Core to EXiT is our statement publicly calling for probation and parole to be smaller, less punitive, and more equitable, restorative, and hopeful. Below is our statement and ever evolving list of signatories (in alphabetical order). Download the official version here.

Statement on the Future of Probation & Parole in the United States

The Problem

Every day in the United States, 4.4 million people are under probation or parole supervision, around twice as many people as are incarcerated. This figure is more than a three-fold increase since 1980 and represents more people than live in half of all U.S. states. Originated in the 19th century as a rehabilitative front-end alternative to incarceration (probation) or back-end release valve for incarcerated individuals who were believed to be rehabilitated (parole), community supervision has now become overly burdensome, punitive and a driver of mass incarceration, especially for people of color.

Mass supervision has taken an enormous human and fiscal toll. Close to half (45 percent) of people entering prison in America were on probation or parole at the time of their current incarceration. Meanwhile, a quarter of those entering prison are incarcerated for technical violations, like staying out past curfew or missing appointments, disrupting their lives and costing taxpayers $2.8 billion annually. Community supervision and revocations disproportionately affect people of color. For example, while one in 58 adults in America are under probation and parole supervision, that proportion jumps significantly for black people, one in 23 of whom are under supervision.

Probation and parole have grown far too large because people are being supervised who should not be and are being kept on supervision for far too long. For those under community supervision, it is often too punitive and focused on suppression, surveillance, and control, rather than well-being and growth. Far from being an aid to community reintegration as originally designed, community supervision too often serves as a tripwire to imprisonment, creating a vicious cycle of reincarceration for people under supervision for administrative rule violations that would rarely lead someone not under supervision into prison.

Our Call for Transformation

As people who run or have run community supervision throughout the country and other stakeholders concerned with mass supervision, we call for probation and parole to be substantially downsized, less punitive, and more hopeful, equitable and restorative.

 

What We Stand For

We stand for a community supervision system that has a smaller and more focused footprint and values dignity, fairness, race and gender equity, community, and reintegration. We affirm that justice-involved people have inherent value and worth. Our system should provide hope for the future, not a pathway to incarceration.

Probation and parole systems should be less punitive, more effective, and focused solely on the individuals who need support in lieu of confinement in order to keep our communities safe and healthy. Some people do not need supervision to build safe and healthy lives for themselves after an interaction with the justice system.

Probation and parole should promote development and success rather than trying to find failure. As numerous states around the country have already shown, we can significantly reduce the footprint of community supervision while increasing public safety and well-being. Probation and parole should practice procedural justice — treating people under supervision and their families with fairness and dignity. We must support the transformation of our field to focus on supporting people’s success on probation and parole.  

Where We Want to Go

 As leaders invested in the success of probation and parole from across the country, we call for the following reforms:

 Reduce the footprint and punitiveness of supervision

  • Divert from probation and parole, individuals for whom the purposes of sentencing can be achieved without supervision, prioritizing services and supports above surveillance and supervision.

  • Eradicate racial disparities in supervision, revocations, and sentencing recommendations.

  • Establish reasonable probation and parole terms that are not unnecessarily long (generally no longer than 18 months), and are measured by a balance of safety concerns and an individual’s goals.

  • Allow people on probation to earn time off supervision through good behavior and by achieving certain milestones, like high school graduation, program completion, enrollment in college, and job retention.

  • Tailor conditions of probation and parole to the needs and goals of each individual. Conditions should never be imposed unless they specifically relate to the person’s offense behavior.

  • Eliminate supervision fees. If fees are levied, they should always be within the person’s ability to pay and the person should have the option of performing reasonable community service as an alternative.

  • Eliminate incarceration for technical violations, and reduce reincarceration for low-level new offenses by those under supervision.

Improve community reintegration

  • Capture the savings from reducing the number of people under supervision and reducing incarceration for violations and reinvest them into smaller caseloads, evidence-based practices and enhanced community-led services and supports.

  • Expand and improve community services, supports, and opportunities provided to people on probation and parole.

  • Seek, hear, and honor the voices of community members, families, and justice-involved individuals as equal partners in system reform.

  • Support probation and parole staff as a cornerstone of systemic change. Staff should be heard, supported and appropriately trained to embrace the principles of procedural justice.

