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Fast Company: 250 years of business shaping justice
On America’s 250th anniversary, we know that business will continue shaping the next 250 years of American justice. But will it be on the right side of history when it does?
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Justice Champion Spotlight: John Arensmeyer, Small Business Majority
For our November Justice Champion Spotlight, we spoke with Small Business Majority Founder and CEO John Arensmeyer about how workforce expansion can benefit companies of all sizes.
Business Leaders Back Federal Clean Slate
Business leaders across the country offered support for the Clean Slate Act, aligning with the vast majority of Americans who back meaningful second chances.
Business leaders testify in support of the Colorado Clean Slate Act
Business leaders testified in the House Judiciary Committee in support of the Colorado Clean Slate Act (SB22-099), which will help provide access to employment, education, and housing for thousands of Coloradans.
New York’s labor shortage is unsustainable. Clean Slate can help.
Joseph Kenner, President and CEO of Greyston (www.greyston.org), a leading bakery and pioneer of Open Hiring®, and David Levine, President of the American Sustainable Business Network (www.asbnetwork.org), on why Clean Slate New York is good for businesses.
Businesses Call on Justice Secretary Robert Buckland MP Release of Prisoners to Prevent COVID-19 Spread
Leaders from the business and legal communities have co-signed an open letter to Justice Secretary Robert Buckland MP to release medically vulnerable and nonviolent offenders at risk of COVID-19 in prisons and jails.
Dear Businesses: You Can Be Criminal-Justice Champions
Be it through advocacy, justice focused-initiatives, or hiring, corporations can be instruments of change. And change cannot come fast enough.
In the United States, Black men are nearly six times as likely to be incarcerated as White men. Black people use drugs at exactly the same rate as White people, yet they are 10 times more likely to be arrested for drug offenses. People of color account for 37 percent of the US population, yet they make up 67 percent of the total US prison population. Punishments are harsher, too — federally imposed sentences for Black men are 19 percent longer than for White men for similar crimes.
UK Election 2019: Implications for Criminal Justice
The Conservative landslide has caused grave concern in the British criminal justice community. Over the past 18 months Home Secretary Priti Patel has doubled down on the party’s “tough on crime” reputation, promising to make criminals “feel terror”. This accompanies proposals for tougher sentencing, greater police stop-and-search powers, and an end to early release.