A letter from the CBC to the United States Sentencing Commission urging an amendment to the Sentencing Guidelines and the reduction of the base offense level for crack cocaine defendants sentenced after November 1, 2007.
Letter from Rep. Danny K. Davis and Rep. Howard Coble requesting their colleague's support for Second Chance Act. March 18, 2011
Press release from the office of Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton Calling for Congress to eliminate discrimination in cocaine sentencing. December 11, 2007
Flyer inviting the public to attend a briefing and documentary screening of "The Abuses of Solitary Confinement in the U.S. Criminal Justice System." Reps. John Conyers, Robert C. "Bobby" Scott and Cederic Richmond participating.
Introduction of H.R. 12857. A bill to establish a Commission on Penal Reform; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Rep. Shirley Chisholm among the sponsors. February 2, 1972
Rep. George W. Crockett's 1988 letter to Chairman Dante Fascell suggesting additional language be added to the narcotics legislation. May 17, 1988
1973 article by Rep. Charles B. Rangel for the Westsider. Rangel expresses his opposition to the heroin maintenance program. May 17, 1973
Letters between Mr. Jerry Cooper of the Alliance for Drug Decriminalization and Rep. George Crockett regarding advocacy efforts in support of the decriminalization of private drug use. 1990
Letters between Rep. George Crockett and Mr. N.T. (Pete) Shields, chairman of Handgun Control, regarding the Congressman's support of H.R. 1442, the Handgun Crime Control Act. March 13, 1985 and April 29, 1985
Rep. William L. Clay's assessment of the CBC after the Crime Bill debacle. August 19, 1994
Letters between Rep. William L. Clay Sr. and NAACP Director Burel Gomillion regarding prisoner mistreatment at Auburn Prison. March 12, 1972
Rep. George Crockett responds to a constituent letter regarding the Omnibus Drug Act. August 10, 1988