  • Address the statutory restrictions that inhibit reentry into the community, such as restoration of voting rights, access to college funding, driving privileges, and safe housing.

Signatories to the EXiT Statement:

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EXiT Steering Committee

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  • Barbara Broderick, EXiT Chair, and former Chief Probation Officer, Maricopa County, Arizona
  • Adolfo Gonzales, Chief Probation Officer, Los Angeles County, California
  • Ana Bermúdez, Commissioner, New York City Department of Probation
  • Norris Henderson, Executive Director, Voice of the Experienced (VOTE)
  • Marcus Hodges, Associate Director, Washington DC Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA), and former President, National Association of Probation Executives (NAPE)
  • Michael Jacobson, Executive Director, CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance, and former Commissioner, New York City Corrections and Department of Probation
  • Brian Lovins, President, American Probation and Parole Association (APPA), Principal, Justice System Partners, and former Assistant Director, Harris County Community Supervision and Corrections Department
  • David Muhammad, Executive Director, National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (NICJR), and former Chief Probation Officer, Alameda County, California
  • Terri McDonald, Former Chief Probation Officer, Los Angeles County, California
  • Erika Preuitt, Director, Multonomah County Department of Community Justice
  • Wendy Still, Former Chief Probation Officer, Alameda and San Francisco Counties, California
  • Aswad Thomas, Chief of Organizing and National Director of Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice (CSSJ), Alliance for Safety and Justice

Current and Former Probation and Parole Professionals

↓ Professional Associations

  • American Probation and Parole Association (APPA)
  • Association of State Correctional Administrators (ASCA)
  • Association of Women Executives in Corrections (AWEC)
  • Georgia Professional Association of Community Supervision (GPACS)
  • International Community Corrections Association (ICCA)
  • National Association of Probation Executives (NAPE)
  • Probation Officers Professional Association of Indiana (POPAI)

