Chris Ferry

Wilkensburg, PA

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Tell Walmart to Stop Rape and Torture of Young Women in its Factories
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Help Kids Live Longer and Healthier. Join the Fight Against Obesity.
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Stop the Next Offshore Oil Disaster
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Tell Congress: Don't pull the plug on NPR and PBS!
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Save AmeriCorps
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2.3 Million Prison Uniforms

If there are 2.3 million people that have broken laws that risk our safety as American people, then 2.3 million people should be in jail. But when many of those people are there for non-violent offenses such as growing some medical marijuana, selling it to sick friends in need, or using one's body for consensual sexual profit, there is a distortion of how our justice system should work. For every policeman or criminal justice agent who is busy arresting the guy next door for growing marijuana, there is one less person available to track down the guy that robbed the house across the street.
Once we have narrowed down the prison population to just the people that should be there, we'd be able to use our funds to better rehabilitate the prisoners. Turn them into citizens that will make a contribution to society not ones who will just be coming back through the revolving door in a few months.