The Last Prisoner Project is a nonprofit dedicated to repairing the harms of the criminalization of cannabis through intervention, advocacy, and awareness.
Deshaun, 24, has been incarcerated in Kansas for more than 2.5 years and was not expected to be released until 2028. There are so many people to thank for this incredible news ...
A first-of-its-kind Clemency Advisory Board will be established to review each clemency application and make recommendations to the Governor.
“It is truly unbelievable to be sitting here, in federal prison, for something many folks on the outside are building businesses out of. That was, and still is, a dream of mine—to own and operate my own brand within the cannabis industry."
On May 9, 2017, Antonio was driving from Colorado to his home state of Tennessee when an officer pulled him over for a traffic stop in Kansas and smelled cannabis in his vehicle. The officer then searched his vehicle and found 8 pounds of cannabis.
Rudi's story began in 2018 when he was arrested and sentenced to 5.5 years in prison for operating a city-sanctioned medical dispensary in Detroit, Michigan.
While the 13th Amendment protects most citizens against slavery and involuntary servitude, the only exception is when it’s used “as a punishment for crime.”
Sean’s freedom came after Missouri passed Amendment 3, legalizing recreational cannabis and ordering the expungement of all nonviolent cannabis misdemeanors and felonies.
On Wednesday, Kevin was resentenced to 35 years of hard labor. His crime? Selling $20 worth of cannabis to an undercover informant.
As of 2019, gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals were 2.25 times as likely to be arrested in the past 12 months than straight individuals.
Go to pardonstoprogress.com and write a letter to your state officials urging them to go beyond pardons and use their clemency power to actually effectuate releases. (Don't worry, we make it really simple.)
In 2018, Rudi Gammo was arrested and sentenced to 5.5 years in prison for allowing the caregivers who supplied his city-sanctioned medical dispensary with medical marijuana to cultivate the plant on his property.
This program first sees Smart Communications convert greeting cards, letters, & other mail sent to incarcerated people into digital scans. The original correspondence, often lovingly crafted by friends and family, is then destroyed.