Executives of Adult Probation and/or Parole Agencies

  • Jerry B. Adger, Director, South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services
  • Jarvis Anderson, Director, Community Supervision and Corrections Department, Bexar County (San Antonio), Texas
  • Ana Bermúdez, Commissioner, New York City Department of Probation, EXiT Steering Committee Member
  • April Billet, Chief Probation Officer, Deputy District Court Administrator, York County Probation
  • Dan Blanchard, Division Director of Adult Probation and Parole, Utah Department of Corrections
  • Patrick N. Bohn, Director, North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation - Parole & Probation
  • Tyler Bouma, Former Executive Director, Marion County (IN) Community Corrections
  • Linda Brady, Chief Probation Officer, Monroe (IN) Circuit Court Probation Department; and Probation Officers Professional Association of Indiana (POPAI) Past-president
  • Corinne Briscoe, Director, Macoupin/Greene/Scott Probation District, Illinois
  • Barbara Broderick, EXiT Chair, and former Chief Probation Officer, Maricopa County, Arizona, EXiT Steering Committee Member
  • Susan Burke, Executive Director, The Carey Group, Past President, American Probation and Parole Association, and former Director (Ret.), Utah Division of Juvenile Justice Services
  • William D. Burrell, Corrections Management Consultant, and former Chief of Adult Probation Services, New Jersey State Court System
  • William H. Carbone, Senior Lecturer and Executive Director, Criminal Justice Programs and the Tow Youth Justice Institute, University of New Haven, and former Executive Director, State of Connecticut Judicial Branch, Court Support Services Division
  • Mark Carey, President, The Carey Group, former Deputy Commissioner of Community and Juvenile Services for the Minnesota Department of Corrections, and the former Director of Dakota County Community Corrections
  • Jason Cash, Chief Probation Officer, Navajo County, Arizona
  • Carl Chambers, Chief Probation Officer of Madison County Unified Courts Adult Probation
  • Michael Cimino, Chief for Maricopa County Adult Probation, Arizona
  • Harold W. Clarke, Director of Corrections, State of Virginia
  • Ron Corbett, Faculty, UMass Lowell, and former Acting Commissioner, Massachusetts Probation Service
  • Dale Crook, Director of Field Services, Vermont Department of Corrections
  • Veronica Ballard Cunningham, Executive Director, American Probation and Parole Association (APPA), former Parole Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and former Chief Probation Officer, Cook County (IL) Adult Probation Department
  • Michael Diamond, Chief Probation Officer, City of Spokane, Washington
  • Edward J. Dolan, Commissioner, Massachusetts Probation Service
  • Vincent Doto, Director, Columbia County (NY) Probation Department
  • Sarah Douthit, Chief Probation Officer, Coconino County (AZ) Adult Probation
  • Kevin Duckworth, Director of Probation and Parole, Oklahoma
  • Jim Elder, Bureau Chief Community Corrections, Delaware Department of Correction
  • Karen Fletcher, Chief Deputy, Los Angeles County Probation Department, California
  • Jason Garnett, Chief of Parole, Illinois Department of Corrections
  • Molly Gauntner, President, Ohio Chief Probation Officers Association
  • Andria Geigle, Chief Probation Officer, Montgomery County, Indiana
  • Edward T. Gilligan, Director, Adult Probation Services Division Arizona Supreme Court
  • Fernando Giraldo, Chief Probation Officer, Santa Cruz County, California
  • Melanie Golumbeck, Chief Probation Officer, Porter County Court, Indiana
  • Adolfo Gonzales, Chief Probation Officer, Los Angeles County, California, EXiT Steering Committee Member
  • Kele Griffone, Division Director, Salt Lake County Criminal Justice Services
  • James Grizzel, Chief Probation Officer, Crawford County, Indiana
  • Billie Grobe, Associate, Justice System Partners, and former Chief Probation Officer, Yavapai County, Arizona
  • Erica L. Hargis, Director, Division of Probation and Parole, Kentucky Department of Corrections
  • Troy Hatfield, President of POPAI, Deputy Chief Probation Officer, Monroe Circuit Court Probation Department, Monroe County, Indiana
  • Thomas J. Herzog, President, CEO Tom Herzog Consulting, Inc., Former Deputy Commissioner Community Supervision, New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
  • Gary Hinzman, Past President, American Probation and Parole Association (APPA), and former Director of the Sixth District Department of Correctional Services, Iowa
  • Marcus Hodges, Associate Director, Washington DC Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA), and former President, National Association of Probation Executives (NAPE), EXiT Steering Committee Member
  • Thomas Hoffman, Former Director, California Division of Adult Parole Operations/California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
  • Martin F. Horn, Distinguished Lecturer, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, former Commissioner, New York City Department of Probation, and former Executive Director, New York State Division of Parole
  • James Hudspeth, Deputy Executive Director, Utah Department of Corrections, and former Director of Adult Probation and Parole, Utah Department of Corrections
  • K.S. Humiston, Ph.D., Chief Probation Officer, Mono County, California
  • Edmund Fred Hyun, Chair, State of Hawaii-Hawaii Paroling Authority
  • Michael Jacobson, Executive Director, CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance, and former Commissioner, New York City Corrections and Department of Probation, EXiT Steering Committee Member
