From Prism:
Just Leadership USA (JLUSA), a national nonprofit led by formerly incarcerated leaders dedicated to decarceration, released their 2021-2024 Roadmap in March. The roadmap is a set of immediate, mid-term, and long-term criminal justice policy recommendations for the Biden administration that come in the form of executive actions, administrative rules and regulations, legislative recommendations, and constitutional reforms that center the civil rights of currently and formerly incarcerated people.
JLUSA president and CEO DeAnna Hoskins worked as a senior policy advisor at the Department of Justice under the Obama administration. As a formerly incarcerated person, Hoskins acutely understands the importance of shaping policy demands around the experiences of those who have been inside the system. Too often, however, she says this doesn’t happen, and the consequences are devastating.
“Normally what’s missing when the voices [of incarcerated people] aren’t there are the intricate details of how that policy plays out in the community,” said Hoskins. “The reason we’re in this conversation right now is because of the ‘94 crime bill that our current president ran on. Well, the ’94 crime bill at the time, on paper, seemed like the solution to the violence, to the war on drugs, to punish people in some way. Nobody expected the mass incarceration, the devastation of families, the devastation to the community that took place. So, not listening to people who have been inside and not centering the voices of those who have been impacted is allowing us to continue to make mistakes.
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