One by 1 Inc.

08/19/2018

One by 1 Inc. provides mentoring and personal development tools to young people and adults and to work with reentering inmates throughout the D.C. region.

Bethesda Magazine covered our program with One by 1's Eddie Ellis, organized by Shayla Davis, cosponsored by ACLU of Maryland, Montgomery County Chapter.
https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/government/imprisoned-as-a-teen-a-local-man-ushers-others-down-the-path-toward-freedom/

08/16/2018

Sending a big thanks to ACLU of Maryland, Montgomery County Chapter and Takoma Park Mobilization for sponsoring last night’s event. We had a great turn out from the community and can’t wait for all the good things to come!

04/17/2018

We're so excited that our CEO Eddie Ellis is serving as faculty for the "Race in the Federal Criminal Court: Strategies in Pursuit of Justice" training conference. This year's conference will be held on April 19-21 in St. Louis, MO. More information here:

Race in the Federal Criminal Court: Strategies in Pursuit of Justice is designed to educate attorneys appointed pursuant to the Criminal Justice Act about the many ways race impacts the administration of justice in federal court and provide them with strategies to combat racial injustice in the crim...

04/16/2018

Check out The Root's video "This Is Your Brain on Adolescence." This short clip demonstrates why it is critical to penalize and rehabilitate youth differently than adults.

Actor Aisha Hinds shares how teenagers might be seeing the world just a little bit differently. Understanding how adolescent brains differ from adults is cri...

04/12/2018

Have you seen this great HBO documentary on juvenile’s coming up in the system? Check it out: https://youtu.be/yq3uVJQN8Gw.

Actor Michael Kenneth Williams (HBO's The Wire) goes in depth and explores mass incarceration and the juvenile justice system. Now Streaming ...

04/11/2018

Join us Clifton Park Baptist Church on Saturday, April 14 at 6:30pm for Takoma Park Mobilization's screening of an episode from "Time: The Kalief Browder Story" followed by a panel discussion featuring One by 1, Inc. CEO Eddie Ellis and state-level Maryland delegates.

04/08/2018

We're joining the Montgomery County ACLU and asking our friends and family to say "NO" to Senate Bill 122! You can find contact info for your delegates and a sample script on the blog: http://www.oneby1inc.org/blog/say-no-to-senate-bill-122

03/30/2018

Join us at the University of the District of Columbia for the UDC David A. Clarke School of Law's Solitary Confinement Panel tonight at 5pm in the Moot Courtroom. One by 1, Inc. Founder Eddie Ellis will be speaking on the panel. Register to attend at: law.udc.edu/events

03/16/2018

We currently lack consistent data on plea agreements & the demographics of prisoners (among other things). A bill on Florida governor Rick Scott's desk tomorrow morning could change that

A newly passed bill in the Florida Legislature would bring unprecedented levels of transparency to the criminal justice system.

03/15/2018

A helpful layout of the current state of criminal justice reform in the Trump administration. The "bipartisan" effort is starting to fracture...

This division, particularly in the Senate, could threaten the momentum behind prison reform.

02/26/2018

A recent report by the Council for Court Excellence has drawn attention to the experience of the mentally ill in the DC criminal justice system-- shining light on this important issue.

Department of Behavioral Health has come under scrutiny for slow evaluation of defendants