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Formerly incarcerated business owners denounce exclusion from CARES Act relief

April 22, 2020

JustLeadershipUSA · Formerly Incarcerated Business Owners Denounce Exclusion From CARES Act Relief Media Briefing: The CARES Act Doesn’t Care, April 2...

Criminal justice reform advocates call for release of people in Rikers and Sing Sing

April 9, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 08, 2020Contact: Loretta Kane (917-410-7242 or loretta@caminopr.com) Michael Paul Jackson (646-397-8069 or michael@jlusa.org) Cri...

Rolling Back Cash Bail Reform is Dangerous — Especially During COVID-19 Pandemic, says JustLeadershipUSA 

April 1, 2020

For Immediate Release: April 3, 2020 Contact: Courtney Holsworth, cholsworth@rabengroup.com, 989-572-8162 Contact: Michael Paul Jackson, michael@jlusa.org, 6...

With coronavirus running wild, it’s the exact wrong time to pack more people in jails and prisons

March 30, 2020

By DeAnna Hoskins Overcrowded and under-resourced, prisons and jails nationwide are poised to become breeding grounds for coronavirus. Consequently, official...

CARES Act doesn’t do nearly enough to keep incarcerated people safe from coronavirus, says JustLeadershipUSA

March 28, 2020

New York, NY – The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Securities (CARES) Act just passed in the House. The bill designates $850 million for federal, ...

RE: The health hazards of rolling back bail reform

March 18, 2020

March 18, 2020 Attn: Offices of Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Speaker Carl Heastie and Governor Cuomo RE: The health hazards of rolling back bail r...
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South Carolinians deserve second chances | Lester Young and Kambrell Garvin

April 16, 2019

The right kind of bail reform: New York must learn from California's bad example | DeAnna Hoskins & John Ralphing

March 4, 2019

L.A. County supervisors vote to replace Men’s Central Jail with mental health hospital for inmates

February 12, 2019

Columbia mayor supports ‘Ban the Box’ law to omit criminal past from job applications

January 29, 2019

Wisconsin must close Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility to reform criminal justice | DeAnna Hoskins and Vincent Schiraldi

January 24, 2019

The First Step Act Could Be a Big Gift to CoreCivic and the Private Prison Industry

December 22, 2018

Jets Players, Coaches and Ownership Commit $800,000 to Social Justice Causes

December 20, 2018

Is this really the best we can do for criminal-justice reform? | DeAnna Hoskins

December 20, 2018

Fighting for human rights and a working future for all

December 7, 2018

EXCLUSIVE: Groups tell Cuomo it will take more than ending cash bail to stop mass pretrial jailing

December 5, 2018

FIRST STEP Act includes serious missteps toward injustice | DeAnna Hoskins

December 3, 2018

Kids can’t survive the NYC Department of Correction | Vidal Guzman

September 24, 2018

SNAP is a dignified lifeline worth preserving | Vidal Guzman

September 24, 2018

SNAP would deny those released from prison vital access to food | DeAnna Hoskins

September 15, 2018

Why You Should Hire Someone Who Went to Prison

August 10, 2018

The FIRST STEP Act sets up a dangerous future | DeAnna Hoskins

July 20, 2018

Advocates: Closing the dilapidated, decaying House of Correction isn’t enough

April 19, 2018

Philly's House of Correction, a 'dungeon,' to close by 2020

April 18, 2018

What Will the Future of Incarceration Look Like?

December 13, 2017

Reimagining Justice, Together - Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

November 12, 2017

Bail is a Broken System in Need of Reform

October 11, 2017

We must pass the Reverse Incarceration Act if we want prison reform | Glenn E. Martin

October 6, 2017

A Former Felon Leads The Way In Criminal Justice Reform

August 26, 2017

Jeff Sessions should go to jail — but not for what you think | Glenn E. Martin

July 3, 2017

John Legend on Prison Reform and Activism

May 16, 2017

#CLOSErikers: Here’s Why The Entire Country Should Be Paying Attention To Rikers Island

May 8, 2017

John Legend joins push to close Rikers Island

May 8, 2017

Rikers Island Might Finally Close—and We Have Organizers to Thank for That

April 4, 2017

Six Ways President Obama Reformed America’s Criminal Justice System | Glenn E. Martin

November 15, 2016

John Legend on America's 'Egregious' Prison Problem – And What He's Doing About It

October 27, 2016

Obama plans to ease the legal obligations on prisoners to pay for child support

October 14, 2016

Ava DuVernay's '13th' Documentary is a Scorching Indictment of American Racism

October 5, 2016

Rally to Close Rikers Island Will Bring Hundreds of Marchers to Astoria

September 22, 2016

Activists Launch #CLOSErikers Campaign to Close Rikers Island

April 15, 2016

A sinking jail: The environmental disaster that is Rikers Island

March 15, 2016

Obama bans solitary confinement for juveniles in federal prisons, cites Rikers case as example of the cruel punishment

January 25, 2016

The Legacy of Violence at the Manhattan Jail Known as the 'Tombs'

July 19, 2015

An Open Letter to President Obama | Glenn E. Martin

June 25, 2015

Rikers Island Is Still Fucked, and It’s Terrifying

March 5, 2015

The Feds Are Suing New York City Because Rikers Island Is a Hellhole

December 18, 2014