Author: Amy Ralston

Amy Ralston Povah is a clemency recipient under President Clinton, an award winning filmmaker, and founder of the CAN-DO Foundation.

Adrianne Miller – 15 years – Clemency granted 1/20/21

Please sign Adrianne’s change.org petition seeking clemency from President Trump
Name:
Adrianne Davis Miller #15437-002
Age: 42
Race: White
Raised: Montgomery, Alabama
Tried: Mobile Alabama
Will live: Mobile Alabama
Charges: Conspiracy with intent to distribute a controlled substance / Conspiracy … Read the rest

CANDO PODCAST #1 Cedric Lamont Dean

CANDO’s first podcast, hosted by Amy Povah and Luis Rivera welcomes Cedric Lamont Deal, who received an immediate release last November.  In our first show, Cedric explains how he lost his half-way house date, but then was rewarded with the … Read the rest

Felicia Smith received clemency and is NOW FREE!

Felicia received clemency on President Obama’s last full day in office – Jan 19, 2017.

Vice news reached out to the CANDO Foundation seeking an interview with a clemency recipient that Obama commuted on his last day in office.  We Read the rest

CANDO expresses “hope” in NBC news on Trump’s first commutation


Obama’s ramping up of commutations, which lessens an inmate’s prison time, was extraordinary given the historic rarity of it all, according to advocates.

“Everybody was hoping they’d see their name on the list,” said Povah, who herself was granted clemency … Read the rest

CAN-DO applauds President Trump’s first commutation!

The CAN-DO Foundation is overjoyed by President Trump’s first commutation of sentence to Sholom Rubashkin, an Iowa kosher meatpacking executive.   This is remarkable for two reasons.  It’s very rare for a president to commute a sentence in their first year … Read the rest

Tysha Williams of Studio 3 Hollywood interviews CAN-DO Founder Amy Povah

Tysha Williams is an actress and activist that tackles both serious and fun issues on her new online tv series, Studio 3 Hollywood.  On December 4, 2017, Studio 3 released Tysha’s interview with CAN-DO founder Amy Povah.  They quickly get … Read the rest

Connie Farris – 12 years for mail fraud – NOW FREE!

Connie has finally reunited with her loving husband, Rex Farris under the Elderly Release Program.

Name: Connie Farris #41922-048
DOB: 1944
Race: White
Marital Status: Married 53 years to Rex Farris
Age: 73 husband, Rex,  74
Children: None
State Convicted:Read the rest

Truth-out focuses on victims of halfway house closures

CAN-DO performed a survey of halfway house closures that resulted, in part, to the information shared in this article written by Victoria Law for Truth-out.  Read the entire story, that references the cases of CAN-DO members Alicia Siller, Carolyn Bell, … Read the rest

Rashundria Burkes – 15 years 6 months sent to Home Confinement due to COVID-19

We are happy the BOP released Rashundria Burkes to home confinement for her safety! We are still pursuing #Clemency but gain comfort that she is safe at home with her family! 
Sign Rashundria Burkes change.org petition seeking clemency. 

Name: Rashundria … Read the rest

Alice Johnson and Kim Kardashian make a great team!

It just keeps getting bigger and better for Ms Alice Johnson!  Thank you Kim Kardashian for committing to help #FreeAlice!!!   To learn more about Alice Johnson please go to her profile page, filled with links and more.

Alice Marie … Read the rest

Rewire reveals additional burdens for women serving time

Special thanks to Victoria Law and REWIRE, for this in depth article:  “Women do not choose to have a period,” said Amy Povah, who spent nine years in a federal prison and is now the founder and director of … Read the rest

Vice reveals the truth about BOP’s failure to provide feminine hygiene products

Thanks in part to our CAN-DO survey, Vice wanted more information and went digging for the truth about BOP’s failure to comply with their own operations memo to provide free feminine hygiene products to prisoners, as promised.

Two and … Read the rest

Washington Examiner quotes CAN-DO prisoners seeking mercy from Trump at Thanksgiving

A huge thank you to Steve Nelson at Washington Examiner for spotlighting three prisoners that CAN-DO advocates for – Michelle West serving double life, Michael Pelletier serving life for pot and Chad Marks serving 40 years.  These individuals deserve mercy … Read the rest

Huffpost Op Ed on Federal Halfway House Closures

Due to hundreds of emails, letters and phone calls from prisoners panicking due to halfway house closures, CAN-DO conducted a survey and the results were worse than we expected.  Even prisoners who were leaving the very next day have had … Read the rest

CAN-DO Survey! Federal halfway houses

Responding to outcry from prisoners who’ve been devastated by their half-way house dates being pushed back, (even the day before some were set to release) CAN-DO performed a survey to verify this is not happening to “only 1% of the … Read the rest

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