Student and community advocates for progress in the criminal justice system. Striving to serve, advocate for & uplift those impacted by it. Est. 1972
Nashville, TN
Joined March 2019
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Vanderbilt Prison Project retweeted
UVO extends our thanks to everyone who rallied, wrote a letter, or made a phone call to Free Donald Ray Clemons. Much love to Participatory Defense Nashville, @Rahimbuford @VUPrisonProject @VandyHustler Enjoy your life brother!
Vanderbilt Prison Project retweeted
Happy about my brother Don coming home after 25 years. We grew up in prison, survived the harshness, and managed to stay human. Love to @OutreachVoices @VUPrisonProject #ParticipatoryDefenseNashville Justice includes hope, healing & transformation. #2ndChanceTN2021 – at Nashville, TN
Freedom Report: Our community member Donald Clemons is coming home after 25 years in prison. Thank you to everyone who participated in this effort! While UVO celebrates our 2nd accomplishments in the name 2nd Chances, there’s more work to be done. #2ndChanceTN2021
Vanderbilt Prison Project retweeted
Thank you @NC5 for being inclusive! Let’s work to get Donald Ray Clemons a 2nd Chance. Thanks @VUPrisonProject @freeheartsorg #uncagetn2021 #2ndchancetn2021
Vanderbilt Prison Project retweeted
Right now, they have a campaign to lobby Gov. Lee to free Don Clemons and Shawnda Jones, two people who have been in prison since their teenage years. It's extremely exciting to see the work the VPP is doing! -BM
@VUPrisonProject
Learn more: freedonandshawnda.com/
Vanderbilt Prison Project retweeted
I wanted to tell y'all about the good work being done at Vanderbilt because of the Vanderbilt Prison Project—a student organization that educates and inspires other students to engage in the criminal justice system.
Vanderbilt Prison Project retweeted
“This year, and especially now in this time, we felt we would be remiss if we didn’t address policing,” VPP executive board member Jin Heo said. Between Oct. 26 and 29, VPP is holding an awareness week focused on policing and the prison system in America.
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Vanderbilt Prison Project retweeted
🚨 CALL TO ACTION: Join us to demand that the public be granted access to our courts. #EyesOnTheCourt #NCBFCourtWatch
Vanderbilt Prison Project retweeted
We need more than for you to like, we need your support to help me get freedom, not only for me, but 420,000 who can’t vote in Tennessee. #endfelonism #unheardvoicesoutreach secure.actblue.com/donate/un…
Vanderbilt Prison Project retweeted
Sharing what we saw this weekend after protests. Pretrial Release program = no money required to get out. Why are more black Nashvillians forced by commissioners to pay for their freedom?
#blacklivesmatter #endwealthbaseddetention
Vanderbilt Prison Project retweeted
It’s time for @GovBillLee to acknowledge 420,000 Tennesseans cannot vote due to felony disenfranchisement. Rights should never be taken. @noexceptionsTN @freeheartsorg @VUPrisonProject @aclutn @song_nashville @eji_org @CJINashville @ACLU @CivRightsCorps
miamiherald.com/news/politic… – at Nashville, TN
Vanderbilt Prison Project retweeted
Our team's investigation revealed multiple missed opportunities to prevent the spread of the coronavirus outbreak at the Bledsoe County Correctional Complex bit.ly/3bmeYZG
Vanderbilt Prison Project retweeted
Due to COVID19, people are still being arrested and caged, but most don’t have court dates in the near future because of court closures. We’re posting bail every day for Nashvillians with no idea of when we’ll get our money returned. The safety of our neighbors is more important.
Vanderbilt Prison Project retweeted
And demonstrators from @song_nashville @freeheartsorg & other criminal justice reform groups took to the streets for a car parade protest, urging officials to release more people from Nashville's jails wpln.org/post/protesters-urg… 3/x
Vanderbilt Prison Project retweeted
Jeannie Alexander @NoExceptionsPr1 said. "If we do not want thousands of prison sentences to turn into death sentences, the only responsible thing to do is decarcerate broadly, and start doing so now." #FreeHer #FreeThemAll #PublicHealthIsPublicSafety
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Vanderbilt Prison Project retweeted
In the midst of COVID-19 global pandemic, we uplift our call to #FreeThemAll with more urgency than ever.
Here is a resource of other asks & actions we can demand to get as many ppl free as possible & to support the health of ppl inside: bit.ly/NBFNCOVID19
Vanderbilt Prison Project retweeted
81% of these people are being held pretrial. They have NOT been convicted of a crime. Many of them--over 50% based on our data--will have their cases dismissed or not prosecuted.
Now, who knows how many innocent Nashvillians may die before their case is even heard.
Vanderbilt Prison Project retweeted
It's hard to find words. Given the choice, our courts chose cages, illness, and likely death over justice and mercy.
These judges and DA are elected. Remember this.
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Vanderbilt Prison Project retweeted
BREAKING NEWS: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has granted #RodneyReed an indefinite stay of execution, meaning he no longer has an execution date! Stay tuned for more info.
Vanderbilt Prison Project retweeted
“I myself was the first person to be exonerated from a death sentence based on DNA evidence. It is unconscionable that we would execute a human being when DNA evidence is available that has not been tested." — @BloodsworthDNA, @WTIUSA #RodneyReed
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