  • Alisha Shoates James, Principal, James Group Consulting, and former Assistant Commissioner of Community Supervision for the Tennessee Department of Correction
  • Rob Jeffreys, Director of Illinois Department of Corrections
  • Mack Jenkins, Criminal Justice Consultant, and former Chief Probation Officer, San Diego County, California
  • Catherine Johnson, Department Director, Hennepin County Community Corrections and Rehabilitation
  • David Johnson, Director of the Division of Adult Parole with the Colorado Department of Corrections
  • Kevin Kempf, Executive Director, Correctional Leaders Association (CLA)
  • Julie Kempker, Director, Missouri Division of Probation and Parole
  • Christine Kerl, Chief Probation Officer, Marion Superior Court Probation Department, Indianapolis, IN
  • John A. Klavins, Former Director of Community Corrections, Ramsey County, MN
  • David M. Koch, Chief Probation Officer, Sonoma County, California
  • Sally Kreamer, Deputy Director, Iowa Department of Corrections
  • Steven Lessard, Chief Probation Officer, Gila County Superior Court, AZ
  • Kathryn J. Liebers, Chief Probation Officer District 7, Nebraska State Probation; and Current Vice President, National Association of Probation Executives
  • Monica Long, Director of Community Corrections, Ramsey County, Minnesota
  • Sarah Lochner, Director of Court Services, Wabash County, Indiana
  • Brian Lovins, President, American Probation and Parole Association (APPA), Principal, Justice System Partners, and former Assistant Director, Harris County Community Supervision and Corrections Department, EXiT Steering Committee Member
  • Ginger Martin, Partner, JustUs Consulting Consortium, and former Community Corrections Division Director, Oregon Department of Corrections
  • Joseph M. Mancini, Former Director, Capital District Juvenile Secure Detention Facility, and former Director of Probation, Schenectady County, NY
  • Teresa May, Ph.D., Director, Harris County (TX) Community Supervision and Corrections Department
  • Scott MacDonald, Justice Consultant, Justsolve Inc., and former Chief Probation Officer, Santa Cruz County, California
  • Terri McDonald, Former Chief Probation Officer, Los Angeles County, California, EXiT Steering Committee Member
  • Rod McKone, Chief Adult Probation Officer, Pinal County, Arizona
  • Betty McNeely, Former Director, Seattle Municipal Court Programs and Services Division
  • Magdalena Morales-Aina, LPC-S, Director, El Paso County Community Supervision and Corrections Department, El Paso, Texas
  • John Morris, Chief Adult Probation Officer, Yavapai County, Arizona
  • David Muhammad, Executive Director, National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (NICJR), and former Chief Probation Officer, Alameda County, California, EXiT Steering Committee Member
  • Paul O'Connell, Operations Director for Arizona’s Community Supervision, Arizona
  • Mario Paparozzi, Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of North Carolina at Pembroke; and former Chairman, New Jersey State Parole Board
  • Andrew Peck, Undersecretary for Criminal Justice, Executive Office of Public Safety, Boston, Massachusetts
  • Francine Perretta, Executive Director, Association of Women Executives in Correction (AWEC), former Deputy Probation Commissioner, Westchester County, New York, and former Director of Probation, St. Lawrence County, New York
  • Veronica Perry, Chief Probation Officer, Medina County, Ohio
  • Mac B. Pevey, Assistant Secretary, Community Corrections Division Washington State Department of Corrections
  • Rocco A. Pozzi, Commissioner of Probation, Westchester County, New York
  • Erika Preuitt, Director, Multonomah County Department of Community Justice, EXiT Steering Committee Member
  • John P. Rhoads, Former Chief Probation Officer, Sacramento and Santa Cruz, CA
  • Susan Rice, Director of Community Supervision Partnerships, Uptrust, and former Chief Probation Officer, Miami County, Indiana
  • Gary A. Roberge, Executive Director, Connecticut Judicial Branch, Court Support Services Division
  • Charles R. Robinson, Deputy Chief, Administrative Office of U.S. Courts Probation and Pretrial Services Office, Washington, D.C., and former Director, Travis County Community Supervision and Corrections Department, Austin, Texas
  • Julie Rud, Field Services Director, Hennepin County Community Corrections and Rehabilitation
  • David F. Sanders, Chief Probation Officer, Superior Court, Pima County, Arizona
  • Vincent Schiraldi, Senior Fellow, Columbia Justice Lab, Former Commissioner of the NYC Department of Correction, Senior Research Scientist, Columbia School of Social Work; and former Commissioner, New York City Department of Probation
  • John H. Schow, Chief Probation Officer, Cochise County, Arizona
  • Curtis Shanklin, Minnesota Deputy Commissioner of Corrections and Community Services Division
  • Beth A. Skinner, Director, Iowa Department of Corrections, Former Research and Risk Reduction Director
  • Wendy Still, Former Chief Probation Officer, Alameda and San Francisco Counties, California, EXiT Steering Committee Member
  • Tom Stotts, Chief Probation Officer, Marion Municipal Court, Marion, Ohio
  • Jeremiah Stromberg, Assistant Director, Oregon Department of Corrections
  • Scott Taylor, Consultant, Just Us, and former Director, Multnomah County (OR) Department of Community Justice
  • Ray Wahl, Justus consultant, and former Deputy State Court Administrator, Utah State Courts
  • Kathy Waters, Director, Adult Probation Services, Arizona Supreme Court
  • Ralph Watson, Executive Director of Hamilton County Community Corrections, Washington
  • Lester Wingrove, EBP Specialist and Coach, Virginia Department of Corrections, Former Chief Probation Officer, Virginia Department of Corrections

