Fighting for people serving unjust, unnecessary and excessive sentences in Illinois.
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We’re proud to share Illinois Prison Project’s Fiscal Year 2025 Annual Report, highlighting a year of powerful advocacy, life-changing releases, and continued progress toward ending extreme sentences and mass incarceration.
Read the full report here:
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Last chance to get tix for IPP Associate Board's event centering the creativity of system-impacted people thru music, art & spoken word - while supporting IPP's mission to end mass incarceration.
🗓️ June 13 @ 1:00PM
📍4015 W Carroll Ave in Chicago
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🙏🏾THANK YOU Lee Ragsdale and Tiffany & Anthony Houston, the newest members of Team Hope, IPP's monthly giving program. You provide the reliable funding we need to represent people in prison & end policies that fuel mass incarceration.
Join the team at illinoisprisonproject.networ…
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In IL, thousands of families support incarcerated loved ones while learning to navigate systems connected to mass incarceration. In this Lunch & Learn, we recognize families not as “visitors” to the movement, but as essential leaders within it.
🎟️ RSVP:
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Are you passionate about fighting mass incarceration and helping those impacted by excessive prison sentences? IPP is hiring for two positions in our new client intake team. Apply by July 1.
💻 For more details and application instructions, visit illinoisprisonproject.org/jo…
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Six years ago, we founded IPP with a simple but powerful idea – that everyone deserves a second chance.
A second chance meant everything to IPP client Jermaine Brown, who won early release last spring after 23 years in prison. (1/3)
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In his first year of freedom, Jermaine started a mentoring workshop at his re-entry center, landed his dream job as a career development coach, and launched a nonprofit to help young people.
But nothing was more important than reuniting with his beloved grandmother, Lula. (2/3)
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There are thousands of families like Jermaine and Lula's still waiting for their reunion. Support their second chance by donating generously to IPP's fundraising campaign.
Give today at illinoisprisonproject.networ…
#SecondChances
#FreeThemAll
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Did you know that every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month, IPP community navigators are at the Harold Washington Library in downtown Chicago providing FREE resources to the community? If you're helping a loved one navigate the system, this is for you! No appointment required👋🏾
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🎟️ Tickets are now available for IPP's 6th Annual Gala on Friday, Oct. 16 at the iconic Chicago Cultural Center. Join leaders in the fight against mass incarceration as we celebrate our progress 🎉 and find inspiration for the year ahead. ✨
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On WEDNESDAY, IPP Community Navigators will be at the Harold Washington Library 7th Floor with resources to help you help your incarcerated loved one. Can't make it this week? Next session is June 17.
🗓 Wednesday, June 3 & 17
🕙 10am-12pm
👋 No registration required!
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IPP attorneys work relentlessly to provide direct representation to incarcerated people & reunite families torn apart by long prison sentences.
(From L to R): Lia Raves, Nadia Woods & Ali Mahmood
👋🏾 Meet the rest of the legal team at illinoisprisonproject.org/ab…
#ThisIsWho
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⏰ TUESDAY is our next free online legal clinic for loved ones of people incarcerated in Illinois, where you can ask our legal team questions about pathways out of prison and other resources. You are NOT alone!
Register at ow.ly/5r7K50YnNCk
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Join IPP's Associate Board for a family-friendly event centering the creativity of system-impacted people thru music, art & spoken word - while supporting IPP's mission to end mass incarceration.
🗓️ June 13 @ 1:00PM
📍4015 W Carroll Ave in Chicago
🎟 illinoisprisonproject.networ…
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Want to help end mass incarceration in Illinois? 📢 Sign up for our monthly newsletter and be the first to get updates on our work, client stories, events, legal resources, and ways to get involved. Join our movement!
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💪🏾 The IL Access to Justice program helps make legal representation possible - including IPP's work freeing people trapped in excessive prison sentences. But funding is at risk!
⏱️ Got 30 seconds?
Tell your state rep to support justice for IL families: actionnetwork.org/letters/pr…
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Women have always been powering our movement - organizing inside, supporting loved ones, or advocating in courts & statehouses. Yet, prison reform often excludes women. We'll discuss why our system subjugates our sisters & how we change that.
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Yesterday, we celebrated the law school graduation of IPP Women & Survivors Law Clerk Tashi Gordillo (R) & IPP Policy & Communications Director Marshan Allen (L). Marshan survived 25 years of incarceration to become a leader in the fight against mass incarceration. Congrats! 🎉
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When people are freed from incarceration, they need basic necessities like coats, shoes & toiletries. Help them come home by contributing to IPP's Re-Entry Wishlist on Amazon. Each purchase goes directly to someone impacted by incarceration
amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/22…?
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IPP Education Director Renaldo Hudson & Ambassador Stanley Howard celebrated graduation 🎓 from College Unbound, which turns lived experience - including incarceration -- into college credit.
Full story on Chicago This Week:
youtu.be/em3OPVGX2PA
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⏰ SATURDAY is our next free online legal clinic for loved ones of people incarcerated in Illinois, where you can ask our legal team questions about pathways out of prison and other resources. You are NOT alone!
Register at ow.ly/5r7K50YnNCk
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