We need YOUR help to get the attention of the Michigan Department of Corrections and Director Heidi Washington. Due to recent DOC budget cuts, the existence of the Ojibway Correctional Facility in Marenisco is at risk. Keeping this facility open is crucial to business, jobs, and education in the area. If we don’t use our voices or petition the State, this could have repercussions across the county.

So, imagine with me that YOU are sitting in your hot car at over 100 degrees for several hours a day and for days on end (I dare you to try it). This is the reality of over 130,000 people within the TDCJ system. The inhumane conditions of lacking proper ventilation and temperature control within the TDCJ is a form of Torture! TDCJ continues to allow people to suffer in heat indexes of up to and over 149°F, as reported by the Hutchins Unit on July 19, 2011. The temperature log of a TDCJ unit documents temperatures ranging from 117°F to over 149°F. Now imagine you are the Mother, Father, wife, Husband, or child of someone who is suffering; what would you do about it? Here are a few examples of reports that Texas Prisons' A/C Advocates have received from families and people on the inside: “My son called me earlier around 7-ish. He said it's so hot, mama. This breaks my heart to the core.” “He said it feels like you are cooking in there!” “My son tells me it's so hot he puts water on the floor 'n lays down on it. He also wets his towel 'n puts it over his head 'n it drys up so quick cuz of the heat” “..in the dinner line or lunch line and when u sat down to eat sometimes they close u in with no fans going and no air conditioning at all with about 50 to 100 inmates plus how hot the kitchen is from cooking. It's like suffocating.” “He said the heat in there is extremely overwhelming and it’s hard to even breath. He’s a young man (24) and healthy …. He has already lost 7 pounds since first of May.” “..he says the cells are just heat boxes. When he wets a towel, it dries up in minutes. “…it was extremely hot in the dorms, I remember laying on the floor with no shirt on just in my sports bra just to get cool. Some ladies would get their sheets wet in the shower just to stay cool.“ Yet, despite several deaths, a plethora of media reports, wrongful death lawsuits filed, and complaints from family members and union officials for well over 18 years, TDCJ is still refusing to take basic steps to provide humane conditions for the people in their care. It seems reasonable that if TDCJ has money in the budget to replace its aging swine-production facilities with 6 new climate-controlled modular barns, at a cost of $750,000, surely they could treat people better than pigs. Surely, we can treat human beings at least as well as the pigs and dogs. This unconscionable behavior of allowing people to be tortured by deadly heat conditions must cease. What are we asking for? The same conditions that The Texas Commission on Jail Standards already requires. Every county jail needs to maintain internal temperature stays between 65 and 85 degrees. Other states with hot climates, such as Arkansas, Arizona, Oklahoma, and New Mexico, air condition their prisons, and even the detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is air-conditioned. By the way, did you try the Hot Car dare? Texas Prison A/C Advocates (TPAA)

Pregnant women are having their babies ripped away daily for their medical choices to consume marijuana over pharmaceuticals due to a medical condition in Colorado. Many doctors will prescribe medications that have been proven to cause birth defects but do not condone medical marijuana use during pregnancy. It is a mothers job and right to protect their children the best we know how, we know that any medication while pregnant can be potentially harmful but when medically necessary we want the right to choose plant based medication over pharmaceuticals. #OneTeamOneDream

John Ortiz Kehoe has been wrongly convicted based on false testimony, suppression of statements that show Mr. Kehoe couldn't have murdered Rose Larner on December 7th, 1993. He is owed a new trial with all of the suppressed documents to be admitted and to have the perjured testimony be brought to light at last.

I've personally experienced the judicial corruption in Shreveport/Bossier for nearly a decade, having been illegally arrested by a bail bondsman and convicted on the charge, my children being adopted by my parents without due process and no legitimate reason, and having my phone searched by law enforcement with no open case or cause while under a witness subpoena, among many other infractions. This criminal behavior has to stop! The Louisiana, judicial system is essentially a corrupt network of law officials seeking power and monetary gain!

My son Zeph Pitt, has a number of medical issues,. When he was arrested, over 3 years ago, he had just been diagnosed with Hepatitis C, had a torn A/C joint in his shoulder; a mass in one testicle, with pain and swelling, and degenerative disc disease with osteoarthritis. He was transferred to four facilities during the two and a half years awaiting sentencing. Each move meant starting over as medical records do not follow the inmate! Now sentenced to a federal facility so remote, it is not near any adequate medical treatment. It has been over 7 months and no MRI yet. It took almost 9 months to get the MRI at the first jail in 2015. His labs show the Hepatitis is getting worse; but no treatment is being given. The muscles in his right bicep and chest muscles are atrophying, which causes great weakness on the right side. And just as an aside, it took 4 months to get approved for a tooth cleaning. and the approval letter stated it would be a 12 or 18 month wait for the dental care. The worst part of course, is he didn't even go out and commit a crime! (Not just a Mom being blinded.) He made dumb choices long ago, as a young man, paid the price, and had no intention of breaking the law... Long story, we have an appeal in the works, but meanwhile I'd like to keep him alive so he can get a chance to be the man he wants his children to know

No one is above the law. Too many cases have revealed a lot more people have been incarcerated and/or put on death row; simply by a corrupted system; (Thank GOD for DNA). Prosecutors, Judges. LEO's, and even elected officials who campaign on upholding civil and especially constitutional rights are NOT being held accountable. Even when there has been exonerations and releases, and even in some states 'restitution' for their injustices; those responsible are not being held criminally liable, (as they should be). Resignations and offers of retirement should not even be considered! Too much and for far too long has caused irreparable damage to an individual and their families.

