The Alliance for Safety and Justice (ASJ), one of the nation’s leading criminal justice reform organizations praised the passing of SB 66 in the Ohio House of Representatives. Passing SB 66 was one of ASJ’s top priorities for the year. The bill must now go back to the Senate for final passage.
OH House Passes Legislation to Stop the Cycle of Crime
Posted On Kristina VillariniPress release
First-Ever Survey of Michigan Crime Survivors Finds Majority Want More Funding on Prevention and Less Focus on Punishment
Posted On Kristina VillariniPress release
Despite popular assumptions that victims support
long prison sentences, the vast majority of crime survivors in Michigan believe the criminal justice
system invests too little in rehabilitation and treatment and focuses too much on punishment.
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.