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Captivated: JLUSA’s Annual Year-End Best of List for 2025

By JLUSA

December 17, 2025

As the year wraps up, here are the top recommendations that captivated us in each of these categories in 2025—music, movies, TV, podcasts, and books!

JLUSA mourns the passing of Ronnie Waters

By JLUSA

December 15, 2025

JLUSA mourns the passing of Ronnie Waters (1962-2025), who passed away early Monday morning.

Dr. Donna Hylton testifies in support of the Survivors Justice Act in New Jersey

By JLUSA

Survivors, including author and activist Dr. Donna Hylton (Leading with Conviction™ 2015), provided emotional testimony. Watch now.

New podcast explores life at Washington State Penitentiary

By JLUSA

December 12, 2025

The show focuses on the experience of being incarcerated. Three of the hosts are currently at Washington State Penitentiary, two were formerly there.

Eric Weaver on the challenges of housing and employment after reentry, and his mission to turn D.C. around

By JLUSA

December 10, 2025

Eric Weaver (Leading with Conviction 2019) was one of four leaders who joined a one-hour roundtable for the Let’s Talk video series.

Stanford Professor Keith Humphreys discusses the steady decline in mass incarceration in the U.S.—and will it continue?

By JLUSA

December 8, 2025

Stanford Professor Keith Humphreys discusses his groundbreaking research published in The Atlantic magazine earlier this year.

When Reality TV Uses Incarcerated People as a Plot Device, Real People Pay the Price

By David Lund

December 5, 2025

“By invoking a nameless, faceless ‘incarcerated person’ ... [Kim Kardashian] taps into the most damaging stereotype in the book ...”

Saad Soliman announces rebranding of the TimeDone campaign

By JLUSA

December 1, 2025

Saad Soliman (Leading with Conviction™ 2019) became the National Director of TimeDone at the Alliance for Safety and Justice in July.

New collection of American prison writing showcases 50 years of incarcerated people’s voices fighting for their own humanity

By JLUSA

November 28, 2025

For 50 years, people in prison have been writing to expose the lies, shore up their own humanity, build community and imagine a better society ...”

Paul Rothschild announces the release of the “Movement Mix-Tape Volume 1”

By JLUSA

November 24, 2025

Paul Rothschild (Leading with Conviction™ 2024) writes, “The Movement Mix-tape Volume I is live on 23 streaming platforms and stores!”

Sing Sing star Clarence Maclin becomes Executive Producer on The Breakthrough Group short documentary

By JLUSA

November 21, 2025

Clarence “Divine Eye” Maclin, who earned an Oscar nomination for the Sing Sing screenplay, has boarded this new documentary short.

Judith Negron shares her support for the SAFER Supervision Act

By JLUSA

November 19, 2025

“I had a three-year supervised release, and the conditions were nearly impossible.”