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Image for post titled Saad Soliman on economic mobility for formerly incarcerated people — in <em>USA Today</em>

Saad Soliman on economic mobility for formerly incarcerated people — in USA Today

By JLUSA

June 16, 2025

“The U.S. economy loses between $78 and $87 billion annually in gross domestic product due to the employment barriers faced by [PwLE].”
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University of Chicago law professor challenges the idea that the 13th Amendment allows forced labor in prisons

By JLUSA

June 13, 2025

Adam A. Davidson: “I can recall no sentence hearing, brief or appellate record that has mentioned slavery or involuntary servitude as punishment.”
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JustUs Ideas Week wraps up in Philadelphia—JLUSA leaders showed up and showed out

By JLUSA

June 12, 2025

The inaugural JustUs Ideas Week is wrapping up today in Philadelphia, with more than 3,000 people registered, 100+ speakers, etc.
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Pauline Rogers on the prospect of reopening prison on Alcatraz Island

By JLUSA

June 11, 2025

Reopening [Alcatraz] would symbolize a return to punitive measures over rehabilitative approaches.
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Indy Easley leads Fresh Start program for formerly incarcerated people in Birmingham, Alabama

By JLUSA

June 9, 2025

The program builds toward long-term goals, says Fresh Start program manager Indy Easley (Leading with Conviction™ 2023).
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JLUSA leaders participate in National Economic Mobility & Opportunity Conference

By JLUSA

June 5, 2025

Last month, JLUSA Policy Analyst Zach Ruppel (Leading with Conviction™ 2021) joined Tony McCright (LwC 2022) for a panel discussion.
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JustLeadershipUSA Joins Nation’s Top Progressive and Conservative Groups to Develop New Set of Bipartisan Principles for Criminal Justice Policy

By JLUSA

June 3, 2025

Today, JLUSA, along with 13 prominent national organizations representing the political left and right, released a sweeping set of shared principles.
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How Keturah Herron became the first openly LGBTQ woman elected to the Kentucky Senate

By JLUSA

June 2, 2025

Keturah Herron (Leading with Conviction™ 2019) is the first openly LGBTQ woman to be elected to the Kentucky Senate.
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New Almost Home documentary shows what reentry is like post-incarceration

By JLUSA

May 30, 2025

“Almost Home: Life After Incarceration” explores the uphill battle formerly incarcerated individuals face as they reenter society.
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Chazidy Robinson talks about Post-Incarceration Syndrome on the Inside Out Podcast

By JLUSA

May 28, 2025

In a new episode of the Inside Out Podcast, host Noah Asher engages in a profound conversation with Chazidy Robinson (Leading with Conviction™ 2021).
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JLUSA team members present on the JUSTResearch Partner Hub at Community Driven Research Approaches meeting

By JLUSA

May 27, 2025

Ronald Simpson-Bey and Bill Basel presented last week at the Community Driven Research Approaches (CDRA) HERN meeting in San Antonio, Texas.
Image for post titled Documentary about a men’s quilting group inside a maximum security prison—one of the best things streaming right now on Netflix

Documentary about a men’s quilting group inside a maximum security prison—one of the best things streaming right now on Netflix

By JLUSA

May 23, 2025

The Quilters is a 32-minute documentary that follows a men’s quilting group inside a maximum security prison in Licking, Missouri.