How much taxes do they generate annually?
“Carve a tunnel of hope through the dark mountain of disappointment.” ~ Dr. Martin Luther King
It’s a F.A.C.T. Felons are Citizens Too
Target Population:
- JUST UNDER 20 MILLION FELONS ARE LIVING IN AMERICA
- 500 THOUSAND AMERICANS ARE RELEASED YEARLY FROM PRISON
- 95% OF ALL CASES END UP IN A PLEA DEAL
- 2.3 MILLION IN THE AMERICA PRISON SYSTEM
- 4.5 MILLION ARE ON PROBATION OR PAROLE
- OVER 45 THOUSAND FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS THAT REGULATE FELON’S
- 27% OF PREVIOUSLY INCARCERATED CITIZENS IN THE U.S. ARE UNEMPLOYED
- OVER 5 MILLION AMERICANS CAN NOT VOTE
Target Population:
- JUST UNDER 20 MILLION FELONS ARE LIVING IN AMERICA
- 500 THOUSAND AMERICANS ARE RELEASED YEARLY FROM PRISON
- 95% OF ALL CASES END UP IN A PLEA DEAL
- 2.3 MILLION IN THE AMERICA PRISON SYSTEM
- 4.5 MILLION ARE ON PROBATION OR PAROLE
- OVER 45 THOUSAND FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS THAT REGULATE FELON’S
- 27% OF PREVIOUSLY INCARCERATED CITIZENS IN THE U.S. ARE UNEMPLOYED
- OVER 5 MILLION AMERICANS CAN NOT VOTE
“I TOO, AM AN AMERICAN”, Langston Hughes
Our Vision is to ensure previously incarcerated citizens equitable and fair policies to reduce recidivism. To provide participants with the necessary social service support for reintegration with their families, employment, and the community.
Our Mission
Felons Are Citizens Too is an organization designed to assist Felons in transition/reentry, and their family members, in building an effective network of concerned citizens to address our government’s institutional policies and systems that drastically impact the quality of life for its returning citizens.
To know how justice is administered James Baldwin stated…
“We must go to the protected – those precisely who need the laws protection the most. Ask the wretched how they fare in the halls of justice – and then you will know, not whether the country is just but, whether it has any love for justice, or any concept of it.
Seamless transition from the criminal justice system back into a loving community.
Felons Are Citizens Too is a strategic toolbox to help felons focus on removing barriers that far too often impede success by leveling the playing field and extending first-class second chance opportunities for Felons.
Felons Are Citizens TOO! That’s a F.A.C.T.!
Felons Are Citizens TOO! That’s a F.A.C.T.!
Felons Are Citizens TOO! That’s a F.A.C.T.!
Felons Are Citizens TOO! That’s a F.A.C.T.!
Felons Are Citizens TOO! That’s a F.A.C.T.!
Felons Are Citizens TOO! That’s a F.A.C.T.!
“If we are going to be effective, if we are to be true to our principles, we must root out corruption wherever it exists, and that is one of our highest priorities for that reason.” — Vice President Kamala Harris
Identify and Eradicate Systematic under-currents designed to deny services and opportunities to its returning citizens through policies and laws
Identify felon friendly cities and Non-Felon Friendly Cities
Focus on develop meaningful policies and programs to uplift Former Felons from becoming a permanent underclass in our society
Support Services and Programs for Felons that are U.S. Veterans
Identify Support Programs and Services on all levels of government designed to assist Former Felons transition back into community living and become a productive citizen
Providing Support for spouse and children of incarcerated parents and reconnecting families
Promote inclusion of former felons in the U.S. Census to include but not limited to taxes contributed and restoration of civil rights
Support services for spouse and children of incarcerated parents and reconnecting families
Establish a government oversight committee to review complaints of prosecutorial misconduct and ineffective counsel alleged by convicted felons
Identify the entire current Felon Population in the United States