This petition is to garner support and funding for Samuel Ronan's legal defense against the arresting police officers who assaulted him and detained him without cause.

The 7th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution and Article 1, Section 16 of the California State Constitution guarantees its citizen the right to a jury trial in civil cases, such as disputes between banks and borrowers, employees and employers, insurance companies and the people who bought the insurance, doctors and patients, etc. But both the California courts and the U. S. Supreme Court have eroded that right by allowing the bank, employer, insurance companies, hospitals, and doctors to create contracts that have provisions that require in the event of a disagreement the parties must go to arbitration.

Colorado currently has a law (C.R.S. 5-18-109) that limits the time that employers can view most criminal background history to seven years, however unlike so many of our sister states, because of how our law is written it is considered "preempted" by federal law and it is completely ignored by most employers. The United States has the largest percentage in the world of individuals involved with the justice system and predictions are that by 2040 almost one in every three individuals will have some sort of criminal history. Too many Colorado families are forever barred from meaningful employment because a law that our citizens have already passed is ignored. A new law that can actually be enforced is needed, and we urgently need your signature to help.

To be delivered to Rhode Island State House, Governor Gina Raimondo, The Rhode Island House of Representatives. A conjugal visit is a scheduled period in which an inmate of a prison is permitted to spend several hours or days in private with a visitor, usually their legal spouse. While the parties may engage in sexual intercourse, the generally recognized basis for permitting such visits in modern times is to preserve family bonds and increase the chances of success for a prisoner's eventual return to life outside prison. Additionally, they serve as an incentive to motivate inmates to comply with the various day-to-day rules and regulations of the prison, to avoid any infringement which might disqualify them from having a conjugal visit. Family is the most important thing when serving a lengthy prison sentence. Without communication by letters, phone calls, and visitation, Inmates would be more aggressive and violent against each other and officers. It actually keeps them sane. I believe that if other state prisons allow conjugal visits for married inmates, that it would be logical to allow those types of visits in Rhode Island's prison as well. This type of bonding promotes healthy relationships and morale. I believe that if the inmate has shown growth and good behavior since being incarcerated whether he has been in one particular place for a long time or if he has been incarcerated atleast 6 months or longer he or she should be allowed conjugal visits. Not only will it help with decreasing the reentry of the inmates but it will help with their psychological wellness while incarcerated and give them something to look forward to. It helps them connect better with the outside world and will allow for longer, faithful marriages and healthier relationships. Honestly, I think that every inmate's case is different and conjugal visits should be considered accordingly. During a conjugal visit, people are permitted to engage in sexual activity but mostly, it's actually meant for family time chatting in a non-prison setting, offering some semblance of a normal life in order to keep the integrity of a family unit together. These visits are intended to incentivize prisoners to comply with prison rules, be on best behavior, and have a higher chance of success upon re-entry to civilization. There are lots of benefits to maintaining a family unit even when one of its members is behind bars; and studies show that conjugal visits reduce incidences of sexual assault inside prisons. All states offering overnight visits require prisoners who get on the list to have impeccable prison behavior and to have already been incarcerated for at least 90 days. Inmates who are lifers or sex offenders aren't usually allowed conjugals. This would also affect me and my family as I have a fiancé who is doing time in prison. We been together since 2014 and he been incarcerated since 2016. He is serving 18 years in prison. We do also have a 3-year-old together. It’s tough as it is to only be able to talk on the phone for a short period of time or only get to visit on certain days with my daughter, and if it gets too full you have to leave within a certain amount of time. This would help our relationship out a lot if it got approved; not only me but other families as well. Please sign this petition. If you can get your friends and family members to sign, Please Share !! Let's face it, each and every one of us have someone or knows someone in a prison. We are their voice as well, so let's speak for them and their families! Thank you very much for your time. Some articles that show how they have helped a family and the prisoners http://someoneiknowandloveisdoingtime.wordpress.com/2011/11/19/my-first-conjugal-visit-frp-rated-r/ https://www.legalzoom.com/marriage-divorce-family-law/marriage-domestic-partnership/conjugal-visits-preserving-family-bonds

My mother suffers from systemic lupus (a disease that deteriorates the immune system) and fibromyalgia. Studies have even proven that marijuana, or at least CBD (Cannabidiol Oil), can eat away at the lupus cells and quite possibly we could find a cure for lupus.