The Alliance for Safety and Justice released an estimate indicating that close to half of those incarcerated in the U.S. – nearly one million people – have a current chronic illness that could put them at increased risk to COVID-19. Research by the U.S. Department of Justice and The Pew Charitable Trusts suggest that approximately 40% of the 2.2 million people in jails and prisons have a chronic medical condition.
Jails and Prisons Make Up 8 of Top 10 Largest COVID-19 Outbreaks in U.S.
Posted On Ida SeferPress release
Alliance for Safety and Justice Calls for Immediate Passage of Senate Bill 3 Reduce Prison Overcrowding, Help People With Addiction Get Treatment
Posted On Kristina VillariniPress release
The Alliance for Safety and Justice called on the Ohio General Assembly to immediately pass Senate Bill 3 to make low-level drug possession a misdemeanor instead of a felony, reduce prison overcrowding and help people with addiction get treatment.
Illinois State Leaders and Justice Reform Advocates Celebrate Signing of Most Equity & Justice-Oriented Marijuana Legalization Passed by a State Legislature, Providing Relief to Hundreds of Thousands of Illinois Residents
Posted On Kristina VillariniPress release
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.
