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Rebecca Vallas
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@CoryBooker is right -- it's not enough to legalize marijuana... we must also:

1) clear marijuana records so people don't serve life sentences to poverty; and

2) reinvest savings from reduced incarceration into communities ravaged by the war on drugs.

#DemDebate
@CoryBooker (and marijuana revenue, sigh character limits)
@CoryBooker An innovative @amprog idea for how to do this: a targeted job guarantee for distressed communities, funded by marijuana revenue americanprogress.org/issues/crimina…
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Rebecca Vallas
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Vital conversation happening at #SmartOnCrime on the myriad barriers associated with a criminal record that sentence millions to a lifetime of poverty.

“It strips you of dignity and hope. Then what’s left for us aside from a prison cell?”

—@Qwillyleads of @heartlandhelps
Evonne Silva of @codeforamerica rightly notes that legal remedies like expungement and sealing have intentionally been set up to be hard to access.

Case in point: A recent @UMich study found just 6.5% of people eligible for expungement get their records cleared within 5 years.
@arthurrizer of @RSI challenges the advocates on left & right in the room to come together to call out “bullshit laws” and hold our policymakers accountable to doing better.

Notes we must not just address low-level records, must not ignore felonies, records tagged as “violent.”
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Rebecca Vallas
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Bruce Western throwing out a steady stream of jaw-dropping stats at #SmartOnCrime highlighting the inextricable links between our broken CJ system, poverty & racial inequality.

This one spurred audible gasps:

*Two-thirds* of black men w/o HS degrees have now been to prison.
Another inextricable link that doesn't get nearly enough attention: health & disability.

"The deepest material hardship in the year after being released from prison is suffered by those in poor health."

#SmartOnCrime
Not mentioned but vital to remember: People with disabilities are also far more likely to be swept up into the CJ system in the first place.

People behind bars in prisons and jails are 3 to 4 times more likely to have a disability than the general population.

#SmartOnCrime
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Rebecca Vallas
@rebeccavallas
So thrilled so be with a powerhouse crew of researchers today at @UMich discussing the growing research base making the case for bringing #CleanSlate automated record-clearing to all 50 states!
Two table-setting findings offered by @UMich researcher Sonja Starr making the case for automating record-clearing:

- One year after a record is cleared, wages ⬆️ >20%

- But under a petition-based system, just 6.5% of eligible people get their records cleared within 5 years
^ nytimes.com/2019/03/20/opi…
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