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.
Rep. Charles B. Rangel's remarks supporting the Second Chance Act of 2007, a bill to reauthorize the grant program for reentry of ex-offenders into the community. November 14, 2007
Letter to Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Chairs Barbara Mikulski and Frank Wolf as well as ranking members Kay Bailey Hutchison and Chaka Fattah urging the continued funding of the Second Chance Act in fiscal year 2012. Members who...
2007 op ed article by Rep. Charles Rangel for the Amsterdam News discussing unfair sentencing for crack cocaine offenders. December 13, 2007
A bill to amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to improve law enforcement and criminal justice and for other purposes. May 24, 1973
Constituent James Murphy writes Rep. George Crockett to express his agreement with Rep. Crockett's position on the decriminalization of drugs. January 4, 1990
Article from the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's "Point of View" newsletter featuring the Congressional Black Caucus'opinion regarding homicide as a public health issue. September 1984
The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's 1995 fact sheet discussing the implications of the Taking Back Our Streets Act.
Memo, correspondence and agenda discussing sent by Howard T. Robinson, United Church of Christ Commission for Race Justice, to Rep. Louis Stokes regarding possible UN Human Rights Commission investigation of prison conditions and CBC involvement in the 1972 U.N....
Letter from Rep. Mervyn Dymally, Congressional Black Caucus Chairman, to Sen. Edward Kennedy on behalf of the Congressional Black Caucus to express the Caucus'support of Rep. Kennedy's decision to offer provisions of H.R. 4442, the Racial Justice Act, a bill...
Letters between Rep. Barbara Jordan and her constituents discussing prison reform. 1974
Rep. George W. Crockett Jr. discusses the decriminalization of drug use and alternatives to fight against it in this article. February 1990