One Voice United
@One_VoiceUnited
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We are a national campaign aimed at giving frontline staff a voice in corrections reform.
United States
Joined October 2020
Texas prisons are dangerously understaffed and overcrowded, putting both staff and the incarcerated at risk. OVU has long advocated for real solutions to these crises. Read more from the Dallas Observer. #CorrectionsCrisis #OneVoiceUnited #PrisonReform
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RT @SaferPrisons: Texas prisons are struggling to fill positions of correctional officers. With retention and recruitment becoming huge obs…
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RT @SaferPrisons: Overcrowded and understaffed prisons create dangerous conditions in our nation’s prisons. As @amandavhernan writes in @s…
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OVU's annual Elevating Our Profession Conference & National Medal of Honor Awards Ceremony, happening May 28-30, 2025, in Boston! Three powerful days of game-changing discussions, hands-on workshops, and best practices to tackle the biggest challenge.
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RT @SaferPrisons: Andy Potter, Founder of @One_VoiceUnited, emphasizes that while correctional staff support rehabilitation programs, staff…
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Nominate a deserving individual for OVU’s National Medal of Honor— the premier awards ceremony celebrating the heroism, courage and professionalism of corrections officers and staff nationwide. Nominations are open to all who qualify and close on March 15.
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RT @SaferPrisons: As highlighted by @meg_anders @NPR, "amid a growing shift among states toward tough-on-crime laws," the U.S. prison popul…
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Nominate a deserving individual for OVU’s National Medal of Honor— the premier awards ceremony celebrating the heroism, courage and professionalism of corrections officers and staff nationwide. Nominations are open to all who qualify and close on March 15.
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@JustLeadersUSA and OVU partnered to design a multi-day convening with a small cohort of correctional staff labor leaders and formerly incarcerated reform leaders to partake in an exploration and potential pathways for creating a better system. Learn more:
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RT @jedfoundation: Taking care of yourself is so important. 💙 If you are feeling overwhelmed or anxious, you are not alone, there are peopl…
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RT @SaferPrisons: Our campaign is created from an unlikely partnership between two unexpected allies: @FAMMFoundation and @One_VoiceUnited.…
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We are proud to launch the @SaferPrisons in partnership with @FAMMFoundation. We’re urging action to address the urgent crisis in our nation’s prisons driven by understaffing, overcrowding, and poor conditions. Learn more and join us:
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In Texas, advocates argue that prison conditions violate the U.S. Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. In a recent article OVU and @FAMMFoundation urged Texas lawmakers to address this pressing issue impacting both constituencies.
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we are proud to share and champion the work of our long standing partner Chicago Beyond. They have just launched a national holistic safety movement. Learn more here
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The answers ranged from a priority on mental health services for staff + their families to healthier food options. Many expressed the importance of having their voices, and the voices of those who work alongside them, to be brought in on the conversation before decisions are made
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OVU and @FAMMFoundation continue to create awareness about the nationwide crisis in prisons and jails for incarcerated people, prison staff, families and communities. @SaferPrisons #saferprisonssafercommunities
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Sergeant Joe Zoccola and his wife Becky Zoccola share their individual and parallel stories of how the corrections profession deeply affects their lives in these two powerful articles
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Educate and engage decision makers on the realities of corrections from the frontline perspective before they make sweeping changes to policy or vote on funding decisions. Visit Before You Vote campaign #visitb4uvote #correctingcorrections
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RT @Arnold_Ventures: In an op-ed for @aldotcom, Matthew Charles of @FAMMFoundation & Andy Potter of @One_VoiceUnited discuss the correction…
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Meet... Zach Webb, a Corrections Officer at Jennifer Road Detention Center in Maryland. "The corrections profession has given me many skills and experiences that I never thought I’d know at 25 years old." #elevatingthecorrectionsprofession #corrections @annearundel
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