It is rare for women who have graduated from the program to return to prison.

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The combination of these payouts and police misconduct settlements is approaching $150 million dollars. That’s more than three fourths of what the MPD’s budget was in 2020.

“If you are imprisoned and you are innocent of a crime, you can imagine that it just compounds the trauma.”

Don’t decide to run until you have your helpers. You need a treasurer or someone to collect up the money and put it in the bank and get the thank yous ready. You need a volunteer coordinator who will recruit people to go door knocking with you who will help. You need someone to head up doing your social media.

I was let out of my cell for only an hour a day … for weeks on end.