Prison reform & criminal Justice reform advocate,Founder of On The Way Home Reentry Community, Mobile Notary Public, caterer, structural designer and mom.
Alabama
Joined March 2022
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kelly retweeted
The head of Alabama’s largest law enforcement agency has not done a sit down interview w any journalist since appointed by @GovernorKayIvey to lead a prison system with record homicides, suicides & overdoses. And he’s making a lot more money than the last guy. #Accountability
kelly retweeted
We're #hiring for the following roles:
◼️ Senior Campaign Strategist
◼️ Youth Justice Engagement Manager
◼️ Development Director
Apply or share w/ your network: sentencingproject.org/about/…
kelly retweeted
New reporting from @insideclimate: An Alabama town has criminally charged more than 180 people over unpaid garbage bills. Black moms and those facing disabilities are among the hardest hit by the policy. Take a moment to meet some of those impacted. 🧵1/9 insideclimatenews.org/news/2…
kelly retweeted
The jurors, prosecutors and victim’s family in #MarcellusWilliams' case are all supporting his bid for clemency, which has been denied by Missouri’s Republican governor and state Supreme Court. democracynow.org/2024/9/24/t…
kelly retweeted
I wish there were better news. But as of now, #MarcellusWilliams is still scheduled to be executed by Missouri tonight at 6 p.m. central for a crime he is totally innocent of.
Don’t stop sharing his story. It’s not too late to save an innocent life. innocenceproject.org/petitio…
kelly retweeted
Prosecutors now say he’s innocent but Missouri plans to execute him anyway. This is insane. And sick. And terrifying. What are we doing? #EndTheDeathPenalty
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kelly retweeted
Oh look, all these cruel parole denials aren’t keeping Alabama safer: “In other words, despite far lower parole granting rates than two of its neighbors who also grant parole, Alabama experiences a higher violent crime rate.” #alpolitics alabamareflector.com/2024/09…
kelly retweeted
“Policymakers and citizens of Alabama need to ask themselves: Is this policy making us safer? Are we safer when we force old, sick, and dying people to rot in prison? Is that making us safer? And the answer is no. It’s wasting tax dollars and not making us safer.” Amen!
Alabama prisons let out ‘old, sick and dying’ inmates denied parole (via @aldotcom)
al.com/news/2024/09/alabama-…
kelly retweeted
My @kellyscauses account with all my wonderful followers couldn’t be the account for On The Way Home but I need all you wonderful people to follow here for me too. I need to spread the word about all the wonderful things we’re planning with OTWH.
kelly retweeted
On the Way Home Reentry is a 501(c)(3) non profit organization. Our goal is to create a Reentry community like none other in Alabama and in order to do that we need help. We need volunteers to help with securing funding, donors, grants, and land or a facility.
kelly retweeted
Nauseating numbers in this breakdown of @GovernorKayIvey’s gluttonous cash grab for cabinet cronies. Particularly ADOC’s commissioner overseeing a failing dysfunctional bloody mess & he gets a 43% raise?!?! Seriously, what has he improved? Name one thing.
It wasn't so long ago that people got up in arms about this kinda stuff.
al.com/news/2024/09/kayflati…
kelly retweeted
The most expensive prison ever built in the history of humankind, and taxpayers who foot the bill don't get to know all the reasons the cost has doubled?
Original cost of Alabama's mega-prison? $623 million. Estimated cost now? $1.25 billion. They're blaming inflation, design changes from court orders and "other factors affecting construction projects." And what factors are those? Does anyone really know?
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kelly retweeted
A lot to unpack from yesterday’s budget hearing. ADOC says they likely won’t meet a court order to hire an additional 2000 correction officers by next summer. And that they have paid out $10 million in bonuses after a 2019 law to help retain and promote officers. And...
Via @rchapoco: The head of the Alabama Department of Corrections said Tuesday the department will not likely meet a court order to hire an additional 2,000 corrections officers by next July. alabamareflector.com/2024/08… #alpolitics
kelly retweeted
Outstanding reporting by @laurenk_gill on the bigoted ugliness in Alabama's machinery of death & how ADOC ignored most of Keith Gavin's final wishes connected to his faith before they killed him by lethal injection. #deathpenalty #Alabama
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kelly retweeted
Robert George passed away on July 23rd after he was released from the Alabama Department of Corrections due to the efforts of @thewoodsfdn & @RedemptionEarn. We're doing a fundraiser to raise $9000 for funeral expenses. If you wish to support us please go the following 2 threads.
kelly retweeted
Some of the best coverage of the prison oversight hearing came from veteran photojournalist @mickeywelsh’s camera. Thank you @MGMAdvertiser for publishing powerful storytelling on a story most of Alabama would rather ignore. #alpolitics montgomeryadvertiser.com/pic…
kelly retweeted
Wesley Abernathy’s family paid thousands of dollars in extortion payments hoping the money would keep him alive during his short sentence in an AL prison. The family paid dearly. But Wesley died anyway. Read more from Researcher Eddie Burkhalter. alabamaappleseed.org/author/…