Imagine sitting in a cell for years, decades, or even life, convicted of an activity that is no longer a crime, while thousands of other people build intergenerational wealth doing exactly the same thing.
That is the situation that over 40,000 cannabis prisoners face today in the United States alone, while countless others languish in jails and prisons worldwide. The Last Prisoner Project is a non-profit coalition of cannabis industry leaders, executives, and artists dedicated to bringing restorative justice to the cannabis industry.
People arrested for Marijuana offenses in the last decade.
Projected legal Cannabis sales by 2025.
Spent annually on a senseless and cruel war on drugs.
Legal marijuana industry sales for 2018 in the US.
Imprisoned for simply putting money from cannabis sales in her bank account. Served four years out of a seven year… Read more...
Ferrell is serving a life sentence for transporting marijuana. His mandatory life sentence is not because he has… Read more...
After serving four years in the US Air Force, Justin Graham was diagnosed with PTSD and MS and received his… Read more...
Imported cannabis in the 70’s and 80s. The sentencing judge admitted the crimes he was arrested for were victimless… Read more...
Convicted and sentenced to prison for cultivating cannabis. Served six and a half years in federal prison… Read more...
Holds the distinction of receiving one of the harshest sentences for marijuana ever handed down by the Ninth Circuit… Read more...
Sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for drug possession and distribution. This was the longest… Read more...