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Help local non-violent offenders receive housing gofundme.com/vzbkf-a-cause-…

Madison County Confederate monument removal al.com/galleries/UNMN…

"It's important for me to better myself," she continued. "I can live better in here and if I do get out, I can do better out there." This is the remarkable thing I've discovered about people like Ms. Bendolph. Despite their hopeless sentence, they continue to grow & change. 11/12

She is one of close to 500 people cast away in Alabama's violent prisons with a death-in-prison sentence under the habitual offender law. Many, like Ms. Bendolph, committed crimes that involved no physical harm. Let's tell lawmakers to change this. 7/12 action.aclu.org/petition/al-re…

I recently spoke to Ms. Bendolph, who says her family & God are the 2 things that keep her going. Her daughter Monica shared this photo from a recent visit. Ms. Bendolph's youngest son is behind her. He's now in high school. The 2 other boys are Bendolph's grandbabies. 2/12

Valrise Bendolph is one of 7000 women with a life sentence in the United States. Nearly 1/3, like Ms. Bendolph, have no chance of parole. Ms. Bendolph was sent to prison when her youngest child was 3. She's now a grandmother. 80% of incarcerated women are mothers. 1/12

Rowe: Ivey will push for new prisons leased to state mountaineagle.com/stories/rowe-i…

5,000 Puerto Ricans Still Homeless After 6.4 Magnitude Earthquake democracynow.org/2020/1/15/head…

Next U.S. Navy aircraft carrier to be named after African American Pearl Harbor hero cbsnews.com/news/next-u-s-…

Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘Letter From Birmingham Jail’ theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

Alabama museum dedicated to lynching victims wins tourism award - theGrio thegrio.com/2019/08/25/ala…

Fines, Fees, and Financial Security in the US South – Alabama Appleseed alabamaappleseed.org/fines-fees-and…

Poverty Grew In One-Third Of U.S. Counties Despite Strong National Economy m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5d…

Birmingham and UAB Partner to Offer Free Tuition to City Graduates | WBHM 90.3 wbhm.org/feature/2020/b…

No longer ‘voiceless,’ Louisiana felons regain the right to vote thinkprogress.org/no-longer-voic…

Judge Sentenced To 28 Years For Selling Black Teens To Prisons npr.org/sections/thetw…