"This year, when searching for housing, I explained my record to a potential landlord. As soon as I revealed that part of my past ... that home’s door was closed to me." - Anderson Curtis #SmartJustice
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"All people in CT have paid the price of mass incarceration, yet we can’t afford the cost." - Anderson Curtis, ACLU-CT #SmartJustice field organizer, is testifying right now: http://ct-n.com/CTNplayer.asp?livestream=1 …pic.twitter.com/Fg21W3E9K3
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"My experience with housing has pretty much been a mirror of my experience with employment. I have had periods of stability, and periods of uncertainty, with the uncertainty outweighing the stability due to the emotional toll. My experience is not unique." - Anderson Curtis
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"In my role as a field organizer, I receive calls that are literally cries for help from people living with a criminal record and people on community supervision who are being denied access to housing." - Anderson Curtis,
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"With Black and Latino men disproportionately incarcerated, we are disproportionately rejected when we return to our communities and seek to build a life worth living." - Anderson Curtis,
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"I am not alone. Tens of thousands of Connecticut residents are struggling with this discrimination every day. Because of the isolation and stigma we face, it sometimes feels like we are still serving time, just in a community-based prison." - Anderson Curtis,
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"I’ve heard people say ‘don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time.’ How does that time mean anything when you can still face perpetual punishment after you’ve completed it?" - Anderson Curtis,
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"Every person living with a criminal record, who has earned the chance to be part of society, should have an equal opportunity to build a successful and fulfilling life." - Anderson Curtis,
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"This includes people who have been convicted of a misdemeanor or a felony, people who have been convicted of a violent or non-violent offense, people who are just beginning their reentry process, and people who have been in society for decades." - Anderson Curtis
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