“For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. The feeling of the nation must be quickened; the conscience of the nation must be roused; the propriety of the nation must be startled; the hypocrisy of the nation must be exposed; and its crimes against God and man must be proclaimed and denounced.”
―Frederick Douglass
TAKE ACTION NOW
Contact your representative. Tell them that you, along with most people in Virginia, support prison reform. Since 1995, a year after the Virginia Assembly passed legislation to abolish parole, Virginia has built fourteen new prisons and many new jails even as the crime rate has declined. The money spent building new prisons to house those serving long sentences could be better used in three ways: to fund rehabilitative programs for inmates in the prisons, to fund re-entry programs for those leaving prison, and to fund education in Virginia to prevent children from going to prison.
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Organize and mobilize for change. To see a list of organizations that work to transform the carceral system, visit the Virginia Prison Justice Network page.
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Bills related to prisoner health
HB 83 Feminine hygiene products; no cost to female prisoners or inmates.
Introduced by: Kaye Kory
UPDATE: 12/07/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed;
offered 01/10/18 18101461D
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HB 301 Correctional facilities, state and local; disclosure of health records.
Introduced by: Vivian E. Watts
UPDATED: 01/03/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18
Disclosure of health records; state and local correctional facilities. Clarifies that disclosure of health records of a person committed to a state, local, or regional correctional facility to such facility is not subject to general provisions governing disclosure of health records but is subject to provisions specific to persons committed to such facilities
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“For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. The feeling of the nation must be quickened; the conscience of the nation must be roused; the propriety of the nation must be startled; the hypocrisy of the nation must be exposed; and its crimes against God and man must be proclaimed and denounced.”
―Frederick Douglass
TAKE ACTION NOW
Contact your representative. Tell them that you, along with most people in Virginia, support prison reform. Since 1995, a year after the Virginia Assembly passed legislation to abolish parole, Virginia has built fourteen new prisons and many new jails even as the crime rate has declined. The money spent building new prisons to house those serving long sentences could be better used in three ways: to fund rehabilitative programs for inmates in the prisons, to fund re-entry programs for those leaving prison, and to fund education in Virginia to prevent children from going to prison.
Organize and mobilize for change. To see a list of organizations that work to transform the carceral system, visit the Virginia Prison Justice Network page.
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Bills related to prisoner health
HB 83 Feminine hygiene products; no cost to female prisoners or inmates.
Introduced by: Kaye Kory
UPDATE: 12/07/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed;
offered 01/10/18 18101461D
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HB 301 Correctional facilities, state and local; disclosure of health records.
Introduced by: Vivian E. Watts
UPDATED: 01/03/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18
Disclosure of health records; state and local correctional facilities. Clarifies that disclosure of health records of a person committed to a state, local, or regional correctional facility to such facility is not subject to general provisions governing disclosure of health records but is subject to provisions specific to persons committed to such facilities
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