rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/letter/tell-beacon-hill-invest-in-people-not-prisons?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-tell-beacon-hill-invest-in-people-not-prisons' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Progressive Mass https://actionnetwork.org/groups/progressive-mass https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/letters/photos/000/441/556/normal/PLS_action_alert.png Friday was the first day of spring, and the new season is always a perfect time to think about second chances and new life. As winter passes, we get more light, we get more greenery, we see more flowers. It's a time to think about how our systems can be designed to encourage second chances and new life instead of cycles of violence and harm. Prisoners' Legal Services, Families for Justice as Healing, the Keeping Families Connected Coalition, Jane Doe, Inc., Medical Justice Alliance-MA Chapter, Progressive Massachusetts, and Citizens for Juvenile Justice teamed up to write a letter to the Senate and House Committees on Ways and Means, the Speaker of the House, and the Senate President urging them to prioritize a package of six critical bills this session. Over 100 organizations have signed on in support and now we need the help of individuals to ask their legislators to make this a priority.   This platform includes: An Act relative to elder and medical parole (H.2693) An Act to build restorative family and community connection (H.2591) An Act relative to human rights and improved outcomes for incarcerated people (H.2608) An act relative to justice for survivors (S.1256) An act establishing a jail and prison moratorium (H.3422, S.2944) An Act to Promote Public Safety and Better Outcomes for Youths (S.1061) These six critical legal system reform bills have advanced to the committee on Ways and Means and are well positioned to be acted upon by the legislature this session. Each of these bills represents an opportunity to reduce incarceration, redirect spending to where it is most needed, and improve conditions for particularly vulnerable carceral populations, specifically young people, families, survivors of abuse and sexual violence, and elders. More details on the bills are in the letter.   Please contact your legislators with a copy of the letter via email, phone, or the form below and ask them to express their support to the Committee on Ways and Means as well as House or Senate leadership.   https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-beacon-hill-invest-in-people-not-prisons