nearly all of the most harmful roadblocks to re-entry. Each advocacy kit contains some or all of the following:
- Brief explanation of the roadblocks, why they need to be eliminated, and how to eliminate them;
- Model laws and policies;
- Action Alerts;
- Sample advocacy Letters;
- Links to relevant sections of After Prison: Roadblocks to Reentry that provide additional information; and
- We soon will add Sample Editorials that can be used for media outreach.
All parts of each advocacy kit can be downloaded for printing, e-mailing or other dissemination. The Action Alerts, Sample Letters, and Sample Editorials can be shaped to address the specific reforms an advocate is seeking to achieve.
Simply click on the following to find the advocacy kit for the roadblocks you want to eliminate:
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About The Author:
The Legal Action Center is the only non-profit law and policy organization in the United States whose sole mission is to fight discrimination against people with histories of addiction, HIV/AIDS, or criminal records, and to advocate for sound public policies in these areas. |
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