Thousands of people - many of whom are elderly and immunocompromised - were released from prison to finish their sentences on home confinement during the pandemic. But now they are at threat of being re-incarcerated. 

These are mothers, fathers, grandparents, children, community members - who have been spending their home confinement getting reacquainted with family and friends, while supporting their communities.

And unless President Biden grants them clemency, 4,000+ people will be ripped from their homes once again and sent back to prison when the pandemic recedes, or even earlier like Gwen Levi - who was re-incarcerated as a result of a bureaucratic error. 

Thanks to her legal team and public outcry from Color of Change members, Ms. Levi was sent home on compassionate release. But another 4,000+ people remain on home confinement with no certainty about what the future brings. 

The Administration has decided to review clemency applications on an individual basis for non-violent drug offenders on home confinement with less than 4 years left on their sentence

But ALL of the individuals on home confinement need clemency now. Everyone in the program was already rigorously vetted by the Bureau of Prisons in order to be on home confinement in the first place. And almost everyone released has since been thriving at home by reconnecting with their friends, families, and communities, and engaging in civic and professional life. 

We can’t let Biden pick and choose who deserves to be at home with their families and who deserves to be locked up in a cage based on historically racist criteria. 

If Biden is going to make a meaningful impact towards ending racialized mass incarceration, he needs to grant clemency to the 4,000+ people living on home confinement today.

Any circumstance where people are sent back to prisons is in direct contradiction to the Biden Administration's public promise to invest in ending mass incarceration. And if measures aren't taken to keep these people at home and out of prison, this administration will be presiding over the fastest expansion of the federal prison population in history. 

Color of Change is working in partnership with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to ensure that the thousands of people released onto home confinement under the CARES Act not only remain at home with the family and loved ones, but also receive clemency to ensure that they are not sent back to prison. In partnership, Color of Change and the ACLU seek to end the mass incarceration in this country that disproportionately affects Black communities.

Join us in demanding President Biden grant clemency for 4,000+ people today!

Here is the Petition:

We are asking that you grant clemency for ALL of the 4,000+ people, many of whom are elders and immunocompromised, who were released from prison on home confinement last year due to the increased threat of the pandemic in prisons. 

Unless the Administration intervenes, 4,000+ people who have been reconnecting with family and reestablishing community ties, as evidenced by the 99% success rate, will be ripped from their homes and sent back to prison when the pandemic recedes.

Gwen Levi, a 76-year old grandmother and cancer survivor was already sent back to prison for taking a computer skills class because of the punitive nature of home confinement and our carceral system.

Thanks to her legal team and public outcry, Ms. Levi was sent home on compassionate release, but thousands of our elders remain on home confinement and are at threat of being sent back to prison on a technicality like Ms. Levi, or when the pandemic recedes.

Any circumstance where people are sent back to prisons is in direct contradiction to the Biden Administration's public promise to invest in ending mass incarceration. And if measures aren't taken to keep 4,000+ people at home and out of prison, this administration will be presiding over the fastest expansion of the federal prison population in history. 

Prison facilities are not sanitary or humane spaces. And the pandemic has only worsened these conditions. People will always have a better chance at staying safe and healthy when they are at home with their communities. And it is inhumane to force people, a disproportionate number of whom are Black, to go back to prison. 

We urge you to keep people home by granting clemency for those on home confinement today!