Leaders with Alliance for Safety and Justice (ASJ) and Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice applaud Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s executive order to protect those working at Michigan’s correctional facilities along with at risk populations in prisons, jails and detention centers across the state during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Alliance for Safety and Justice (ASJ) released a new video of key Ohio stakeholders from the state legislature, law enforcement, and advocacy and policy organizations urging support for the reforms in Senate Bill 3.

Ahead of tonight’s Democratic Presidential debate in Los Angeles, advocates pointed to the State of California as a prime example of a state that has successfully implemented criminal justice reforms to reduce incarceration and improve public safety.

The campaign will begin with a 60-second commercial during the Ohio State-Michigan and Cleveland Browns-Pittsburgh Steelers football games, detailing the story of a Seville, Ohio father who lost his son to an overdose after receiving a felony conviction for low-level, simple drug possession.

Citing a Pew Charitable Trust issue brief – More Imprisonment Does Not Reduce State Drug Problems – released last year that found more imprisonment does not reduce state drug problems, the Alliance for Safety and Justice expressed support for state lawmakers to pass Senate Bill 3 to better address Ohio’s addiction epidemic and improve the health and safety of communities across the state.

For Immediate Release: September 8, 2019 Contact: Heather Cabral, 202.550.6880, [email protected] LANSING, Mich. – Today, the Alliance for Safety and Justice praised the introduction of new, bipartisan legislation to help remove post-conviction barriers for Michigan residents. The legislation includes criminal record expungement that could help hundreds of thousands of Michiganders – with up to decades […]

Today, after the Florida Legislature officially transmitted HB 7125 for consideration by the Governor’s office, Florida crime victims from Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice sent a letter to Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida State Legislature, urging the historic criminal justice reform bill be signed into law.

Bill is first of any state legislature in nation to establish recreational sale and includecomprehensive expungement provisions and funding for communities hardest hit by drug war.

Advocates and crime victims worked with Gov. DeWine to ensure Ohio has second-highest number of centers of any state in nation to meet recovery needs of crime victims.

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed new legislation to overhaul the state’s medical parole process. The laws, HB 4129-4132, were passed overwhelmingly by the Michigan House and Senate and allow the state to parole seriously ill and “medically frail” prisoners. It would permit them to obtain care at medical facilities and nursing homes instead of prisons, saving the state millions in taxpayer dollars.