We don’t use “expert” bios and talking heads to legitimize our work. We don’t need to. Our formula is simple: We center the voices of the men and women devastated by America’s 3 Strikes Drug Law. With raw grit and profound grace, their voices lead this conversation. We are non-partisan. We believe partisanship is privilege.
Our singular mission is to expose and dismantle life sentences in drug cases.
Banished is a digital storytelling project brought to you by:
“I Was sentenced to die by suffocating imprisonment for selling drugs.”
- Albert Reed Jr.
“I’ve long been a supporter of these reforms.”
- U.S. Senator John Cornyn (TX-R)
“this is a travesty. i want the world to know it.”
- Federal Judge James R. Spencer
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Too many people are arrested by poverty long before they are arrested by the police. Decarceration means disrupting that cycle.
People often ask us how they can get involved with our work. Our firm manages a fund that provides reentry support, employment assistance and education scholarships to men and women who have survived unfair life sentences. Click below to support returning citizens.