Green Party Challenger for President

Ban private prisons; moratorium on prison construction

Ban private prisons. Implement a moratorium on prison construction. Redirect funds to alternatives to incarceration. Provide incarcerated individuals the right to vote by absentee ballot in the district of their domicile, and the right to vote during parole.Source: Green Party Platform adopted by 2020 presidential hopeful , Jul 12, 2020

End the carceral surveillance state

Our civil liberties and political rights are under assault by an expanding carceral surveillance state. The US has the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world. Mass surveillance by the National Security Agency captures our electronic communications, including text messages, web browsing, emails, and international phone calls. Whistleblowers are bullied into silence by prosecutions under the 1917 Espionage Act. National Defense Authorization Acts since 2012 have included provisions to disappear US citizens into indefinite detention without charge or trial.

If I run, I will prioritize a freedom and democracy agenda, including an end to the war on drugs and the over-policing of minority communities, funding public defenders and legal services, bail abolition, speedy trial, open file discovery, ending warrantless surveillance, ending the persecution of whistleblowers, and ending preventive detention.Source: 2020 Presidential Campaign website HowieHawkins.us , May 19, 2019

Opposes mandatory sentencing

Q: What does Hawkins think of mandatory “Three Strikes” sentencing laws?

A: Doesn’t agree with mandatory sentencing.Source: Email interview on 2006 Senate race with OnTheIssues.org , Aug 1, 2006

End the death penalty

End the death penalty.Source: 2006 Senate campaign website, hawkinsforsenate.org, “Issues” , Jun 30, 2006

Source: Howie Hawkins on Crime