Prison Industrial Complex Attacks Prop. 5
President Bush’s Drug Czar and the powerful California prison guards’ union are coming together to turn their guns on the biggest U.S. drug policy reform since alcohol Prohibition was repealed 75 years ago. Don’t let them get away with it! Check out our TV ads and share them with everyone you know in California -- help get out the vote:
YES on Prop. 5
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
The Ordinary People’s Society (TOPS), one of our partners in Alabama, fought back with a lawsuit against the state Department of Corrections and won! Our historic voter education effort is proceeding in Alabama prisons. Alabama joins only Vermont and Maine in allowing some people to vote while incarcerated -- but many of these eligible voters don’t know they can vote. Reverend Glasgow of TOPS has resumed his non-partisan work to inform eligible incarcerated voters of their rights.
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Pennsylvania Prison Society Event. DPA Executive Director Ethan Nadelmann will be speaking at The War on Drugs: A Failed Policy.
Former San Quentin Warden Supports Prop. 5: Responsible Plan to Reduce Prison Overcrowding.
Schwarzenegger Stands With Bipartisan Coalition Opposing Proposition 5
"The group includes former governors Gray Davis, Pete Wilson, George Deukmejian and Jerry Brown. Supporters of the drug initiative portray their foes as shills for the prison guards union".
-- Michael Rothfeld
Election 2008 Prison Guards Go "Boo!
Are you scared yet?
Well, the prison guards aren’t done with their scare tactics and the vote is still days away!
The prison guards are bankrolling the opposition to Proposition 5, like any special-interest, to hang on to their bloated pay checks -- and keep control of state politics.
This video will help you remind others that we can't trust politicians who are in league with these guys.
The guards have put Dianne Feinstein (or is that Dianne Frankenstein?) up as their mouthpiece. Check out Dianne's Halloween costume. She may be thinking that aligning with the prison guards will be helpful when she makes a run for governor in 2010.
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Incarceration isn't the solution the prison guards suggest but it sure has helped put a few gubernatorial candidates into office -- like Pete Wilson and Gray Davis, two other big backers of the prison guards.
Prop. 5 would finally bring real reform to the prison system and that's what's really worrying the prison guards and the politicians who depend on their big donations!
But we can’t afford to keep 170,000 people in prison at a cost of $10 billion each year just to enrich 31,000 prison guards. Prop. 5 will safely reduce prison overcrowding and provide a national model for prison and sentencing reform!
If you live in California vote YES on Prop. 5! No matter where you live, please forward this to all the Californians you know to expose the truth about politicians and mass incarceration!
Sincerely, Margaret Dooley-Sammuli
Deputy Campaign Manager, Yes on 5
Deputy State Director, Southern California
Drug Policy Alliance Network
P.S. Psst! The prison guards are helping elect politicians who support mass incarceration. Check out the truth here!
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Prop. 5 the Right Path for California
NORA, Proposition Five, is a step toward a world that reduces addition to a manageable health threat – instead of an epidemic. It is the cost effective path. It is the science-based path. And it is the right path for a nation that values life.
Prop. 5: Smarter, Cheaper Crime Policies
Besides the presidential race, California voters face another choice between change and more of the same on November 4. Proposition 5, the Nonviolent Offender Rehabilitation Act, asks voters to decide between squandering billions of dollars each year on the same old criminal justice policies, or voting Yes on 5 to change that system, save money, save lives and reduce crime.
Prop. 5 Is No Boon to Violent Offenders
A poor interpretation of Proposition 5, promoted by some biased parties, has so taken hold that several large newspapers have come out against the measure based on this view. Alex Kreit, assistant professor and director of the Center for Law and Social Justice at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law, will propose what, in his view, is an accurate reading of Proposition 5 and its likely effect on California's criminal justice system.
Prop. 5 Would Overhaul Sentencing of Drug Offenders
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Get the Facts on Prop. 5
The prison guards' union is spending millions to defeat California's Proposition 5 and to make sure the number of people behind bars just keeps growing.
And they're lying to make that happen.
Here's your chance to fight back by helping us get this ad on the air.
Donate now.
Every union has a mission to fight for better pay and working conditions.
But it's despicable when anyone sees their interests best served by locking up as many of their fellow citizens as possible.
The prison guards' union is lying to beat Prop. 5 -- the ballot initiative we drafted that would reduce prison overcrowding, expand treatment and rehabilitation for nonviolent drug offenders and cut billions of dollars in state spending.
Prop. 5 is in serious danger on Election Day because the prison guards' union has mounted an insidious campaign on TV that tells voters anything but the truth.
Help us make sure every voter in
California sees the truth.
And please keep in mind: This is not just about California.
If Prop. 5 wins, it will provide a new model for the nation.
Thank you, Ethan Nadelmann
Executive Director, Drug Policy Alliance Network
P.S. Don't miss this last chance to be a part of the biggest prison and sentencing reform in U.S. history. Give now.
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