Too many low level, non-violent crimes are earning high level incarceration times. Prisons have become holding warehouses for those with mental health issues. These incarceration issues, along with the death penalty, erroneous convictions, and administrative punishment (solitary) have negative effects on prison population, financial stability, family outcome, mental health, and recidivism rates. Changes need to be made.

Recently, I was sent home and threatened to be fired because of a nose ring I have. I’m hoping to make a change. Starting with a company like Seven Springs that is still so harsh with its appearance laws, I’m hoping it will pave the way for other big businesses to rethink their regulations.

When I was 8 years old, my aunt was brutally stabbed to death with a kitchen knife by her husband, Russell Stone. He is currently up for parole again, and he still has never acknowledged the tremendous horror and suffering he has caused my family. I am personally a believer in rehabilitation if an inmate has actually shown evidence of such, but my aunt's killer has never acknowledged his crime nor shown repentance for it. For these reasons, I once again ask for your assistance in denying his parole and keeping a remorseless killer off the streets.

My little sister took her distraught friend, who was only 12 years old, to our apartment because she was scared of her mother. Her mother verbally abuses her and tonight pulled her hair and slapped her across the face. So she took her kitten and wanted to spend the night because she was scared she would be hurt when her mother returned from drinking. Soon her mother came to our home screaming and tried to drag her daughter out with force. Her daughter cried and begged that she didn't want to go and that she was scared. We separated her from her mom and the child begged to call the police. We did because her mother had gotten violent and shoved me and grabbed my younger cousin in an attempt to get to her kid. The cops came, questioned everyone, and decided to let the mother take her terrified child back to their house. The cops said that the girl should only call if she had a bruise or bleeding because any kind of physical punishment was okay unless they caused one or the other, and unless the child was scared for her life they wouldn't help her.

Neuf contre-excès de vitesse sont une maladie! Nine speeding tickets is a sickness!

RICARDO ROSELLO has FAILED Puerto Rico with corruption and sexist, mysogonistic, homophobic remarks. The people protesting are fighting police who continue to spray tear gas while the people march and try to protest peacefully. They are marching all over Puerto Rico to call out the governor to resign as of now Ricardo Rosello doesn't want to resign instead is trying to apologize for the corruption and harmful things he's said and done. PUERTO RICANS AND PUERTO RICO WILL NOT TOLERATE THIS ANYMORE! I know that together we can make Puerto Rico strong and demand for Ricardo Rosello to terminate his position as Govenor of Puerto Rico. Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz said it best in a statement written to President Donald Trump after he said she was a "despicable incompetent person whom he wouldn't trust" she responded with President Trump you never got it; and you never will. This is not about you; this is about the dignity of the Puerto Rican people. So Mr. President, here is a simple lesson on DIGNITY, something you Sir, know nothing about: what is happening in Puerto Rico is that a people united by a profound sense of dignity are on the streets protesting corruption and a misogynist, homophobic, two-faced governor. A governor, who in a chat, admits to withholding aid for Maria victims in order to have perfect timing to create FAKE NEWS and make himself look good. I'm proud of my people and understand they're an example to all people living under a regime of arrogance, divisiveness, insults, corruption and self aggrandizement. More than 100k took to the streets to exercise their right to defend our right to live in a sensible, just and peaceful society. Some people acted inappropriately and a willing governor-one who favors repression over expression-took the bait. But a few will not divert, nor distort, the hopes and unequivocal message of the many: Governor Rosselló of Puerto Rico must resign or be impeached. Mr. TRUMP, I understand you are unwilling and unable to understand DIGNITY when it hits you straight on. I also understand you cannot condemn corrupt, misogynistic, homophobic, and abusive behavior. After all, if you did, you would be passing judgement on yourself. I am a proud Latina and a proud Puerto Rican. Know this: WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED.” ‬ Please sign this petition to help the numbers grow and demand a better Puerto Rico for today, tomorrow and the future.

