{"id":299,"date":"2024-03-12T10:45:21","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T14:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/maryland\/press-releases\/lawmakers-debate-bills-to-improve-quality-of-life-behind-bars-for-md-inmates\/"},"modified":"2024-03-12T10:45:21","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T14:45:21","slug":"lawmakers-debate-bills-to-improve-quality-of-life-behind-bars-for-md-inmates","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/maryland\/press\/lawmakers-debate-bills-to-improve-quality-of-life-behind-bars-for-md-inmates\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmakers debate bills to improve quality of life behind bars for MD inmates"},"template":"","class_list":["post-299","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-news-clip"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Lawmakers are debating how to help the prison population this session.","featured_image":"","press_type":153,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"55\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":300}"],"related_issues":[94,100,109,442],"related_work":[111],"location":23},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<span data-contrast=\"none\">This article <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmar2news.com\/local\/lawmakers-debate-bills-to-improve-quality-of-life-behind-bars-for-md-inmates\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">originally appeared<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> in WMAR on March 7, 2024 and was written by Jeff Morgan.<\/span>\r\n\r\nBelow is executive director Joanne Antoine's comment on a bill introduced by Delegate Jheanelle Wilkins that would give people serving a felony sentence in Maryland's jails the opportunity to vote.\r\n\r\n\"Legislators who are weighing in on a number of bills and incarcerated individuals or incarcerated voters should be able to weigh in on who these representatives are that are making decisions on their behalf,\" said Joanne Antoine, executive director of Common Cause Maryland.\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">To read the full article, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmar2news.com\/local\/lawmakers-debate-bills-to-improve-quality-of-life-behind-bars-for-md-inmates\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">click here<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class=\"scripps_iframe_embed\" style=\"position:relative\"><div style=\"display:block;width:100%;height:auto;padding-bottom:56.25%;\"><\/div><iframe id=\"da-iframe\" allowfullscale=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" border=\"0\" height=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.scrippsdigital.com\/cms\/video\/player.html?video=https:\/\/content.uplynk.com\/ac6c318e84414bfba3bf03ea214b05d1.m3u8&mp4=https:\/\/x-default-stgec.uplynk.com\/ause\/slices\/ac6\/22f3150cc15946e68b21f11967cfb8d1\/ac6c318e84414bfba3bf03ea214b05d1\/ac6c318e84414bfba3bf03ea214b05d1_e.mp4&autoplay=false&purl=\/local\/lawmakers-debate-bills-to-improve-quality-of-life-behind-bars-for-md-inmates&ads.iu=\/6088\/ssp.wmar\/local\/lawmakers-debate-bills-to-improve-quality-of-life-behind-bars-for-md-inmates&ads.proxy=1&poster=https:\/\/x-default-stgec.uplynk.com\/ause\/slices\/ac6\/22f3150cc15946e68b21f11967cfb8d1\/ac6c318e84414bfba3bf03ea214b05d1\/poster_a77cda6697944fdcab973931bebc9301.jpg&title=Improving%20inmate%20quality%20of%20life&kw=Annapolis%20%2CCommon%20Cause%20Maryland%2CDelegate%20Jheanelle%20Wilkins%2CDelegate%20Marlon%20Amprey%2CMD%20inmates%20%2Cbehind%20bars%20%2Cdebate%20bills%20%2Clawmakers%20%2Cprison%20phone%20calls%20%2Cprison%20population%20&contplay=*recent&mute=0&tags=Homepage%20Showcase%2CLocal%20News&section=Local%20News&cust_params=temp%3D%26weather%3D&host=wmar2news.com&s=wmar&env=production&ex=1\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>"}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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