Media Release Archive

JustLeadershipUSA Joins Opportunity Starts at Home Steering Committee

May 1, 2019

Statement from JustLeadershipUSA’s Vice President of Government Affairs and Policy, Will Heaton, Regarding New Data from the Department of Justice on Jail and Prison Populations

#CLOSEthecreek Campaign Celebrates 1-Year Anniversary with City Hall Press Conference and Rally Demanding Justice Reinvestment

April 26, 2019

Directly impacted leaders hold rally and educate legislators on their demand to lead the vision for Clean Slate legislation in Michigan

April 24, 2019

Statement from President and CEO of JustLeadershipUSA, DeAnna Hoskins, on Rhode Island’s Fair Chance Occupational Licensing Legislation, H5863

April 23, 2019

JustLeadershipUSA Endorses Legislation to Restore Pell Grants to Incarcerated Students

April 9, 2019

New York Makes Historic Strides Towards Pretrial Justice, But the Fight to End Money Bail and Protect Due Process Continues

March 31, 2019

Directly Impacted Communities Call on 
Speaker Heastie, Democratic Legislature to End Money Bail and Decarcerate Jails

March 27, 2019

Statement from #CLOSErikers Campaign Coordinator Brandon Holmes on the City’s Certification to Begin the ULURP Process to Close the Rikers Island Jails Complex

March 25, 2019

Statement from #CLOSEthecreek Campaign Coordinator Reuben Jones, on Announcement by Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner that His Office Will Limit Length of Community Supervision

March 21, 2019

Statement from JustLeadershipUSA President and CEO DeAnna Hoskins Regarding de Blasio Administration Announcement on Feasibility Study to Move People with Serious Health Needs Off of Rikers Island

Teresa Y. Hodge Congressional Testimony on The Fair Chance Act

March 13, 2019

Statement from Sharyl McFarland, JLUSA Milwaukee Campaign Coordinator, on Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers’ Budget Address

March 4, 2019

Statement from Sharyl MacFarland, JLUSA Milwaukee Campaign Coordinator, on the Reentry Council Subcommittee of the Milwaukee Community Justice Council Supporting Closure of the Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility

February 28, 2019

JLUSA Statement from Los Angeles Campaign Coordinator, Eunisses Hernandez, on the Historic JusticeLA Victory, as the LA County Board of Supervisors Votes to Stop Construction of a $3.5B Women’s Jail

February 13, 2019

Speaker Heastie Publicly Commits to Ending Money Bail; Advocates & Survivors of New York’s Jail Crisis Call For Action

February 1, 2019