Thread by @ProgressNowCO

We are here at - House #judiciary committee hearing HB23-1133 - Phone Calls for People in Custody #copolitics gets the chance to vote for free phone calls for people in custody

We know this bill will
🔥Support Family Connection
🔥Reduce recidivism
🔥Ensure Healthy Communities

We had our first panel with @WorthRises & second chance & had awesome questions from @mjweissman & @RepEpps she asked how #data is looking in places this bill has passed

Rep. Epps asks - "in the work of decoupling humans and cages - we are just changing who is paying the bill?"

We heard a bomb 💣 panel from us 💅🏼 second chance center & Clayton Early Learning & parents & @WorthRises to launch into HB23-1133! #copolitcs

We are hearing a great panel of @standwithchild & @S2SSisters & their #testimony is #powerful

#family #seperation is a horrifying piece to our American history and Lauren Smith reminded us how putting families in debt for phone calls is perpetuating that trend

We are hearing from multiple #families testifying on behalf of HB23-1133 #copolitcs

Thank you Janelle Jenkins, Ebony White, George Davis, Ealasha Vaughner & Yvonne Franklin among other #family here to share with #legislators how hard it is to keep #connection with parents

Janelle Jenkins is sharing how coat burdened her husband - who was incarcerated and over 5 years she spent anywhere from a couple hundred to $650 a month to stay connected #copolitcs

It’s time - phone calls can’t put families in debt. He only calls now on holidays now. #coleg

Yvonne Franklin is testifying on behalf of her daughter and her grandson who she took into kinship when her daughter when her daughter was incarcerated #copolitcs she makes the point that we need #communication when families are eligible for parole or early release

Finishing up closing comments on HB23-1133 #copolitcs #advocacy #phonecalls

Free phone calls for folks in #prison is vital to #healthy communities inside and outside

This bill passed out of committee 8:4 ! we are pumped to continue supporting HB23-1133 with @TogetherCO @WorthRises @NewEraColorado @intrfthalliance & many #families impacted by the debt of keeping in touch with their loved ones!

#copolitics

@UnrollHelper please :D