COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., (KRDO) — Cheba Hut celebrated its twenty fourth birthday with an occasion known as Smoke Out Injustice Day, to boost funds for the Last Prisoner Project, a non-profit group devoted to hashish felony justice reform.
A greenback from each sub offered on the stoner-themed sandwich retailers in Colorado Springs on Thursday shall be donated to assist free these incarcerated for hashish possession.
“Being a cannabis-themed restaurant right here, we all know that we’re privileged to have the ability to speak about hashish and to have fun it and the tradition, however there are folks which might be much less lucky,” stated Hannah Mitchell an worker for Cheba Hut on N. Chestnut Avenue.
Although the State of Colorado legalized using marijuana in 2012, in line with the 2021 Colorado Department Public Safety, Division of Criminal Justice report, there are literally thousands of folks nonetheless in Colorado prisons convicted earlier than the regulation was modified, however nationally it’s extra. In December, Gov. Jared Polis pardoned over 1,000 Coloradans with cannabis possession convictions.
“There are nonetheless over 40,000 folks incarcerated for non-violent, weed-related crimes and we simply don’t really feel that’s proper and we simply need to have the ability to elevate cash for them and get justice for these nonetheless serving time,” added Mitchell.
The Last Prisoner Project is a non-profit that helps hashish felony justice reform. Cheba Hut has 15 areas throughout Colorado hoping to boost as much as $45,000 for the trigger.
One Cheba Hut clients feels this occasion is one step nearer to alter.
“Once they do get out they may have one thing to stay up for, it’s not one thing ought to really feel dangerous about for being incarcerated, typically, you simply get the dangerous hand,” stated Damon, a Cheba Hut buyer.
