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The People’s Justice Guarantee is cosponsored by Representatives Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), Yvette Clarke (NY-09), Jamaal Bowman (NY-16), Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), Summer Lee (PA-12), Henry “Hank” Johnson (GA-04), Donald Payne Jr. Because our laws fail to provide the necessary resources to ensure all people have their basic needs met, the criminal legal system continually destabilizes the lives of millions, traumatizes families, and decimates entire communities. Overcriminalization, police violence, and mass incarceration are the byproducts of decades of policy violence rooted in a fundamentally flawed approach to public safety. The United States criminal legal system has institutionalized a culture of cruelty, disproportionately harming Black, Latinx, and Indigenous communities.

Investing in historically impacted communities.

Transforming the experience of confinement and.

Eliminating wealth-based discrimination and corporate profiteering.

Decarceration and the dramatic reduction of jail and prison populations.

The People’s Justice Guarantee is rooted in five guiding principles – shared power, freedom, equality, safety, and human dignity – and specifically calls for: “I’m proud to mark Juneteenth-Freedom Day-by re-introducing the People’s Justice Guarantee, which offers a radical, transformative vision of true justice and moves us closer to the emancipation and collective liberation our ancestors dreamt of and fought so hard for.” “Generations of families and communities have been destabilized and traumatized from overcriminalization, police violence, and mass incarceration, and it is long past time to promote and pursue bold, structural reform to make a just legal system a reality,” said Congresswoman Pressley. Pressley first previewed the resolution during an interview on Java with Jimmy.

WASHINGTON – Today on Juneteenth, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) announced the reintroduction of the People’s Justice Guarantee (PJG) – a comprehensive, decarceration-focused resolution that outlines a framework for a fair, equitable and just legal system. The resolution, developed in close partnership with activists, advocates, and those most impacted by criminal and racial injustice, calls for an ongoing and participatory “peoples process” that centers the dignity and expertise of those impacted by the broken carceral state.

Resolution Text (PDF) | Summary (PDF) | Interview (YouTube) Watch Pressley Preview the Bill on “Java with Jimmy”

People’s Justice Guarantee Outlines Framework for Fair, Equitable, and Just Legal System