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Mississippi County, Arkansas · petition

Include classroom, shop, kitchen and garden space in any new or renovated county jail

A petition to County Judge John Alan Nelson and the Mississippi County Quorum Court (11 justices of the peace), started by Brayden Sanders, founder of County Commons on 2026-10-25.
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At 800 signatures it’s printed, with the count by town, and handed to County Judge John Alan Nelson and the Mississippi County Quorum Court (11 justices of the peace) at a public meeting.

The same ask is open in 91 counties in 9 states — 0 signatures across all of them. Each county's petition goes to its own officials and counts toward its own goal; together they show how many places want the same thing. See every county →

Why it matters

A RAND review of decades of studies found that people who took part in education while locked up had 43% lower odds of returning to prison. In 2023, about 70% of people in U.S. jails had not been convicted of the charge they were held on (Bureau of Justice Statistics). We ask Mississippi County to include classroom, trade-shop, kitchen and garden space in any new or renovated jail.

Sources for the facts above: RAND, Correctional Education (2013) · BJS, Jail Inmates in 2023

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This is a petition to your elected officials — like the clipboard at the courthouse door. It does not put anything on the ballot; in Arkansas and most states that takes ink signatures from registered voters. Signatures are counted, not verified — one per browser; the delivered copy removes duplicates. Like everything here, petitions can’t campaign for candidates or ballot measures, or name county staff. All petitions · What came of past ones.