Defender organizations, elected officials call on Cuomo to sign gravity knives reform legislation by CYRIL JOSH BARKER via Amsterdam News | 12/1/2016   The Legal Aid Society and

Less crime, and fewer incarcerations by Sibella Matthews via The Harvard Gazette | October 28, 2016   Overflowing prison populations and high rates of violent crime once made

Don’t Lock ’Em Up. Give ’Em a Chance to Quit Drugs. By Caroline Preston via New York Times | Oct. 25, 2016   By the time the police found

Why We’re Marching to Close Rikers September 23, 2016 | by Glenn E. Martin & Anna Pastoressa via Gotham Gazette   For years, New Yorkers have been barraged by

State Assembly passes ‘Kalief’s Law’ to reform pretrial detention Stephon Johnson via Amsterdam News | 6/9/2016   Last week, the New York State Assembly passed law S 5988-A

For Immediate Release                                                           Contact: Jacky Johnson (510) 717-2260 | Jacky@justleadershipusa.org Dozens of New Yorkers Join Day of Action in Albany to Push NY Senate to

Low-level drug offenders find new source of addiction help Via Omaha World-Herald | Apr 11, 2016    SEATTLE (AP) — When pondering how to keep low-level drug

Albany launches LEAD diversion program Program will move low-level violators into treatment Paul Grondahl via Times Union | March 31, 2016   Alice Green shook her head in amazement

The Ithaca Plan follows a tried history of drug strategies Kelsey O’Connor via Ithaca Journal | March 4, 2016   The release of The Ithaca Plan, the