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Participants in the MAN Foundation will get to enjoy music, games, a Christmas meal and guest speakers like James Boyd of the Portsmouth NAACP.
Former Virginia prisoners prepare to vote in first elections MATT JONES, The Virginian-Pilot FacebookTwitterEmail PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) — John Westbrook had been in and out of trouble since he was a kid in New Jersey. He moved to Virginia to get a fresh start, but struggled with a cocaine addiction and wound up in prison. After his release, he set about starting a new life. He didn’t think about voting — the state constitution takes away the civil rights of anyone convicted of a felony. But in March, Gov. Ralph Northam restored them for thousands of Virginians with state felonies. “Whe...
Northam restored their rights in March. Now, former prisoners are getting ready to vote in their first elections. Matt Jones, The Virginian-Pilot © Matt Jones / The/Virginian-Pilot Jaclyn Walker, executive director of the Men Alleviating Negativity Foundation, checks in Jason Good at a drive-thru voter registration drive for formerly incarcerated people in Portsmouth on Saturday, May 1, 2021. John Westbrook had been in and out of trouble since he was a kid in New Jersey. He moved to Virginia to get a fresh start, but struggled with a cocaine addiction and wound up in prison...