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As a Alliance of organizations the Resource Alliance is a collective of publications, tools & organizational benefits that serve those incarcerated , previously incarcerated and their families. all resources compiled here are Free and offered to those directly impacted. this is a living growing ongoing effort

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Jim Crow In New York

It is widely known and well documented that Americans used the law to keep African-American voters out of the electoral process throughout the Deep South. In the late 1800s, Jim Crow laws spread as part of a backlash against the Reconstruction Amendments – the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution – which ended slavery, granted equal citizenship to freed slaves, and prohibited racial discrimination in voting.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS Stopped by The Police

Being stopped by police is a stressful experience that can go bad quickly. Here we describe what the law requires and also offer strategies for handling police encounters. We want to be clear: The burden of de-escalation does not fall on private citizens — it falls on police officers. However, you cannot assume officers will behave in a way that protects your safety or that they will respect your rights even after you assert them. You may be able to reduce risk to yourself by staying calm and not exhibiting hostility toward the officers. The truth is that there are situations where people have done everything they could to put an officer at ease, yet still ended up injured or killed