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A huge thank you to everyone in the Michigan Legislature....all 20 bills created out of Task Force on Jail and Pretrial Incarceration have now passed and are headed to @GovWhitmer for her signature

An amazing accomplishment #mileg

#JailsTaskForce

As a result of this work...

People will not be incarcerated because of drivers license suspensions unrelated to dangerous driving, this is one of the largest drivers of incarceration in Michigan

#JailsTaskForce

Officers will be able to give citations in lieu of arrest in many of not most misdemeanor situations....something I testified about in front of the task force myself.

Many jail mandatory minimums were eliminated

Judges will be allow to reduce probationary sentences and people will be able to earn shorter probationary sentences through good behavior

It is fitting that this all passed right during the holidays because this will be a gift to people all over our state

#JailsTaskForce

Thanks to @LtGovGilchrist and @BridgetMaryMc and to all of the members of the Task Force on Jail and Pretrial Incarceration...and to @GovWhitmer for convening and to @SenMikeShirkey and @LeeChatfield for supporting the task force from the start...This was truly bipartisan

Thanks to the Chair of the House Judiciary Committee @grahamfiller and outgoing Chair of the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety (and new Macomb County Prosecuting Attorney) @PeterLucido

Thanks to all the members of both committees

Thanks to @KimBuddin of the @ACLUofMichigan, to @diana_prichard at AFP, to everyone at @justcitydetroit, and @MackinacCenter and to @DSafavianEsq and everyone at @ACUFforJustice, thanks to @REFORM and to everyone I work with at @safeandjustmi

Most importantly, thanks to all of the people from all across the state of Michigan who testified before the Task Force in Detroit, in Grand Rapids, in Lansing, and in Traverse City - I will never forget!

Thanks to everyone at the Flint jail who participated as well

Michigan's Task Force on Jail and Pretrial Incarceration should stand as a model of what can happen when people work together

Usually a task force is where real problems get sent to die a political death....this task force just passed 20 meaningful pieces of legislation

Thanks also to @GovWhitmer for including multiple directly impacted people on the task force like my friend @moninwlansing

This was a hell of a journey and started well over a year ago...here are some personal pictures from the different venues across the state

And for those that don't know, in addition to these 20 bills...our legislature also passed:

* The largest expansion of expungement in the country
* Occupational licensing reform
* Juvenile expungement
* First-tie DUI expungement
* Restoration of SNAP for folks with records

Very proud to live in #Michigan and thanks again for the hard work of #mileg for being smart about criminal justice reform

For those who have questions, I was also lucky to interview Chief Justice @BridgetMaryMc, Lieutenant Governor @LtGovGilchrist, and State @SenatorSantana on the Decarceration Nation Podcast to talk about the #JailsTaskForce

20 bills are now law decarcerationnation.com/episode-71-jai…