Support reentry for formerly incarcerated people
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We need your help in supporting our community members who are coming back home!
On October 19th, governor Murphy signed legislation to release eligible adult and juvenile prisoners with a year or less left on their sentences from New Jersey jails, prisons, and halfway houses, where they face the worst COVID-19 death rate of any prison system in the country. We anticipate that over 2,000 men and women within 8 months of their release date will gain relief from Public Health Emergency Credits, and will be released in the first week of November, with about 1,000 more to be released through January.
All too often, people are released with little more than a bus ticket and what remains of their commissary account on a debit card. To succeed in their next steps, especially in a world that, this year, looks entirely different to the one they left, many individuals will need access to basic resources and services that the state will not provide them.
NJ Prison Justice Watch (formerly known as NJ CAIC), a coalition of people with lived experience fighting for the dignity and human rights of currently and formerly incarcerated people, is partnering with the American Reentry Initiative, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, to introduce the Welcome Home Initiative. Their goal is to coordinate the efforts of concerned citizens across the state to provide comprehensive support and services to every returning citizen in New Jersey.
In addition to launching the first state-wide Welcome Home hotline to help individuals navigate the services in their area, organizers are also developing a network of distribution partners across the state who can provide those recently released with the essential resources they need to start the next chapter of their life.
We need all the help you can provide to ensure we meet the needs of returning citizens in this historic moment: a release on this scale has never been attempted in the state’s, and perhaps even the country’s, history, and its success will depend on the generosity of the community members willing to step up.
Our goal is to raise $2500. Please join the Hunterdon County Anti-Racism Coalition in showing up in solidarity to support our community members who are coming back home! Please consider contributing and sharing this campaign widely among your networks. #americanreentry #americanreentryinitiative #DecarcerateCOVID19 #SayTheirNames #getinvolved #welcomehomeinitiative #criminaljusticereform #blacklivesmatter #njpjw
On October 19th, governor Murphy signed legislation to release eligible adult and juvenile prisoners with a year or less left on their sentences from New Jersey jails, prisons, and halfway houses, where they face the worst COVID-19 death rate of any prison system in the country. We anticipate that over 2,000 men and women within 8 months of their release date will gain relief from Public Health Emergency Credits, and will be released in the first week of November, with about 1,000 more to be released through January.
All too often, people are released with little more than a bus ticket and what remains of their commissary account on a debit card. To succeed in their next steps, especially in a world that, this year, looks entirely different to the one they left, many individuals will need access to basic resources and services that the state will not provide them.
NJ Prison Justice Watch (formerly known as NJ CAIC), a coalition of people with lived experience fighting for the dignity and human rights of currently and formerly incarcerated people, is partnering with the American Reentry Initiative, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, to introduce the Welcome Home Initiative. Their goal is to coordinate the efforts of concerned citizens across the state to provide comprehensive support and services to every returning citizen in New Jersey.
In addition to launching the first state-wide Welcome Home hotline to help individuals navigate the services in their area, organizers are also developing a network of distribution partners across the state who can provide those recently released with the essential resources they need to start the next chapter of their life.
We need all the help you can provide to ensure we meet the needs of returning citizens in this historic moment: a release on this scale has never been attempted in the state’s, and perhaps even the country’s, history, and its success will depend on the generosity of the community members willing to step up.
Our goal is to raise $2500. Please join the Hunterdon County Anti-Racism Coalition in showing up in solidarity to support our community members who are coming back home! Please consider contributing and sharing this campaign widely among your networks. #americanreentry #americanreentryinitiative #DecarcerateCOVID19 #SayTheirNames #getinvolved #welcomehomeinitiative #criminaljusticereform #blacklivesmatter #njpjw
Organizer
Hunterdon County Anti-Racism Coalition
Organizer
Flemington, NJ
American Reentry Initiative
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