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Robert Saleem Holbrook

Robert Saleem Holbrook is a community organizer and the director of community organizing for the Abolitionist Law Center in Philadelphia.

Articles by Robert Saleem Holbrook

My Friend Should Have Been Released from Prison. Instead, He Died There of COVID-19.

James ‘Bumpy’ Bennett, who had twice survived cancer, was 71 and had served 48 years of his life without parole sentence.

Robert Saleem Holbrook Jun 11, 2020

My Vote Was Taken Away From My Community and Given To a District Where I Was Incarcerated

Prison-based gerrymandering takes political power away from Black and Latinx communities—power that could be used to push for more funding for schools, social services, infrastructure, and other important reforms.

Robert Saleem Holbrook Mar 02, 2020