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Alliance for Safety and Justice Praises Gov. Whitmer for Racial Disparities Task Force Launch Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

For Immediate Release | April 10, 2020 DETROIT – This week, Governor Gretchen Whitmer launched the Coronavirus Task Force on Racial Disparities to tackle health inequities that have led to the disproportionately high impact of coronavirus in Black and Brown communities. In Michigan, Black people make up 40% of reported coronavirus deaths yet constitute less […]


Alliance for Safety and Justice and Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice Call for Governor DeSantis to Prevent COVID-19 Spread by Supporting Vulnerable Communities

The largest criminal justice reform group in the country, Alliance for Safety and Justice (ASJ), and Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice (CSSJ), a national network of over 42,000 crime survivors, called for Florida to take action in support of vulnerable communities to stop the spread of Coronavirus throughout the state. In letters sent to Governor Ron DeSantis on Friday, the groups urged him to deepen support for critical services that vulnerable Floridians rely on to be healthy and safe, while safely reducing unnecessary incarceration as a path to preventing the spread of COVID-19.


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