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URL:https://votingaccessforall.org/events/fighting-for-families-how-advoca
 tes-are-resisting-attacks-on-visitation-and-physical-mail-webinar/
SUMMARY:Fighting for families: How advocates are resisting attacks on visit
 ation and physical mail (webinar)
DESCRIPTION:Protecting family connections and bonds with loved ones during 
 incarceration is one of the most important and\, increasingly\, one of the
  most difficult things advocates can do. Contact visitation\, handwritten 
 cards and letters\, and regular phone calls improve mental health outcomes
  for both people in prisons and the families who love and support them. Th
 ey also strengthen parent-child relationships and familial bonds\, improve
  in-prison conduct and make prisons safer\, and can significantly increase
  a person’s chance of success upon release. Nevertheless\, prisons acros
 s the country are implementing increasingly restrictive communication poli
 cies. Contact visitation is under attack\, and more than 30 states no long
 er allow incarcerated people to receive physical mail from their loved one
 s. These moves\, ostensibly in the name of security\, not only devastate i
 ncarcerated people and their loved ones but make us all less safe in the l
 ong run. But families are fighting back\, championing policies to protect 
 these vital lifelines and the benefits that come with them.\n\nJoin the Pr
 ison Policy Initiative on July 1 from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm EST\, as we welco
 me Jodi Hocking\, Executive Director of Return Strong Nevada\, and Taj Mah
 on-Haft PhD\, Director of The Humanization Project in Virginia. We’ll ta
 ke a closer look at the importance of family connections\, learn more abou
 t the ways they are under attack\, and share strategies to help families f
 ight back. This webinar will include live ASL and Spanish interpretation.\
 n\nRegister Here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_chZ7OE2KTLqHoODMRmAW
 aA#/registration
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