Media Release Archive

Statement on Mass Shootings in Buffalo, NY, and Laguna Woods, CA

May 17, 2022

1 Million COVID Deaths, and The People in Prisons and Jails Are Still Not Safe

May 12, 2022

JLUSA Applauds Biden-Harris Administration “Second Chance Month” Actions

April 26, 2022

Letter to Elected Officials: Pass the Correctional Facility Disaster Preparedness Act (S.2592)

April 5, 2022

JLUSA responds to Governor Hochul’s public safety plan

March 28, 2022

JLUSA Applauds Reestablishment of the Office for Access to Justice

November 2, 2021

Duckworth, Booker Re-introduce Bill to Improve Disaster Response and Recovery Plans in Prisons

August 4, 2021

JLUSA mourns the passing of Patty Katz

June 29, 2021

Columbia Justice Lab/JLUSA Release NYC Mayoral Candidate Survey on Urgent and Pivotal Criminal Justice Issues

May 26, 2021

JLUSA Applauds Presidential Memorandum Reinstating the Access to Justice Office

May 18, 2021

#JustUS campaign selected as finalist in social justice category of Fast Company’s 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards

May 4, 2021

The Bard Microcollege for Just Community Leadership: Bard College Launches the Nation’s First Tuition-Free College Dedicated to Advocacy, Arts, and Sciences

April 29, 2021

Derek Chauvin Found Guilty on all Counts in the Murder of George Floyd

April 20, 2021

JLUSA Applauds Passage of New York Marijuana Legalization Bill, Urges More States to Follow

March 31, 2021

Formerly Incarcerated People Applaud the HALT Act

March 17, 2021

Appoint Criminal Justice & Re-entry Czar to White House Council, Abolish Death Penalty, Proposes Nonprofit JustLeadershipUSA in New Policy Recommendations

March 4, 2021