In San Diego, Black Muslims are working to expand voting access in jails

October 13, 2020

Most inmates in California jails are eligible to vote. But former inmate Christopher Jackson says few of them actually know that. Fewer still have any idea how to cast their ballots from behind bars.

During the months Jackson spent in custody at San Diego Central Jail and George Bailey Detention Facility, he registered about 200 of his fellow inmates to vote ahead of the 2018 municipal elections.

Source: In San Diego, Black Muslims are working to expand voting access in jails - Religion News Service