Michael Vinson

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Ohio Prison Update: The Neighborhood Safety, Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Amendment

Do some people deserve to be locked in cages? According to the Ohio Organizing Collaborative the answer is yes. Their multi-million dollar “Neighborhood Safety, Drug Treatment, and Rehabilitation Amendment” ballot initiative, or NSDTRA, aims to liberate prisoners convicted of non-violent drug-…
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Ohio Prison Update

Over a hundred concentration camps now colonize Ohio’s landscape including a federal prison, 87 county jails, 25 state-funded adult prisons, three privately-operated adult prisons, seven juvenile prisons and five Immigration Custom and Enforcement cages. According to the Prison Policy Initiative…
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Justice for Tamir Rice - Columbus demonstration

Thursday, Dec. 30, 2-4pm Ohio Statehouse, 1 Capitol Sq, Columbus, Ohio 43215 There has been no indictment for the Cleveland police officers that murdered 12 year old Tamir Rice. Let's show the world that Columbus demands that Black Lives be treated with dignity, respect, and justice. The whole…

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