Life After Justice

Life After Justice

Non-profit Organizations

Chicago, Illinois 228 followers

LAJ aims to empower exonerees to thrive while starting to reclaim their lives after justice.⚖️

About us

Life After Justice | Battling Injustice. Reclaiming Lives. Life After Justice battles injustice for the wrongfully convicted and supports them in reclaiming their lives after justice. We do this by attacking injustice and supporting the wrongfully convicted on three fronts: + Strategic litigation to change poorly written laws + Economic advocacy to provide exonerees with fair compensation + Providing the holistic mental health and technology support needed to adjust to post-incarceration life, empowering wrongfully convicted individuals to successfully reenter their home communities. Justice reform does not start and stop at prevention, it also requires us to repair the damage already done by ill-conceived and poorly written legislation and the resulting laws. Since 1989, innocent people have lost more than 26,500 years of their lives sitting in prisons across America. The majority (65%!) of those stolen years belong to black and brown people. Women, an often invisible incarcerated group, represent 10% of the total prison population (231,000) and more than half have not yet been convicted of a crime and are presumed innocent. Collectively the directly impacted leadership team of Life After Justice represent more than 100 of those stolen years. Since gaining their freedom, the leadership team is dedicated to amplifying the voices of the innocent women and men grossly harmed by our broken system. Our goal is to empower exonerees to thrive while starting to reclaim their lives after justice. Please visit our website to learn more about our efforts and how you can get involved.

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Non-profit Organizations
Company size
2-10 employees
Headquarters
Chicago, Illinois
Type
Nonprofit
Founded
2012
Specialties
legal advocacy, exoneree support, justice reform, program development, legal reform, technology training access, wellness access, mental health access, strategic litigation, exoneration litigation, and equitable economic advocacy

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