At next week's virtual Lunch and Learn, we'll share insight on how incarceration alters our very existence, the tools needed leave behind unhealthy behavior adopted on the inside. This is a must-see event for those coming home & the people who love them! https://t.co/85uzV2veTa

Check out our 2 NEW guides for incarcerated people seeking commutation: 1) Toolkit for Commutation Petitions 2) Clemency Pre-Hearing Conference Guide All our resources (commutation, sentencing credit, medical release, parole, pardon, re-entry, etc) are at https://t.co/ZSFOI1tGar

Tackle your holiday shopping AND support IPP's mission to reunite families & end mass incarceration. Through Dec. 17, use promo code “HOLIDAY20” (all caps) for 20% off all items storewide, including hoodies, t-shirts, caps, mugs, bags & stickers. Order at: https://t.co/Q8tWePTYUa

If you're struggling to help an incarcerated loved one, you're not alone! We're hosting a System Navigation Workshop to explain the processes for relief, including medical release, clemencies, transfers and grievances. The workshop is FREE and open to all! https://t.co/DeCtFpyIXC

"Daddy, daddy, you're free!" After 40 years, Aryules Bivens is home. These reunions are only possible with support from our community. This Giving Tuesday, please join Team Hope with a monthly gift of any amount to help us reunite even more families. https://t.co/QopYo0dkgl

Instead of one day of giving, you can have an impact 365 days a year. How? By joining Team Hope, IPP's monthly giving program, which gives us funding needed to provide legal representation to people in prison & end policies that full mass incarceration: https://t.co/QopYo0dkgl

After 25 years in prison, IPP client Toussaint Daniels finally joined his family for Thanksgiving. Thousands of other Illinois families are still waiting for their reunion - Support their fight by joining our TEAM HOPE monthly giving program at any level: https://t.co/YFvMaAv1Jo

Today we show gratitude for Team Hope, IPP’s community of monthly donors who help us free incarcerated people & end mass incarceration. Join Team Hope with a monthly donation of ANY amount & enjoy free IPP gear and early bird access to our events. https://t.co/QopYo0dkgl

Today we show our gratitude 🙏🏾 for IPP's incarcerated Community Navigators, a statewide network of 128 navigators across 26 correctional facilities. Navigators share legal information & support for incarcerated people advocating for their own freedom.

Jermaine was 19 when he was sentenced to 31 years and taken from Grandma Lula who raised him. He never gave up hope, and neither did we! Join IPP's Team Hope monthly giving program -- and you can help reunite more families like Jermaine and Lula. https://t.co/QopYo0dkgl

All this week, we're sharing what we're thankful for🙏🏿 -- the people that make our work not only possible, but joyful. Today we're grateful for our team of pro bono attorneys who volunteer their time and talent to help free more needlessly incarcerated people. Thank you! ❤️

"The Truth Behind the Mask," a film by IPP Community Navigator JeiJei Webster, explores the process of reentry from prison with honesty, heart, and humor. Watch the film for FREE on Friday, 11/21 at 5pm at the Women's Justice Institute (2150 South Canalport in Chicago).

IPP is hiring a full-time Campaign Manager for the Credit for Change campaign, to help pass legislation that will allow incarcerated people to earn 50% off their sentence thru good behavior and participation in IDOC programming. Learn more and apply: https://t.co/lme81VH0vi

IPP's Women & Survivors Project team spent the morning advocating for criminalized survivors of domestic and gender-based violence here at the Cook County Courthouse. IPP works to free incarcerated survivors thru direct representation & systemic advocacy. https://t.co/f6HKLvVoWY

Of course, nobody explains things better (or with more humor) than John Oliver -- so we'll let him show you just how arbitrary, absurd, and unjust the felony murder rule can be. https://t.co/yjrPjpiq2i

While we work to win freedom for clients impacted by FM convictions, IPP also fights for reforms to allow fairer sentencing by considering each individual's involvement in the offense & allowing those currently convicted under the felony murder rule to seek resentencing. (4/5)

Felony murder convictions can result in decades or even life-long sentences for people -- often very young people -- who played minor roles in an offense; this unjust practice has been abolished in most of the world outside the U.S. (3/5)

For example, a person who acts as a lookout or getaway driver for a store robbery can be charged with first-degree murder if the store OWNER shoots and kills another person involved in the robbery. (2/5)

Under the “felony murder” (FM) rule, a person can be convicted of first degree murder for any death that occurs during an offense, even if the person did not directly cause the death. (1/5)

At November's Lunch & Learn, we'll explore the process of how to “thaw out” after incarceration, unlearn institutional habits, identify emotional triggers & navigate the messy process of becoming whole again -- without judgement. RSVP at: https://t.co/oeDl0BI85d