{"id":5840,"date":"2016-11-02T17:04:24","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T22:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.candoclemency.com\/?p=5840"},"modified":"2022-08-19T16:24:21","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T21:24:21","slug":"op-ed-thanksgiving-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/op-ed-thanksgiving-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Thanksgiving in Prison&#8217; by Amy Povah, in the Influence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CAN-DO&#8217;s Founder writes about her worst Thanksgiving in prison. This <a href=\"http:\/\/theinfluence.org\/thinking-of-all-those-facing-the-holidays-without-clemency-reminds-me-of-my-own-worst-thanksgiving-ever\/\">Op Ed<\/a> captures the essence of what it&#8217;s like in a prison visitation room on Thanksgiving day!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theinfluence.org\/thinking-of-all-those-facing-the-holidays-without-clemency-reminds-me-of-my-own-worst-thanksgiving-ever\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-5842\" src=\"http:\/\/www.candoclemency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Influence-Op-Ed-1024x1019.png\" alt=\"influence-op-ed\" width=\"700\" height=\"697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Influence-Op-Ed-1024x1019.png 1024w, https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Influence-Op-Ed-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Influence-Op-Ed-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Influence-Op-Ed-768x765.png 768w, https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Influence-Op-Ed.png 1340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Prisoners waiting to hear if they will receive clemency are becoming anxious. \u00a0On October 27, 98 more people were given the best news of their life, but it also marked the end of a lot of fantasizes prisoners were having of possibly being able to go home for this holiday season. \u00a0Any future life in 2016 will not enable them to be processed to a half-way house and then home confinement in time for our biggest holiday of the year. #ClemencyNow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAN-DO&#8217;s Founder writes about her worst Thanksgiving in prison. 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