CNN recently reported on some of the issues that contribute to America’s high incarceration rate. The United States has the unfortunate distinction of having the highest incarceration rate of any country on earth. According to a 2018 report from the Bureau...

Four Civil Survival members, Amanda DuBois, Tarra Simmons, Madeleine DuBois and Carolina Landa, recently had the opportunity to dine with the Dean of Seattle University Law School, Annette Clark. All of the women from Civil Survival are connected to SU Law...

The Prison Policy Initiative recently published an article highlighting the significant barriers to employment facing formerly incarcerated individuals. The data show that formerly incarcerated people have the same desire to find work as the general...

On Saturday, June 16, Civil Survival Board Member Gina Castillo, a formerly incarcerated college graduate, gave the keynote address at the Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW), where 12 women earned college degrees and changed the direction of...

Scores of people attended the first annual Game Changer Happy Hour fundraiser on June 16, 2018 in support of Civil Survival's mission to empower formerly incarcerated people to improve their quality of life through participation in the political process....

Civil Survival Executive Director Tarra Simmons recently received the Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Champion of Justice Award. The Award “recognizes an individual who — through legislative, judicial, journalistic or humanitarian...