Onward Blog

Timothy Burgess on Vermont’s Corrections Monitoring Commission ending after just three years

By JLUSA

July 9, 2025

Timothy Burgess (Leading with Conviction™ 2023) served as the group’s co-chair until it ended on July 1.

JustLeadershipUSA decries the Congressional passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

By JLUSA

July 7, 2025

Last week’s decision is a devastating cut to key resources for satisfying basic human needs. In response, JustLeadershipUSA issued this statement.

Oswald Newbold on “The Strength of Healed Wounds”

By JLUSA

In this powerful episode of the Breaking Chains Podcast, Oswald Newbold (Leading with Conviction™ 2024) shares his transformational personal story.

Did These 6 Key Supreme Court Decisions Lead to Mass Incarceration?

By JLUSA

July 2, 2025

In Justice Abandoned, NYU law professor Rachel Elise Barkow indicts the Supreme Court for key decisions that “enabled mass incarceration.”

JustLeadershipUSA President/CEO DeAnna Hoskins First Formerly Incarcerated Person to Serve on the Board of the American Probation and Parole Association

By JLUSA

JLUSA is proud to announce that President/CEO DeAnna Hoskins has officially been sworn in as an At-Large Board Member of the APPA.

Jennifer Toon answers the question: Does crime by juveniles really rise during the summer months?

By JLUSA

June 30, 2025

“There is not something inherent in children or certain kids that, you know, this is why crime is happening. You have to look at the full context.”

Bending The Bars album features music from artists incarcerated in Florida prisons

By JLUSA

June 27, 2025

A new hip-hop album takes us inside the Florida prison system – featuring fifteen artists in correctional facilities across the state.

JustLeadershipUSA’s #HalfBy2030 Campaign Validated by New Analysis Published in The Atlantic Magazine

By JLUSA

June 26, 2025

Stanford University professor Keith Humphreys reports that “the next decade could see this goal [#HalfBy2030] met and exceeded.”

Go shopping with Matt Sutton to buy an outfit for a job interview after reentry

By JLUSA

June 25, 2025

In a compelling “man on the street”-style video, Matt Sutton (Leading with Conviction™ 2023) shows how difficult it is to buy clothing after reentry.

Mark Rice on proposed Wisconsin Office of the Ombudsperson for Corrections

By JLUSA

June 23, 2025

“Currently incarcerated people ... need to really be more at the center of decision-making.”

Dominique Grant on Georgia’s new Survivor Justice Act

By JLUSA

June 17, 2025

LwC 2024 graduate Dominque Grant writes about Georgia's new Survivor Justice Act

Saad Soliman on economic mobility for formerly incarcerated people — in USA Today

By JLUSA

June 16, 2025

“The U.S. economy loses between $78 and $87 billion annually in gross domestic product due to the employment barriers faced by [PwLE].”

University of Chicago law professor challenges the idea that the 13th Amendment allows forced labor in prisons

By JLUSA

June 13, 2025

Adam A. Davidson: “I can recall no sentence hearing, brief or appellate record that has mentioned slavery or involuntary servitude as punishment.”

JustUs Ideas Week wraps up in Philadelphia—JLUSA leaders showed up and showed out

By JLUSA

June 12, 2025

The inaugural JustUs Ideas Week is wrapping up today in Philadelphia, with more than 3,000 people registered, 100+ speakers, etc.

Pauline Rogers on the prospect of reopening prison on Alcatraz Island

By JLUSA

June 11, 2025

Reopening [Alcatraz] would symbolize a return to punitive measures over rehabilitative approaches.

Indy Easley leads Fresh Start program for formerly incarcerated people in Birmingham, Alabama

By JLUSA

June 9, 2025

The program builds toward long-term goals, says Fresh Start program manager Indy Easley (Leading with Conviction™ 2023).