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Housing and Homelessness: Solutions at the Intersection of Public Health and Public Safety
Housing and Homelessness: Solutions at the Intersection of Public Health and Public Safety Thank you...
GenUnity Member Stories: Dr. Naia Wilson
GenUnity Member Stories: Dr. Naia Wilson We’re thrilled to celebrate Dr. Naia Wilson, Justice...
Clean Slate Criminal Justice Reform Could Help 500,000 In Massachusetts
Thirteen States Have Adopted a Simple Criminal Justice Reform. It’s Time for Mass. to Join Them...
In Conversation with Leslie Credle – Fluxx Talks
In Conversation with Leslie Credle | Fluxx Talks Fluxx Talks sits down with Leslie Credle, Founder...
Healey Slashed Shelter Population But State Still Pays for Vacant Rooms
Healey Slashed Shelter Population But State Still Pays for Vacant Rooms Credle’s organization works...
Leslie Credle Honored at Patriots Difference Maker Celebration
Leslie Credle Honored at Patriots Difference Maker Celebration Leslie Credle, Justice 4 Housing...
Fluxx Awards USA 2025 Recap
Fluxx Awards USA 2025 Recap What an extraordinary experience at the Fluxx Awards in Las Vegas...
Justice 4 Housing Celebrates First Graduate Homeowner: Michael Ducoing’s Journey to Homeownership
Justice 4 Housing Celebrates First Graduate Homeowner: Michael Ducoing’s Journey to Homeownership...
Leslie Credle Nominated for Fluxx Awards 2025
Leslie Credle Nominated for Fluxx Awards 2025 We’re thrilled to announce that our Founder &...
Leslie Credle Named 2025 Patriots Difference Maker of the Week
Leslie Credle Named 2025 Patriots Difference Maker of the Week Justice 4 Housing is proud to share...
CLI Alum and ANC Member Leslie Credle Featured in The Balancing Act Local
CLI Alum and ANC Member Leslie Credle Featured in The Balancing Act Local The Boston-based...
Justice 4 Housing was featured on The Balancing Act
Justice 4 Housing was featured on The Balancing Act! We’re proud to have shared our mission on The...
Cummings Announces 150 Recipients of its 2025 $30 Million Grant Program
Cummings Announces 150 Recipients of its 2025 $30 Million Grant Program Justice 4 Housing is honored...
Formerly Incarcerated Black Men Say They Are Being Targeted for Eviction from Charlestown Complex
Formerly Incarcerated Black Men Say They are Being Targeted for Eviction from Charlestown Complex...
Housing is a Human Right: The Urgent Need to Reinstate HUD’s Proposed Rules
Housing is a Human Right: The Urgent Need to Reinstate HUD’s Proposed Rules Justice 4 Housing’s...
Justice 4 Housing Featured In United Way’s Changemakers Series!
Justice 4 Housing featured in United Way’s Changemakers Series! Justice for Housing (J4H), one...
Raymond Gaines, Who Served Nearly 50 Years for Murder He Says He Didn’t Commit, Gets GPS Removed
Raymond Gaines, Who Served Nearly 50 Years for Murder He Says He Didn’t Commit, Gets GPS...
New Commonwealth Fund Awards $3 Million in Grants to Mass. Nonprofits Addressing Racial Inequity
New Commonwealth Fund Awards $3 million in Grants to Mass. Nonprofits Addressing Racial Inequity The...
Massachusetts Budget Vetoes Ripple Through Service Sectors
Massachusetts Budget Vetoes Ripple Through Service Sectors Reentry services, job training programs...
New Ballot Boxes Arrive to Boston Jails this Fall
New Ballot Boxes Arrive to Boston Jails this Fall New ballot boxes will be available in Suffolk...
Life After Prison: “Don’t Judge Me” – GBH News Documentary
Life After Prison: “Don’t Judge Me” GBH News Documentary Onyx White, an aspiring...
Health Care Gaps Create Reentry Hurdle for Incarcerated Individuals
Health Care Gaps Create Reentry Hurdle for Incarcerated Individuals Leslie Credle, CEO of Justice 4...
You Can Never Get That Time Back: Solitary Confinement is Devastating for Incarcerated Mothers and their Children
You Can Never Get That Time Back: Solitary Confinement is Devastating for Incarcerated Mothers and...
During Second Chance Month, AG Campbell and Boston Medical Center Co-Host Reentry Roundtable
During Second Chance Month, AG Campbell and Boston Medical Center Co-Host Reentry Roundtable BOSTON...
Returning Citizens Find Success in Boston Reentry Program
Returning Citizens Find Success in Boston Reentry Program Arminta Graham, one of the graduates, said...
Religious Leaders, Community Activists Call for Increased Funding to Maintain Affordable Housing Stock
Religious Leaders, Community Activists Call for Increased Funding to Maintain Affordable Housing...
Major Barriers Persist for Former Prisoners Who Need IDs
Major Barriers Persist for Former Prisoners Who Need IDs Supreme Hassan says he was released from...
