√ CHECK. WE DID THIS! OPPOSE HB4775: allows schools to expel students convicted of a violent felony

√ CHECK. WE DID THIS! SUPPORT HB3668: elderly prisoners who pose no threat to society should be released

√ CHECK. WE DID THIS! HB5686 improves the guardianship process to better serve children

√ CHECK. WE DID THIS! HB4538 provides for meaningful review of the decision to try a child as an adult

According to Billion Dollar Divide Virginia’s Sentencing, Corrections and Criminal Justice Challenge, a new report released today by the Justice Policy Institute (JPI), while other states are successfully reforming their sentencing laws, parole policies and drug laws,

The second-in-command at the Justice Department met Tuesday with defense lawyers and interest groups to identify the cases of worthy prisoners who could qualify for clemency.

Families For Justice As Healing are organizing the FREE HER Rally on June 21, 2014 in Washington DC on the Washington Mall. Women and supporters from across the country coming together to raise our voices as one to end mass incarceration and the war on drugs, the major catalyst to mass incarceration of women.

2010 DCJS Report: Ensuring public safety through successful prisoner reentry policies

REPRINT/REPOST: Virginia is guaranteed to face an escalating crisis if it does not take steps to reassess and change its approach to crime and imprisonment, according to a new policy brief released today by the Justice Policy Institute (JPI). The policy brief, Virginia’s Justice System: Expensive, Ineffective and Unfair, calls the Commonwealth’s juvenile and criminal justice policies and practices ineffective, inequitable and expensive, costing taxpayers billions each year.

√ CHECK. WE DID THIS! SB3004/HB4655 and SB2793: Fixing school discipline to improve school safety, raise academic achievement, and save taxpayer dollars