Women and Incarceration, Long Sentencing, Families and Incarceration, Access to Education, Voting Rights Restoration, Art Music and Writing Gary Ricke Women and Incarceration, Long Sentencing, Families and Incarceration, Access to Education, Voting Rights Restoration, Art Music and Writing Gary Ricke

Kemba Smith Pradia

Virginia
Kemba Smith Pradia, once sentenced to 24.5 years in prison for drug-related offenses, became a prominent advocate for criminal justice reform after receiving clemency from President Clinton, and now works as a public speaker, author, and consultant while continuing her activism through various organizations and her own foundation.

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Women and Incarceration, Reentry, Health Justice and Disability, Racial Justice, Voting Rights Restoration, Mental Health, Leadership, Faith Gordon Rosenberg Women and Incarceration, Reentry, Health Justice and Disability, Racial Justice, Voting Rights Restoration, Mental Health, Leadership, Faith Gordon Rosenberg

Waleisah Wilson

Georgia
Waleisah Wilson is a passionate criminal justice reform activist and organizer who founded NewLife Second Chance Outreach, Inc. after her release from prison in 2011 to provide essential employment and entrepreneurship services and workshops for individuals with criminal convictions, while advocating for disability justice, voting rights, bail reform, faith community inclusion, an end to solitary confinement, fines & fees, mass incarceration and prison labor in Georgia, and the removal of barriers to reentry.

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Long Sentencing, Second Look Sentencing, Exoneration and Innocence, Police Misconduct, Voting Rights Restoration Gordon Rosenberg Long Sentencing, Second Look Sentencing, Exoneration and Innocence, Police Misconduct, Voting Rights Restoration Gordon Rosenberg

Norris Henderson

Louisiana
Norris Henderson, Founder and Executive Director of VOTE and Voters Organized to Educate, leverages his 27 years of wrongful incarceration to advocate for public policy reform in areas like police accountability and public defense, while actively working to uplift communities of color across Louisiana through various leadership roles and community outreach.

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