A House bill ordering North Carolina sheriffs and jailers to comply with federal immigration requests to hold an inmate ...
Civil rights advocates say Mississippi needs to simplify the process of restoring voting rights to people convicted of some ...
B SACRAMENTO, CA - A recently released report (here) discloses more than 97,000 California citizens cannot vote while serving ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers passed a bill Thursday to restore the voting rights of those convicted of felonies upon the completion of their sentences, including prison and parole time.
NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk residents discussed everything from voting restoration rights to public defender shortages and substance abuse in prison at a criminal justice forum on Tuesday evening.
A divided legislative committee on Wednesday delayed a vote on legislation that would give state inmates the right to to speak by video conference at their parole hearings.
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Sen. Mike Seymour, a Republican from Vancleave, was the only person in the 52-member Senate who voted against all of the suffrage restoration bills. Reporters attempted to ask Seymour why he opposed ...
Former President Donald Trump wouldn't be prevented from returning to the White House even if the he gets convicted of a ...
The current suffrage restoration process in Mississippi requires a legislator to submit a bill on each person’s behalf.
JACKSON, Miss. — Kenneth Almons was released from prison at age 23 after serving about six years, and one of his felony convictions — for armed robbery — stripped away voting rights that he ...
More than 50 bills have been filed this year to restore voting rights for specific people. Legislators could consider those until the end of the four-month session, which is set for early May.