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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…

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1. When I got out, I had $10,000 in court costs, fines & fees, charges per day from when I was in jail awaiting transfer to prison etc.
2. In addition, when I was incarcerated, the State of Michigan found out I had money in a bank account and took it as part of paying the price of my incarceration (well over $1,000)
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They do this on purpose
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Michigan's legislature just passed a registry bill which over 100 experts and directly impacted people testified against (1 pro).

There is NO evidence this bill will make Michigan safer, the Michigan AG opposed it, and there is a LOT of evidence it will make us less safe #mileg
Why did Michigan's legislature respond to a court decision finding that Michigan's SORA was unconstitutional by actually making SORA worse??

You would have to ask them, but what they did was not evidence-based reform #mileg
Even worse, all the people who voted for this idiotic bill inevitably say it is to "keep Michiganders safe"

Whenever I ask any of them to share any evidence registries keep Michigan (or any state safe)...

🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗

But they sure will say it over and over again
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Do you know someone who has been incarcerated who has come back and done something great?

I know people who have raised money for amazing causes, run for office, started organizations that provide necessary services EVERY DAY

Share a story of hope and success
Way too often, all we here is stories of failure...

I know formerly incarcerated CEO's, visionaries, burgeoning real estate moguls, and employees

Share a story of hope and success
My friend @TarraSimmons5 is running for election in #Washington, my friend @Richard_Bronson is starting his second business @CommissaryClub, @ShakaSenghor is a best selling author and entrepreneur

Share a story of hope and success
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If you care about public safety...

If people cannot return from incarceration and find housing and employment....If they cannot connect with their community and families....

What exactly do you expect they will do?

The ability to return connected is a public safety imperative
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NIMBY is counterproductive
In Oklahoma right now, law enforcement is running a scare tactics campaign to scare voters into refusing SQ 805

The question is NOT if there will be recidivism, there is recidivism now...the question SHOULD BE will there be more recidivism BEFORE or AFTER reform is passed.
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