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Most recently, on August 20, 2020, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed H.B. 8005 and S.B. 8005, increasing the penalty for camping on unapproved state property from a misdemeanor to a Class E felony, punishable by up to 6 years in prison and an automatic loss of voting rights, as per Tennessee law.
The Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today Act, commonly known as the SAFE-T Act, is a state of Illinois statute enacted in 2021 that makes a number of reforms to the criminal justice system, affecting policing, pretrial detention and bail, sentencing, and corrections.
An estimated 4.6 million people in the United States cannot vote due to a felony conviction. Washington has already taken steps to change that, having restored voting rights to incarcerated people ...
The Constitution of the United States recognizes that the states have the power to set voting requirements. A few states allowed free Black men to vote, and New Jersey also included unmarried and widowed women who owned property. [1] Generally, states limited this right to property-owning or tax-paying White males (about 6% of the population). [2]
The prisons were located in key swing states like Pennsylvania, Georgia and Arizona. The FBI released a statement about the post saying that this was an unauthorized use of the FBI insignia .
The package was part of Democratic lawmakers' ambitious agenda to expand voting access for the 2024 elections, when they will again be trying to keep the state under Democratic control and deliver ...
In the United States, pay-to-stay is the practice of charging prisoners for their accommodation in jails.The practice is controversial and can result in large debts being accumulated by prisoners who are then unable to repay the debt following their release, preventing them from successfully reintegrating in society once released.
(The Center Square) – An Illinois legislator wants to know why the state of Illinois is sending voter registration forms to noncitizens. State Sen. Steve McClure, R-Springfield, said he was ...