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If you missed the last JustUS Coordinating Council Speaker Series session, watch it now to learn how to drive federal funding deeper into your community: https://lnkd.in/eehaT89R

"For individuals leaving prison, particularly those without financial or familial support, sufficient financial resources are a key indicator of success. Despite this, as the cost of living in California has skyrocketed over the past 50 years, the state’s $200 gate money sum stands frozen in time." Read more at: https://lnkd.in/eppNRFXB

"The FCC’s ruling 'represents the bare minimum' of what regulators can do to ensure people behind bars and their loved ones are not strapped with the burden of high call rates." https://lnkd.in/eev9Hytv

"These are people that can have jobs and and have families and now they're locked up. They cannot get bailed out so they lose their jobs, they lose their housing, and then that's when they put them in a situation that they're worse off before they even went in." Robyn Hasan Simpson (Leading with Conviction? 2022) speaks about bail reform. Watch the full video: https://lnkd.in/eiUXFRKU

"Law enforcement agencies claim to fight crime when they seize and keep cash without securing a conviction. But new peer-reviewed research undercuts the narrative." Read more from the Hill: https://lnkd.in/gb6jm5HT

"There is a solution, and clemency is a part of that solution. President Biden can use clemency as a tool to put thousands of people on a pathway to healing and reunification with their families." Read more: https://lnkd.in/g9jDxydj

"Mass incarceration is a series of crises. It’s a public health crisis. It’s a housing crisis. It’s an employment crisis. It’s a political crisis. It’s a problem of citizenship. It’s about how we prey on our most vulnerable among us." JLUSA board member Reuben Jonathan Miller dissects the impact of mass incarceration. Read now: https://lnkd.in/eGxud2Ba

JLUSA leader Timothy Lanier speaks about the need to pass the Freedom to Vote Act and says re-enfranchisement will strengthen democracy. Watch now: https://lnkd.in/eHtTaJ4D

An engaging discussion in our Speaker Series featuring Directly impacted leaders from the JCC and experts from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Department of Energy, and U.S. Department of Transportation.

"Mass incarceration is an American problem. We overwhelmingly punish racial and ethnic minorities. We overwhelmingly punish our poor." JLUSA board member Reuben Jonathan Miller dissects the impact of mass incarceration. Read now: https://lnkd.in/eGxud2Ba