Alison Holcomb has served as criminal justice director of American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Washington and in 2014 was named national director of the ACLU Campaign to End Mass Incarceration. Holcomb wrote Initiative 502, which legalized recreational cannabis in Washington, has been called "Pot Mama[1]".[2] In her role as director of the Campaign to End Mass Incarceration, she will work "to reform state-level criminal justice policies that have increased incarceration rates dramatically during a period of declining crime and have exacerbated racial disparities".[2]
Alison Holcomb | |
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.jpg) Mark Kleiman, Alison Holcomb, Jonathan Rauch, Sue Rusche, and moderator Paul Glastris | |
| Criminal justice director of American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Washington | |
References
edit- ^ "The 'pot momma' who convinced Washington state to legalise weed". The Spinoff. 2017-07-29. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
- ^ a b McLain, Cathy (November 6, 2014). "Alison Holcomb named director of national ACLU campaign". Retrieved April 26, 2017.
External links
edit- Shapiro, Nina (January 27, 2015). "A Voice for Victims: Alison Holcomb's Fight Against Mass Incarceration". Seattle Weekly. Archived from the original on October 3, 2018. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
- Brodeur, Nicole (July 20, 2014). "Alison Holcomb: waging weed-rights war with grit, heart". Seattle Times.
- Shapiro, Nina (September 25, 2012). "Alison Holcomb: Pot Mama". Seattle Weekly. Archived from the original on April 27, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
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