Other Probation and Parole Professionals

  • Michael J. Harrison, Deputy Chief Adult Probation/Parole Officer, Chair Bucks County Reentry Coalition, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
  • Thomas Lyons, Director of Research and former Chief Probation Officer, Circuit Court of Cook COunty, Chicago, Illinois
  • Katy Weinstein Miller, Chief Juvenile Probation Officer, City and County of San Francisco, California
  • Barbara Neville, DCS Director of Misdemeanor Oversight, Georgia
  • Zachary Dal Pra, Founder and Principal for Justice System Partners, and former Deputy Chief Maricopa County Adult Probation
  • Michael Records, Deputy Bureau Chief Community Corrections, Delaware Department of Correction
  • Catherine E. Ryan, Probation Officer, Lake Superior Court County Division I, Indiana
  • William Scott, Cass County Chief Juvenile Probation Officer, Indiana
  • Juan C. Sierra, Supervising Probation Officer, Westchester, New York
  • Kristine M. Skipworth, Regional Administrator/East Region, State of Washington Department of Corrections
  • Jennifer Torchia, Director of Juvenile Court Services/Chief Juvenile Probation Officer, Pima County, Arizona
  • Dr. Alexandra Walker, Director, Alliance for Community and Justice Innovation; Former Vice Chair, Colorado Board of Parole
  • Van Ward, Chief of Probation Services, Cuyahoga County (OH) Juvenile Court

Currently and Formerly Supervised People

↓ Organizations

  • Anti-Recidivism Coalition
  • College and Community Fellowship
  • Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ)
  • End Mass Incarceration Lehigh Valley
  • Filling the Gap
  • JustLeadership USA
  • Katal Center for Equity, Health, and Justice
  • Latino Coalition for Community Leadership
  • Legal Services for Prisoners with Children
  • Lifeline to Success, Inc.
  • Los Angeles Regional Reentry Partnership
  • Operation Restoration
  • National Reentry Network for Returning Citizens
  • Paving the Way Foundation
  • Rehabilitation Enables Dreams (RED)
  • RestoreHer US.America
  • Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos
  • The Fortune Society
  • Unchained
  • W. Haywood Burns Institute

Individuals

  • Paula Back, Probationer
  • Abby Barrus, Probationer
  • Servant Ventae Parrow Bey
  • Amelia Booker
  • Michele Bottari, Licensed Mental Health Counselor; Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor
  • DeAndre D. Brown, Sr., Executive Director, Lifeline to Success
  • Leah Christine Burris
  • Hamdiya Cooks-Abdulla, Administrative Director, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children
  • Ashleigh Dowden, Administrator, Louisiana Parole Project
  • Norris Henderson, Executive Director, Voice of the Experienced (VOTE), EXiT Steering Committee Member
  • DeAnna Hoskins, President and CEO, JustLeadership USA
  • Abby Jensen
  • Margie Lange
  • Sam Lewis, Executive Director, Anti-Recidivism Coalition
  • Kelly Mahoney, Executive Assistant to Directors, Ex-Incarcerated People Organizing (EXPO)
  • Braden Martin
  • Jose Osuna, Public Safety Realignment Team Member; Co-Founder, Restore I.N.K.; Former Adult Probationer
  • Bridgette Pierce, Two years of Suspended Imposition of Sentence (SIS) Supervised Probation
  • Vincent Purdie
  • Stanley Richards, First Deputy Commisioner of Programs and Operations at the New York City Department of Correction
  • Robyn Sales
  • Isaac I. Scott, Pastor
  • LaTonya A. Tate, Founder and Executive Director, Alabama Justice Initiative
  • Pamela Winn, Founding Director, Restore Her

Survivors of Crime

↓ Organizations

  • Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice
  • Charter for Compassion Social Justice Sector
  • Fathers & Families of San Joaquin

