Victoria Law / Truthout
Avis Lee holds a banner for Let’s Get Free, the Women and Trans Prisoner Defense Committee which helped with her fight for freedom and with which she now organizes to free others..
“We have a long way to go to bring justice to all the individuals who were harmed by the ‘tough on crime,’ zero-tolerance legislation passed in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s,” says Amy Povah, founder and director of CAN-DO Justice through Clemency, which advocates for people imprisoned on federal drug sentences.
“Many people we are advocating for have served over 25 years and many are elderly and need a second chance,” Povah told Truthout.