WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, July 10, FAMM will bring lawmakers, advocates, and family members from all over the nation to the United States Capitol to demand justice reform in 2018. There are a number of federal bills in the U.S. House and Senate with the potential to impact parole, sentencing, and prison reforms. Attendees and families affected by incarceration hope to express to Congress the need and urgency for effective reform.
Event: Families for Justice Reform Now Rally
When: 2:00-3:30 p.m., July 10, 2018
Where: The U.S. Capitol, East Lawn
(Grassy area in front of the Capitol Visitor Center, across the street from the Library of Congress)
Speakers include affected families, former prisoners, advocates from FAMM, #cut50, Prison Fellowship, the American Conservative Union, and more. Congressional speakers include Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Rep. Robert Scott (D-VA), and Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA).
There will also be a spoken-word performance by Paine the Poet.
The rally is co-sponsored by FAMM, Justice Action Network, FreedomWorks, ACU, the Can-Do Foundation, #cut50, and Prison Fellowship.
If you are interested in attending the event, please contact Rabiah Burks at [email protected].
They are creating a global police state, and they are just using sex offenders , etc to usher in this one world government. There is no other reason for what they are doing.
Will anyone dare to represent registered citizens there? Even if, and that’s a big if- given the soaring private prison profits under Trump, there is any reform, sex offenders will ALWAYS be excluded from any reduced sentencing, second chances, or ANY kind of relief. As long as state and federal registries exist, we will still struggle with housing and employment and NEVER be allowed to move on.
Not trying to be overly negative, just keeping it real. How many times have we seen relief for other felons only to be excluded?
Wish i could say that you’re being overly dramatic on the prison time.
Unfortunately, those with s.o. convictions (crimes that fall under f.s. 948.30) from October 1, 2014 to now and are doing time in prison are NOT eligible for gain time. That is not a Florida court mandated guideline but one implemented by the Fdoc (chapter 33 guidelines).
Doh! I need to clarify.
I meant to say those whose charges, NOT convictions, fall on October 1, 2014 or later… are ineligible for gain time.
If things and thinking don’t change soon the United States will be a nation occupied almost entirely with ex-felons and no one eligible to vote or get a job.