Imagine having your 5 and 7 year old children ripped out of your arms. That’s exactly what happened to Mariana this April. Mariana was wrongfully and unjustly separated from her 5 and 7 year old children by DHS in April. The emotional trauma is overwhelming. Mariana lost consciousness in custody a few weeks ago. When she was taken to the emergency room she was told she needed to see a gynecologist for specialized care, but this has not happened. The doctor at the ICE facility told her she is at risk of having a hysterectomy if she doesn’t receive appropriate care, and an independent medical expert who reviewed her records confirmed this grave concern that her continued detention could impact her future fertility. DHS has attempted to justify the separation on the basis of allegations that Mariana was a member of a resistance group in Angola known as FLEC, but her attorneys at the National Immigrant Justice Center have found that these allegations are completely false and unfounded. DHS has not produced any evidence of such ties, despite having had the opportunity to do so at Mariana’s immigration court hearing. Transfer to another facility is NOT an acceptable outcome – Mariana has been through too much, and she needs to be in the care of her family and with her children. Mariana and her children have a lawfully present sponsor, a green card holding cousin in Texas. There is no reason not to release Mariana immediately. We demand that ICE immediately release Mariana, reunite her with her children and stop the cruel trauma that is unnecessarily being inflicted on her family each and every passing day she continues to be detained.

Our economy is in crisis. Wall Street billionaires have bought our politicians and engineered our laws to make it easier to buy and pillage major companies, line their own pockets, and escape consequences when the company fails. More than half a million people have already lost their jobs at retailers like Toys “R” Us, Payless, Sears, Kmart, RadioShack, Shopko, Sports Authority, and dozens more. These retailers were bought and controlled by private equity and hedge funds, shadowy financial firms that also “invest” in industries like for-profit private prisons and detention centers, dirty fossil fuels, and predatory payday loans. New federal legislation would bring much needed regulation to private equity firms and hedge funds that have done so much harm to working people and our communities. The bill would prevent these predators from destroying jobs for profit, protect our retirement funds from reckless fund managers, and provide compensation for working people when their stores close in bankruptcy. These financial institutions have become too big and too powerful. We need to check their power and hold them accountable for the damage they continue to do to our communities. Sign the petition to demand that Congress supports the bill. Let’s build a new economy – but this time, let’s build it for everyone.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has a historic opportunity to end the famine-causing Saudi war in Yemen. The House has passed the Adam Smith - Ro Khanna Yemen War Powers amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that would end all U.S. participation in the war. The House and Senate have both passed the Sanders-Lee-Murphy Yemen War Powers Resolution. The House and Senate have both voted to cut off U.S. arms shipments to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for the war. All Speaker Pelosi has to do now to end the war is insist that the House-Senate conference on the National Defense Authorization Act include provisions to end the war that both the House and the Senate have voted for. Urge House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to end the famine-causing Saudi war in Yemen by signing our petition.

Jeffrey Epstein has molested hundreds of children and then allowed anyone with enough money and influence to have their way with them. Please sign this petition to give justice to his victims.

Do your members of Congress agree with the President’s racism? It’s time for every single U.S. senator and representative to clearly let us know if they stand against hateful racism, sexism, and division! Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said that this latest, most blatant expression of the President’s racism reaffirms his goal to make “America white again.” The House passed a resolution condemning “President Donald Trump’s racist comments .” Such an official rebuke is timely and appropriate, but does not include the U.S. Senate, and also allows individual lawmakers to evade responsibility by getting lost in the crowd. That’s why we want every member of Congress to individually speak up now. Their constituents – us – need to know where they stand!

For the extreme and moral administrative corruption of this unworthy Governor and for the respect to all the people attacked in the Telegram Chat. (Por la corrupción administrativa extrema y moral de éste indigno Gobernador y por el respeto a todas las personas atacadas en el chat de Telegran.)