Housing Fixes, ID Cards Top To-Do List for GBIO at Forum in Ashmont
Housing Fixes, ID Cards Top of To-Do List for GBIO Forum in Ashmont Last Thursday at First Baptist...
Boston Receives Largest Ever Grant to Address Homelessness
Boston Receives Largest Ever Grant to Address Homelessness (The Center Square) – Boston Mayor...
Life After Prison: Long Journey Home
Life After Prison: Long Journey Home GBH hosts a panel with local experts about challenges and...
Women Coming Home From Prison Get Little Help Rebuilding
Women coming home from prison get little help rebuilding Leslie Credle, executive director of...
Panel Discusses Barriers to Housing for Formerly Incarcerated People
Panel discusses barriers to housing for formerly incarcerated people Advocacy is important...
Patchwork of Government Services Leaves Former Prisoners in the Hands of Strained Nonprofits
Patchwork of government services leaves former prisoners in the hands of strained nonprofits...
Boston Invests $1 Million to Help People Returning From Prisons and Jails
Boston invests $1 million to help people returning from prisons and jails Boston will distribute $1...
To Heal as a Society, We Have to Help with Housing
‘To Heal as a Society, We Have to Help with Housing’ Emily Rooney Clark ’24 helps...
Pressley, Tlaib Unveil Bill To Increase Housing Access For People With Criminal Records
Pressley, Tlaib Unveil Bill To Increase Housing Access For People With Criminal Records WASHINGTON –...
Supporters Look to Gain Support in Sealing Certain Criminal Records
Supporters Look to Gain Support in Sealing Certain Criminal Records By Ellen Fleming BOSTON (WWLP) –...
Leslie Credle Joins Haymarket Funding Panel
Leslie Credle Joins Haymarket Funding Panel Leslie Credle, the Founder and Executive Director of...
Search for a “Clean Slate” Remains Elusive
The Supreme Judicial Court returned to the issue earlier this month in a case involving a Dorchester...
Elugardo on Running for State Senate, Rent Control, Redistricting of Jamaica Plain and More
Elugardo answered questions from Jamaica Plain News about her candidacy, bills she's sponsored to...
‘They’re Shut Out of the Market’: The Struggle to Rent With a Criminal Record
Three-quarters of a million New Yorkers have convictions in their history. ‘Fair chance’ laws could...
Echoing Green Announces Newest Class of Fellows
“These extraordinary innovators should inspire us all to harness our own talents and imagination to...
ACT UP Boston Charges City With Mass Violations of Human Rights
On Nov. 5, ACT UP Boston, labor leaders, frontline harm reductionists, housing advocates...
Walking Away From Prisons and Jails in Massachusetts
300+ people took part in a 90-mile march from Springfield to the Massachusetts State Housein...
Solitary By Another Name
As states pass new laws to reform solitary confinement, advocates are pushing for this harmful...
The Push to Make Phone Calls Free for People Incarcerated in Massachusetts Hits a Critical Moment Tuesday
Massachusetts families spend about $25 million each year on phone calls to incarcerated relatives, a...
The Long March for No New Prisons and Jails Arrives in Boston
Today, a 90-mile march, the “Long March for No New Prisons and Jails,” ended at the Massachusetts...
Activists Discuss Public Housing Issues in Boston Following State Hearing
Activists and state representatives spoke to and reviewed acts for changes to public housing policy...
Activists March Against Prison
State moving forward with plan for new women’s prison despite small population...
A Company That Designs Jails is Spying Activists Who Oppose Them
Documents show HDR, Inc. has monitored groups that oppose its controversial plans to build jails and...
COVID Froze Prison Visits, Spotlighting High Cost of Phone Calls
It wasn’t until in-person visits were suspended last year that Jennings realized how much it costs...
‘Solitary By Another Name’: How Efforts to Reform Solitary Confinement Are Being Derailed by Corrections Departments
Lawmakers and courts have made headway in reforming or ending solitary, but some corrections...
Moratorium Bill Could Block Women’s Prison in Norfolk
Recounting stories of trauma and suffering behind bars, dozens of formerly incarcerated Bay Staters...
Court Backlogs Harm People Awaiting Trial; Fueling Community Solutions as Courts Reopen
COVID-19 postponed trials and closed courthouses across New England, leading to concerns about...
Secretary Fudge Proposes Reinstating 2013’s Discriminatory Effects Rule
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Friday published a proposal to the...
A 5-Year Boston Area Housing Study Shows How Housing Stability Is Tied to Health Outcomes
A five-year study by the Boston Foundation makes the case that housing instability threatens the...
Bristol Sheriff’s Treatment of Detainees is Curbed
A man incarcerated at MCI Norfolk managed to get on the roof of one of the prison buildings Sunday...
MCI Norfolk prisoner Talked Down From Prison Roof
A man incarcerated at MCI Norfolk managed to get on the roof of one of the prison buildings Sunday...
Effort to Bail Out Black Moms From Jail for Mother’s Day Highlighted by COVID-19 Crisis
The effort to bail out Black moms before Mother's Day is more urgent than ever...
Downing Opposes New Prison for Women
Says investing in incarceration is opposite of what Mass. needs...