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The following announcements are generally about FACTS and the 3-Strikes
law, however, we also are willing to post any other announcements by
organizations which promote change in the criminal justice system. Please
e-mail the FACTS webmaster at factsla@sbcglobal.net if you would like
an announcement posted. Also, please see our Calendar of
Events.
June 30, 2004 The Three
Strikes and Child Protection Act will be Prop 66 on the November ballot.
Vote Yes
on Prop
66!!!!
Help RESTORE visiting days!!!
ARE YOU TIRED OF LONG LINES AND SHORT VISITS? ARE YOU TIRED OF HAVING
YOUR VISITS TERMINATED? If so, please read on: California's prison reform
advocacy groups have united to move forward a campaign to restore inmate
visitation throughout California.
Please open up this link and get busy!! www.cufj.org
Thursday, July 15th, 2004 8:00 am - 3:00 pm Symposium: The Impact of
Mass Incarceration on Families and Communities: Breaking the Barriers to
Re-entry Holman United Methodist ~ 3320 W. Adams ~ in Los Angeles
Program Facilitator: Jeffrey Henderson Opening Plenary Speaker: Dorsey
Nunn Closing Plenary Speaker: Gary Mendez, Jr. Topics to be discussed by
panelist: ¨ Faith-based organizing & Social Change ¨ Children of
Incarcerated Parents ¨ Public Health Issues ( HIV, Hep C) ¨ Legal
Issues after Release (expungement, voting rights) ¨ Sentencing Reform (Prop
36, Three Strikes) ¨ Institutionalized Minds (Mental illness among
ex-offenders)
Saturday, July 17th, FACTS Stockton Chapter will have its 1st
Meeting to be held between 10:00am~12 noon at the Delta Blood Bank 288 W. March
Lane in Stockton
Families to Amend California's Three Strikes videos for sale!
Now available for purchase: The
California Three Strikes Law: The Undemocratic Production of
Injustice
This brilliantly researched and written work places the Three
Strikes Law within the context of the period in which it was voted into
law. It was written by resident expert and FACTS member, Doug Kieso from
his dissertation submitted as part of a degree to the University of California,
Irvine. The cost is $25.00 or $28.00 including mailing. Contact us by phone or
email or click here for the real dealhttp://facts1.com/research/Contents.htm
Please send questions or comments to
factsla@sbcglobal.net.
Everything on this web site can be distributed to the general public,
reprinted, or reposted without permission of Families to Amend California's
3-Strikes.
Date last modified: 2/20/04.
