A coalition of advocates have launched a campaign to dismantle systems they say lead to “permanent punishment” for people that have formerly been incarcerated. Marlon Chamberlain of the Fully Free Campaign knows what it’s like to be subjected to continued punishment after a prison term has been served. Asked to chaperone his son’s class on a field trip to a bowling alley, he was denied the chance when a background check turned up his decades-old conviction.
