Seeds of Liberation
Seeds of Liberation researches and develops community-based solutions to pressing issues in Arkansas' criminal justice policy and administration.
PROTECT THE INCARCERATED FROM COVID-19
Arkansas's prisons are still overcrowded amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Board of Corrections declared a prison overcrowding state of emergency earlier this year, but, as of May 8, 2020, only about 300 of the over 16,000 people incarcerated in state prisons had been approved for release amid the pandemic; this as 1,200 people had been recommended for early release. As of May 14, 2020, Arkansas ranked 46th in the country in reducing prison overcrowding amid the pandemic. Contact the Board of Corrections at (501) 682-3850 and the Parole Board at (501) 682-3850, and encourage them to do the right thing and release more people incarcerated in Arkansas's overcrowded prisons, especially the vulnerable, sick and elderly.
Four courageous formerly incarcerated people made history when they spoke truth to police chiefs, prosecutors, judges, jailers and legislators at the Arkansas Legislative Criminal Justice Task Force.