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by mmooss 448 days ago
The social justice movement has focused on prisoners, and especially on reducing incarceration and allowing former prisoners to transfer back to society successfully.

The progressive DAs elected a few years ago prioritized decriminalization and deincarceration, and for formerly incarcerated, movements such as 'ban the box' (prohibiting employers to require info on past inceration) and restoring voting rights have also been priorities.

There's also focus on the 13th amendment of the Constitution, which has an exception for incarcerated people to be used for forced (slave) labor.

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Also, ending the death penalty has been a long-time priority.