Today, Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice, a flagship project of the Alliance for Safety and Justice, announced a national expansion of their organizing effort to bring together diverse survivors of crime and amplify survivors’ voices in criminal justice and public safety policy.
Diverse Survivors of Crime Step Forward as New Political Constituency on Criminal Justice and Public Safety Policy
Posted On Kristina VillariniPress release
OH House Passes Legislation to Stop the Cycle of Crime
Posted On Kristina VillariniPress release
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.
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.
