“To Be Free Is to Free Others”: Formerly Incarcerated Women Urge Decarceration

“We have a long way to go to bring justice to all the individuals who were harmed by the ‘tough on crime,’ zero-tolerance legislation passed in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s,” says Amy Povah, founder and director of CAN-DO Justice through Clemency, which advocates for people imprisoned on federal drug sentences. “Many people we are advocating for have served over 25 years and many are elderly and...

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