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Kate McCracken
Chief Operating Officer
Phone number: 517.225.3186
Email: [email protected]

John S. Cooper, J.D., M.A.
Executive Director
Email: [email protected]

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Past press releases

Read>> Life Beyond Life Detroit Event Advisory September 18, 2024

Read>> Media Advisory Allegan Expungement Fair August 22, 2024

Read>> Media Advisory Let’s Update Clean Slate August 21 2024

Read>> Allegan Expungement Fair August 23, 2024

Read>> Life Beyond Life Grand Rapids Screening July 31, 2024

Read>> UP Expungement Fair Media Advisory July 11, 2024

Read>> Statement on SB 599 Final Passage June 27, 2024

Read>> SB 599 Voted out of House Committee June 18, 2024

Read>> Statement Senate Bill 599 July 4, 2024

Read>> Statement on SB 599 Senate Committee Passage April 18, 2024

Read>> Clean Slate Anniversary April_11_2024

Read>> Detroit Pistons Expungement Fair_03012024

Read>> Media Advisory Pistons Expungement Fair

Read>> Michigan Implements Historic Clean Slate Laws April 11, 2023

Read>> Statement JLWOP Bill Introduction March 3, 2023

Read>> Day of Empathy February 23, 2023

Read>> Eliminate Phone Fees in Prisons and Jails August 17, 2022

Read>> Statement Oversight Committee Bail Reform June 9, 2022

Read>> “From the_Numbers” Storytelling Project May 18, 2022

Read>> The Business Case for Criminal Justice Reform April 12 2022

Read>> Clean Slate Anniversary celebration April 11 2022

Read>> 2022 Day of Empathy March 22, 2022

Read>> State Legislators Celebrate Start of First-Offense DUI Expungement in Michigan February 22, 2022

Read>> Report Shows Michigan Sentencing Guidelines Fail to Stop Criminal Justice Disparities February 1, 2022

Read>> Safer Michigan Act Statement November 9, 2021

Read>> Introduction of Bail Reform Legislation October 20, 2021

Read>> Media Advisory Safe & Just Michigan 2021 Annual Meeting October 13, 2021

Read>> Racially Charged Film Screening and panel discussion September 17, 2021

Read>> Statement DUI Bill Signing August 24, 2021

Read>> Passage of DUI Legislation August 17, 2021

Read>> Clean Slate Kickoff Event April 12, 2021

Read>> Day of Empathy March 2, 2021

Read>> Statement on Newly Enacted Criminal Justice Reforms January 5, 2021

Read>> Statement Governors commutation action December 22, 2020

Read>> Statement on passage of Senate Bill 1077 December 21, 2020

Read>> Statement Jails Task Force Bills December 18, 2020

Read>> Statement Jails Task Force Bills December 10, 2020

Read>>  Senate Jails Task force Bills Passage December 3, 2020

Read>> Bipartisan Coalition- Lawmakers Have Opportunity for Progress on Nonpartisan Jails Task Force Reform November 19, 2020

Read>> Best Practices for Second Chance Hiring October 28, 2020

Read>> Clean Slate Legislation Signed October 12, 2020

Read>> 2020 Annual Meeting October 9, 2020

Read>> The Problems of Mandatory Sentencing Press Release October 8, 2020

Read>> Jails Task Force Statement October 01, 2020

Read>> Clean Slate Final Passage September 24, 2020

Read>> Business Beyond Barriers September 10, 2020

Read>> Business Case for Criminal Justice Reform July 29, 2020

Read>> Jails Task Force Statement July 22, 2020

Read>> Statement Clean Slate Hearing June 24, 2020

Read>> Driving Down Drivers License Suspensions June 19, 2020

Read>> Statement Clean Slate Hearing June 11, 2020

Read>> Ending Counterproductive Criminal Penalties June 8, 2020

Read>> The Evidence Based Case for Ending Sex Offender Registries May 28, 2020

Read>> Excluding Violence from Reform May 5, 2020

Read>> Truth in Sentencing Panel April 29, 2020

Read>> Statement Whitmer No Prison Action April 17, 2020

Read>> Commutation Panel Event April 15, 2020

Read>> COVID Executive Order March 30, 2020

Read>> Day of Empathy 2020 March 25, 2020

Read>> Jail Task Force Recommendations January 14, 2020

Read>> Statement on Raise the Age legislation October 31, 2019

Read>> Statement on Expansion of Criminal Record Expungement October 29, 2019

Read>> Press Release Annual Meeting October 10, 2019

Read>> Statement on Clean Slate Introduction September 9, 2019

Read>> Statement on Medically Frail Parole legislation May 24, 2019

Read>> Statement on Jail Task Force April 17, 2019

Read>> Press Release for Executive Director Succession December 10, 2018

Read>> Press Release Annual Meeting October, 18 2018

Read>> Media Advisory 2018 Annual Meeting October 16, 2018

Read>> Statement on Bail Reform Legislation Introduction October 5, 2018

Read>> Governor Snyder Signs Objective Parole Bill into Law September 13, 2018

Read>> Statement Ban the Box September 7, 2018

Read>> UPDATED: Senate Judiciary Committee September 5, 2018

Read>> Safe & Just Michigan Press Release June 11, 2018