Individuals

  • Abby Barrus, Probationer
  • Amelia Booker
  • Michele Bottari, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor
  • Ashleigh Dowden, Administrator, Louisiana Parole Project
  • Abby Jensen
  • Jose Osuna, Public Safety Realignment Team Member, Co-Founder of Restore I.N.K., Former Adult Probationer
  • Tatiana A. Rodriguez, Behavioral Health Therapist, One to One Paraprofessional
  • Aswad Thomas, Chief of Organizing and National Director of Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice (CSSJ), Alliance for Safety and Justice, EXiT Steering Committee Member

Current and Former Prosecution Leaders

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  • Diana Becton, District Attorney, Contra Costa County, California
  • Wesley Bell, Prosecuting Attorney, St. Louis County, Missouri
  • Buta Biberaj, Commonwealth’s Attorney, Loudoun County, Virginia
  • Chesa Boudin, District Attorney, City and County of San Francisco, California
  • John Choi, County Attorney, Ramsey County, Minnesota
  • Darcel Clark, District Attorney, Bronx County, New York
  • Dave Clegg, District Attorney, Ulster County, New York
  • Scott Colom, District Attorney, 16th Judicial District, Mississippi
  • John Creuzot, District Attorney, Dallas County, Texas
  • Satana Deberry, District Attorney, Durham County, North Carolina
  • Parisa Dehghani-Tafti, Commonwealth’s Attorney, Arlington County and the City of Falls Church, Virginia
  • Steve Descano, Commonwealth’s Attorney, Fairfax County, Virginia
  • Thomas J. Donovan, Jr., Attorney General, Vermont
  • Michael Dougherty, District Attorney, 20th Judicial District, Colorado
  • Mark Dupree, District Attorney, Wyandotte County, Kansas
  • Matthew E. Ellis, District Attorney, Wasco County, Oregon
  • Keith Ellison, Attorney General, Minnesota
  • Kimberly M. Foxx, State’s Attorney, Cook County, Illinois
  • Kimberly Gardner, Circuit Attorney, City of St. Louis, Missouri
  • George Gascón, District Attorney-Elect, Los Angeles County, California; Former District Attorney, City and County of San Francisco, California
  • Sarah F. George, State’s Attorney, Chittenden County, Vermont
  • Sim Gill, District Attorney, Salt Lake County, Utah
  • Joe Gonzales, District Attorney, Bexar County, Texas
  • Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Kings County, New York
  • Mark Gonzalez, District Attorney, Nueces County, Texas
  • Christian Gossett, District Attorney, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
  • Alan Grubb, District Attorney, District 23, Oklahoma
  • Andrea Harrington, District Attorney, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
  • Jim Hingeley, Commonwealth’s Attorney, Albemarle County, Virginia
  • John Hummel, District Attorney, Deschutes County, Oregon
  • Natasha Irving, District Attorney, 6th Prosecutorial District, Maine
  • Kathleen Jennings, Attorney General, Delaware
  • Justin F. Kollar, Prosecuting Attorney, Kauai County, Hawaii
  • Lawrence S. Krasner, District Attorney, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Beth McCann, District Attorney, 2nd Judicial District, Colorado
  • Ryan Mears, Prosecuting Attorney, Marion County, Indiana
  • Stephanie Morales, Commonwealth’s Attorney, Portsmouth, Virginia
  • Marilyn J. Mosby, State’s Attorney, Baltimore City, Maryland
  • Erika Oliphant, Prosecutor, Monroe County, Indiana
  • Jody Owens, District Attorney, Hinds County, Mississippi
  • Joseph Platania, Commonwealth’s Attorney, City of Charlottesville, Virginia
  • Bryan Porter, Commonwealth’s Attorney, City of Alexandria, Virginia
  • Karl A. Racine, Attorney General, District of Columbia
  • Ira Reiner, Former District Attorney, Los Angeles County, California; Former City Attorney, Los Angeles, California
  • Rachael Rollins, District Attorney, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
  • Tori Verber Salazar, District Attorney, San Joaquin County, California
  • Dan Satterberg, Prosecuting Attorney, King County, Washington
  • Eli Savit, Prosecuting Attorney-Elect, Washtenaw County, Michigan
  • Mike Schmidt, District Attorney, Multnomah County, Oregon
  • Carol A. Siemon, Prosecuting Attorney, Ingham County, Michigan
  • David E. Sullivan, District Attorney, Northwestern District, Massachusetts
  • Shannon Taylor, Commonwealth’s Attorney, Henrico County, Virginia
  • Raúl Torrez, District Attorney, Bernalillo County, New Mexico
  • Gregory Underwood, Commonwealth’s Attorney, City of Norfolk, Virginia
  • Cyrus R. Vance, District Attorney, New York County, New York
  • Andrew H. Warren, State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit, Florida
  • Todd Williams, District Attorney, Buncombe County, North Carolina

