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Image for post titled Michelle West is finally free today!

Michelle West is finally free today!

By JLUSA

February 18, 2025

President Biden commuted West’s sentence, and she can finally reunite with her daughter outside of prison walls for the first time since 1993.
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Savvy Shabazz on ending indentured servitude in Kentucky prisons

By JLUSA

February 12, 2025

“Part of reentry into our society is to make sure that we are prepared to take care of ourselves and our families. So pay us a livable wage.”
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Khalif Ali celebrates the National Negro Opera House in Pittsburgh for Black History Month

By JLUSA

February 10, 2025

Khalif Ali (Leading with Conviction 2020) currently serves as president of the National Opera House board in Pittsburgh, PA.
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Philip Cooper chosen by TIME Magazine as one of 25 Black leaders working to end the racial equity gap in 2025

By JLUSA

February 6, 2025

Philip Cooper (Leading with Conviction 2022) is founder of the Asheville, N.C.-based nonprofit Operation Gateway.
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Mark Rice says “lives could be saved” if third-party review of Wisconsin prisons leads to improvements

By JLUSA

February 3, 2025

Mark Rice (Leading with Conviction™ 2017) hopes a third-party review of the Wisconsin prison system will lead to change.
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Kemba Smith receives last-minute pardon from President Biden

By JLUSA

January 24, 2025

On his final full day in office, President Biden announced that he leveraged his clemency power to pardon Kemba Smith (Leading with Conviction™ 2019).
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Dr. Reuben J. Miller, PhD: “Incarceration reverberates through the family system”

By JLUSA

January 8, 2025

“Families experience their own collateral consequences — their own form of incarceration.”
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Remembering Jimmy Carter for his record on criminal justice reform

By Stephen Knight

December 29, 2024

President Jimmy Carter has passed after a long battle with cancer. He was 100 years old.
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Keturah Herron vows to reintroduce legislation in Kentucky to establish Office of Gun Violence Prevention

By JLUSA

December 16, 2024

Last week, Keturah Herron (LwC 2019) said she will once again introduce legislation to establish an office that will collect data on gun violence.
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JLUSA leaders kick off Live Free Decarceration Fellowship

By JLUSA

November 25, 2024

Leading with Conviction™ graduates kick off Live Free Decarceration Fellowship for returning citizens.
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Keturah Herron makes history as Kentucky’s first-ever LGBTQ+ woman state senator

By JLUSA

November 8, 2024

Keturah Herron has been elected as Kentucky's first-ever LGBTQ+ woman state senator
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Kyle Giddings speaks about fighting misinformation and other barriers to voting in jail

By JLUSA

November 6, 2024

Kyle Giddings speaks about working to help people in Colorado jails cast their vote.
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Joe Watson says that it’s time to automatically restore lost voting rights in Arizona

By JLUSA

October 29, 2024

Joe Watson calls for restoration of voting rights in the Arizona Mirror.
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Mark Rice calls for independent oversight of Wisconsin prisons

By JLUSA

October 24, 2024

Wisconsin advocates are pushing for more expansive reform of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections.
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Keturah Herron receives LGBTQ+ trailblazer award

By JLUSA

October 10, 2024

Kentucky state Representative and LwC 2019 graduate Keturah Herron receives the LGBTQ+ trailblazer award
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Some people convicted of felonies can actually vote from prison in Texas — but they may not know it

By JLUSA

October 7, 2024

Jennifer Toon (Leading with Conviction™ 2024 participant) thinks incarcerated people would take advantage of their right to vote if they knew.