I can’t remember if I sent this story in before now. So many letters from men in the same situation seem to run together.
Joe wrote me to let me know that he is still paying for an offense that he served time for back in 1974. Civil Commitment has been a revolving door of “treatment,” release, and “got cha again” tactics. They told Joe he would die there. The system is rigged. “They want us to live in rooming houses, take polygraphs, and pay for treatment on the street,” Joe said.
1. Abolish pre-crime preventative detention laws
2. Free our friends and loved ones from dehumanizing labels
3. Realign our justice system with the values of restoration and reintegration
Just Future Project is a new initiative focused on challenging pre-crime preventative detention laws. We are a people-driven grassroots advocacy campaign dedicated to building a movement of community members demanding an end to indefinite detention regimes.
Why Is This Important?
Pre-crime preventative detention systems are a dangerous departure from the traditional values of our legal system.
We believe in justice, that persons who have caused harm may be held accountable for their actions. But justice also demands proportionality and due process, elements essential to distinguish justice from mere vengeance. The goal of any true system of justice must be restoration and re-integration, not the perpetual containment and incapacitation that have come to define the U.S. criminal legal system.