Criminal Defense Lawyers

↓ Organizations

  • Appellate Advocates
  • Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice
  • California Attorneys for Criminal Justice
  • Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  • Illinois Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  • Maine Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  • Missouri Association of Defense Lawyers
  • New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  • Orleans Public Defenders
  • Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  • Queens Defenders
  • Salt Lake Legal Defender Association
  • Santa Cruz Public Defenders
  • Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
  • The Corso Law Center
  • Washington County Public Defender’s Office, New York

Individuals

  • Dena Alo-Colbeck, Principal, Law Offices of Dena Alo-Colbeck
  • Michael C. Brill, Esq., Assistant Public Defender II, Office of the Public Defender, Atlanta Judicial Circuit; Vice President, Area 5, Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  • Gerald Christensen, Defense Attorney and Partner, Santa Cruz County
  • Stephen Chu, Supervising Attorney, Office of the Appelate Defender
  • Linda T.F. Day, Assistant Metro Conflict Defender, Clayton County, Georgia
  • Melissa Derry, Attorney, Yakima, Washington
  • Timothy P. Donaher, Chief Public Defender, Monroe County, New York
  • Kimberly Dymecki, Attorney; President, Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys
  • Russell Gabriel, Attorney, Athens, Georgia
  • Bethany A. Kasa, Assistant Public Defender, Douglas County, Georgia
  • Katie Kauffman, Attorney, Washington
  • Reid Michael Kennedy, Attorney, Georgia
  • Kendra Foster Mitchell, Attorney at Law, Georgia
  • Lenell Nussbaum, Defense Attorney, Law Office of Lenell Nussbaum, PLLC
  • Ogor Winnie Okoye, Defense Attorney, BOS Legal Group, LLC. Massachussetts
  • Paula Plumer, Conflict public defender
  • Janet P. Prueitt, Sole Proprietorship, Law Office of Janet P. Prueitt
  • Jessica Stern, Esq., Founder and Managing Attorney, STERN Law, LLC; Founder, CrImmigration Experts, LLC
  • Sanford Wallack, Attorney, Georgia
  • Sherry D. Widner, Assistant Public Defender, Pataula Public Defenders’ Office

Other Signatories

↓ Organizations

  • DC Justice Lab
  • Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP)

Individuals

  • Shandreeka Blount, Friend of supervised person
  • Mary Ann Borgeson, Douglas County Commissioner, Nebraska
  • Clarence Bowden, Director New York Therapeutic Communities, Inc. /Center of Treatment Innovation, (NYTC/ COTI), Brooklyn, New York
  • Marianne Clear, Director, Thurston County Pretrial Services
  • Debra Daniel, Spouse of incarcerated individual
  • Mai Fernandez, Former Executive Director, National Center for Victims of Crime
  • Robert E. Greeves, Former Sr. Policy Advisor, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice
  • Shelby Henderson, Formerly incarcerated individual, J.D. Candidate, CUNY Law School
  • Christie Hicks, Mother of incarcerated individual, Co-Founder of Juvenile Justice
  • Jessica MacPhail, Retired librarian and racial justice activist
  • Rachel Mitchell, Citizen
  • Elise Moore, Criminal Justice Reform Advocate (Los Angeles)
  • Zulek Perez, Friend of supervised person
  • Elizabeth Rainwater, Equal Justice Works Fellow, Georgia Justice Project
  • Ronald Simpson-Bey, Criminal Justice Reform Advocate; Director of Outreach and Alumni Engagement, JustLeadershipUSA
  • Julie Poehlmann-Tynan, Dorothy A. O'Brien Professor of Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin- Madison

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