Restoring the right to vote for lifers would be a small, humane way to return to us some of our agency and dignity.

Along with Thomas, longtime San Quentin volunteer Cori Thomas (no relation) co-founded San Quentin Film Festival, the nonprofit hosting the event. Cori Thomas is a playwright and actress whose plays ...

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Ahead of the presidential election between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, a special series on voting in prison and after.