criminal justice reform
The Reform Alliance team has fully embraced the season of giving. Just days after Meek Mill donated $500,000 worth of gifts to Philadelphia families, he and his fellow Reform co-founders hosted a special “VIP experience” at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. The giveback event was a collaborative effort between Meek, Clara Wu Tsai, Reform CEO Robert Rooks as well as the New York […]
ComplexCon returns to Long Beach Nov. 6 – 7 with hosts J. Balvin and Kristen Noel Crawley, performances by A$AP Rocky and Turnstile, and more shopping and drops. Secure your spot while tickets last! Buy tickets Jay-Z has been a vocal advocate for criminal justice reform and leads multiple ventures to pursue equity for marginalized groups. […]
Meek Mill expressed frustration with “the blogs” today regarding their coverage of Eric Riddick’s recent plea deal, saying they only focused on him and his tweets and not on the man who deserved all the attention. “Yesterday I help a innocent man gain his freedom back he had life in prison …. on the net I was […]
REFORM Alliance celebrates another victory. The criminal justice organization—founded by Meek Mill, Jay-Z, and Michael Rubin—is praising Georgia lawmakers for passing SB 105, a bipartisan-supported bill that eases the state’s probation system. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed the legislation into law earlier this week, after it passed unanimously in the state Senate and 169-2 in the state House of Representatives. […]
Ronnie Long’s fight for justice isn’t over. After serving 44 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, the 65-year-old Black man received $750,000 in restitution—the maximum amount North Carolina pays to victims of wrongful incarceration. Long argues that amount doesn’t nearly make up for everything he lost. “Ain’t no way in hell that […]
Former Bad Boy artist and Harlem World representative, Loon (who is now known as Amir Junaid Muhadith), has joined the REFORM Alliance. Muhadith will serve as the inaugural Fellow for the REFORM Alliance’s new Fellowship Program. This program was established to provide “practical and transferable job skills” to former inmates who are interested in pursuing careers in advocacy. For Muhadith, […]
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