Position Statements

“Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist within the United States… [except as punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted]” - 13^th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

Why would this exception be included in the legal document which abolished slavery unless it anticipated its continued existence (e.g., exploitation and disenfranchisement)?

Amos Wilson informed us that American political systems are the root causes of mental illnesses and misbehavior in Black communities while Michelle Alexander informed us that the mass incarceration of Black males is the New Jim Crow.  In other words, American political and penal systems orchestrate the demise and exploitation of Black communities. We go a step further and state that all American systems orchestrate in such a way to denigrate and exploit Black communities with precision and avarice. Therefore, these unjust systems (i.e., unjust social relationships and control mechanisms) must be overcome with compelling will and determination. What better place to start than the penal justice system and what better group to end its tyranny than those that were and are oppressed by it. We want penal reform now!  - Marlon Aldridge, Sr., Founding President of the Black Man’s Think Tank

Mission

To restore the basic human rights of ex-felons and to abolish the remnants of legalized slavery in the United States.

Vision

We envision a future where ex-felons have been liberated from the mental, emotional, spiritual, and economical bondage of an unjust penal system and have regained their human and civil rights.

Values

We value loyalty, freedom, and devotion to duty.

Goals

We fight to achieve the following goals for ex-felons:

1. Restoration of civil, economic, educational, and political rights.
2. Abolition of racial and ethnic disparities in all aspects of the U.S. criminal justice system.
3. Abolition of the U.S. parole system.
4. Abolition of the remnants of legalized slavery.
5. Creation of business and employment opportunities for them.
6. Divestment in organizations that promote the cyclic exploitation and disenfranchisement of ex-felons via their participation in the U.S. criminal justice system.

We defeated slavery (most of it), we defeated Jim Crow, we defeated South African Apartheid, and we will defeat disenfranchisement of ex-felons!

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