Serving as an OB hospitalist independent contractor at Pomona Valley Medical Center, Shawanda Renee Obey, MD, takes care of a high volume of obstetrics patients. She also serves as the supervising physician at Northeast Valley Health Corporation in San Fernando. As a social justice advocate, Shawanda Renee Obey, MD, has been actively involved in some of the programs of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) since 2017.
ACLU’s Smart Justice campaign focuses on reducing the population in US prisons by half, with special emphasis on racial disparities. Hundreds of thousands of incarcerated Americans are serving sentences that far outweigh their crimes, the ACLU noted.
Smart Justice fights “extreme sentencing laws” and “mandatory minimum laws” that make judges unable to promulgate sentences that fit the crimes. The fight reaches the US Congress, where the ACLU pushes for the passing of the Smarter Sentencing Act.
Smart Justice works with all 50 states to introduce smarter justice. To end mass incarceration, Smart Justice pushes for bills that address sentencing reform, bail reform, prosecutorial reform, parole, and re-entry.
ACLU’s Smart Justice campaign focuses on reducing the population in US prisons by half, with special emphasis on racial disparities. Hundreds of thousands of incarcerated Americans are serving sentences that far outweigh their crimes, the ACLU noted.
Smart Justice fights “extreme sentencing laws” and “mandatory minimum laws” that make judges unable to promulgate sentences that fit the crimes. The fight reaches the US Congress, where the ACLU pushes for the passing of the Smarter Sentencing Act.
Smart Justice works with all 50 states to introduce smarter justice. To end mass incarceration, Smart Justice pushes for bills that address sentencing reform, bail reform, prosecutorial reform, parole, and re-entry.
