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Advocacy Day in Maryland
February 19, 2020 @ 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
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Legislation: Two bills
HB 740: to ban direct release from solitary to the public (with some exceptions, especially for the health of the inmate), sponsored by Senator Will Smith and Delegate Jazz Lewis.
HB742 to prohibit placing incarcerated people diagnosed with serious mental illness in restrictive housing sponsored by Delegate Jazz Lewis.
Parking: Gotts Court Garage (best entrance is 25 Calvert Street, next door to a cash only garage) is the closest. There are also other options that we will send closer to the date.
Agenda:
9 am: Advocacy Day Volunteers arrive for registration. Continental breakfast will be served.
10 am: Briefing on legislation and advocacy training; assignments to small groups for visits.
11 am – 1 pm: Advocacy visits to House Judiciary and Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee members.
1 pm: Debriefing – Volunteers share their impressions, information and insight from visits
2 pm: Conclusion of the day (with many thanks!)
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