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State and Local Issues

Because 90% of all prisoners in the United States are in state facilities, the work that states are doing to reduce their prison populations is crucial. Attempting to end mass incarceration necessitates realizing this is a situation requiring not one national solution, but fifty state solutions. Below are current state solutions that could be effectively modeled by other states for meaningful reform.

EXCLUSIVE: Gov. Kim Reynolds to propose constitutional amendment lifting felon voting ban in Condition of the State

“‘Talk with someone who, by their own actions, hit rock bottom but decided to turn their life around,’ Reynolds will say Tuesday, according to her prepared remarks, portions of which were shared exclusively with the Des Moines Register. ‘Watch their face light up when they tell you about the person who offered them a helping hand. ... There are few things as powerful as the joy of someone who got a second chance and found their purpose’.“

Des Moines Register

January 15, 2019

State ReformsPhillip ReevesJanuary 15, 2019Des Moines Register, Iowa, Kim ReynoldsComment

State and Local Issues

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