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Equal Justice Matters
Equal Justice Matters is a non-profit, grass roots organization aimed at educating the community about injustices within the U.S. criminal justice system and keeping young adults out of prison by providing education and employment opportunities.
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Equal Justice Matters was conceived out of a desire to proactively educate the youth, families, community leaders, and policymakers about the unequal treatment of marginalized Blacks, Whites, and People of Color within the American Criminal Justice System. We aim to teach people how to avoid becoming a casualty of the failed War on Drugs or becoming entangled in the unjust system in general.
Help us advocate for Equal Education, Job Training, Fair Employment, Mental, and Health Care, and Affordable Housing for All. We ask for your support to advocate ensuring people have hope, equity, meaningful resources and equality so that they may avoid despair, hate, poverty, gangs, violence, illiteracy, drugs, and crime.
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Equal Justice Matters is a non-profit, grass roots organization aimed at educating the community about injustices within the U.S. criminal justice system and keeping young adults out of prison.
“So let’s look at the statistics. The United States is home to 5 percent of the world’s population, but 25 percent of the world’s prisoners. Think about that. Our incarceration rate is four times higher than China’s. We keep more people behind bars than the top 35 European countries combined.”
President Barack Obama (D), NAACP conference at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, July 14, 2015
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MODERN PRISONS – MODERN SLAVERY
113 million adults (45%) have had an immediate family member incarcerated for at least one night. The U.S. justice system controls 6.7 million people, more than half of whom are on probation. If you think this doesn’t affect you, your loved ones, or your friends, consider that an estimated one in three Americans will be arrested by the age of 23. The American criminal justice system holds almost 2.3 million people in:
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Real stories featuring people who have fallen victim to the U.S. Justice System, primarily due to the war on drugs, Crack/Cocaine disparity, three-strike-rule, and mandatory minimums.
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PROACTIVE JUSTICE REFORM
Our vision is to work with You, Business leaders, Community advocates, Celebrities, Parents, Sport figures, Students, Corporations, and Politicians to purchase or build a city, town, or community where kids can be supported with safety, compassion and understanding and be able to easily learn life skills. Kids will learn how to hold meaningful conversations, learn to read; a measuring tape instead of a drug scale; use a power tool instead of a gun; draw blood instead of injecting or ingesting an illegal drug; debate, argue and fight a court case, instead of arguing, fighting and ending up in criminal court.
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Released during COVID, some are remanded with no warning - Equal Justice Matters
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A decision by Judge Omar Williams is the first in the nation to hold that the current process for returning people to federal prison after home confinement is unconstitutional.
Supreme Court issues order favoring voters challenging elections rules - Equal Justice Matters
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The move was a rare example of the conservative court siding with voters over state officials in disputes regarding election rules.
Two corrupt judges ordered to pay $200 million in damages - Equal Justice Matters
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Two Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks were ordered to pay more than $200 million to hundreds who fell victim to their crimes.
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Anastasia was arrested for a minor traffic violation while driving on a revoked license. Despite not being drunk, she was court ordered to strap an alcohol-monitoring bracelet to her ankle for one yea...
Retired DEA agent arrested after road rage incident - Equal Justice Matters
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He told police he shot another driver in the chest after the man threatened him. Video-camera footage does not support that claim, investigators say.