Press release highlighting Rep. Charles B. Rangel's testimony in front of the Subcommittee on Crime. Rangel testified that the decades-old cocaine sentencing policy is no longer effective. May 12, 2009
Press release from the office of Congressman Charles Rangel responding to the passage of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010.
Short description of Rep. Barbara Lee's Stance on criminal justice reform and a list of sponsored legislation from 2011.
Rep. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott's statement regarding the denial of clemency for death row inmate Troy Davis in 2011.
Introduction of H.R. 12708. A bill to establish a Commission on Penal Reform; to the Committee on the Judiciary. January 27, 1972
Letter from Ms. Rosetta H. Sadler to Rep. George Crockett asking that he address the drug problem and Rep. Crockett's response. April 15, 1988 and April 21, 1988.
Introduction of H.R. 5202, a bill to amend title 18 of the U.S. Code to provide rules for treatment of prisoners in Federal correctional institutions; to the Committee on the Judiciary. March 6, 1973
Letter from Wayne State University Professor Vainut K. Vaitkevicius to Rep. George Crockett supporting the Congressman's position on drug law enforcement. Professor Vaitkevicius uses his experience as a physician to explain why he supports Rep. Crockett's stance....
Letter from Charles J. Moreland, Chairman of the National Black Youth Network, to Del. Walter E. Fauntroy requesting a partnership between NBLR and the CBC to build the NBLR network with Black youth across the country. March 18, 1981
Letter from the Lawyers'Committee for Civil Rights Under Law to members of the United States House of Representatives expressing support for the Racial Justice Act H.R. 4618. Signed by the committee's executive director Barbara R. Arnwine. September 24, 1990
Rep. Charles Rangel's introduction of H.R. 12757, a bill to establish minimum prisoner treatment standards for prisons in the United States and to create an agency to hear complaints arising from alleged infractions of such standards; to the Committee on the...
Rep. George Crockett Jr. thanks constituent Curtis Greenwood for his letter expressing concern over drugs in the community and addressing Mr. Greenwood's suggestion to use U.S. troops to control drug trafficking. April 28, 1988