For Immediate Release: September 8, 2019 Contact: Heather Cabral, 202.550.6880, [email protected] LANSING, Mich. – Today, the Alliance for Safety and Justice praised the introduction of new, bipartisan legislation to help remove post-conviction barriers for Michigan residents. The legislation includes criminal record expungement that could help hundreds of thousands of Michiganders – with up to decades […]

Today, after the Florida Legislature officially transmitted HB 7125 for consideration by the Governor’s office, Florida crime victims from Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice sent a letter to Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida State Legislature, urging the historic criminal justice reform bill be signed into law.

Monday afternoon, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner signed SB 1607, the Criminal Justice Best Practices Act, into law. This measure, sponsored by Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth (D-Peoria) and Sen. Kwame Raoul (D-Chicago), introduces best practices to facilitate re-entry for individuals leaving incarceration and reduce recidivism and follows on the heels of the passage of the Neighborhood Safety Act in 2017.