Media Release Archive

#CLOSErikers campaign comments on de Blasio announcement on planned jail closure

November 22, 2019

Statement from DeAnna Hoskins President & CEO of JustLeadershipUSA on Representative Ayanna Pressley’s Resolution, The People’s Justice Guarantee

November 20, 2019

Statement on House Bill package 4980-85 to expand set aside eligibility and to automate particular expungements

October 29, 2019

#CLOSErikers applauds City Council’s historic vote to Close Rikers and shrink New York City’s jails system — further cementing New York City as the most decarcerated major city in the U.S.

October 17, 2019

Formerly incarcerated leaders urge lawmakers to consider a community-driven vision for expungement

September 23, 2019

Formerly incarcerated leaders, criminal justice advocates dismayed by lackluster expungement bill package

September 9, 2019

#CLOSErikers Leaders Testified at Historic City Council Hearing that Will Inform Decisive October Vote and Facilitate Closure of Rikers – Impacted Leaders Greeted Hearing Attendees with Public Art and Storytelling 

September 5, 2019

City Planning Commission certifies ULURP application for borough-based facilities that would facilitate closure of Rikers

September 3, 2019

Statement from JustLeadershipUSA’s Philadelphia Campaign Coordinator Reuben Jones On Risk Assessments Considered by the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing

August 23, 2019

Another Historic Win for Justice LA as LA County Board of Supervisors Vote to Cancel the McCarthy Contract – Stopping a Massive Downtown Jail

August 13, 2019

Statement From Lester Young, South Carolina Statewide Organizer For JLUSA’s #WORKINGfuture Campaign On Passage Of A Fair Hiring Ordinance In Columbia, South Carolina

August 8, 2019

Statement from JustLeadershipUSA regarding the Federal Bureau of Prisons Update on Good Conduct Time and Risk Assessment Tools (RATs)

July 19, 2019

Wisconsin Is #3 state In the nation for reincarcerating people for violations of supervision

July 13, 2019

JustLeadershipUSA applauds passage of “Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act”

July 11, 2019

Directly impacted communities speak out at City Planning Commission’s ULURP hearing

July 10, 2019

Statement from #FREEnewyork on the 2019 New York State Legislative Session

June 21, 2019