Thank you ARCHIVED: Rep. David Trone, @RepLBR and Rep. Tony Cárdenas for highlighting important legislation that will help rebuild lives and improve public safety. #SecondChanceMonth

My California bill A.C.T. will be heard in the CA Human Services Committee tomorrow led by Alex Lee 李天明 (votealexlee.bsky.social) 🙏#SB1043 requires CDSS to publicly display critical information about the use of restraints and seclusion rooms in youth care facilities. Senator Shannon Grove and I have

CA News! The bill I am sponsoring with Senator Shannon Grove and Senator Angelique Ashby also known as Accountability in Children’s Treatment just passed the House Human Services Committee unanimously. Please drop the committee chair Alex Lee 李天明 (votealexlee.bsky.social) <3 and thank him for his incredible support #SB1043

Thank you for your leadership Louis L. Reed, LADC 🙏🏽

200 innocent people released from death row. More than one for every eight that have been executed. It’s an unacceptable rate of error. The system is broken. End the death penalty now. businessagainstdeathpenalty.org  #BizVDP

#SB1043 is in front of the CA Assembly Appropriations Committee TOMORROW 🙏This bill is VITAL to ensuring the safety of California's youth in STRTPs. Not passing #SB1043 means not prioritizing children safety. California's youth are looking to you Buffy Wicks Governor Gavin Newsom as

Today I presented SB 1043, Accountability in Children's Treatment in the Assembly Appropriations Committee. SB 1043 would create more transparency surrounding the use of restraints and seclusion rooms in Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Programs, also known as

#SB1043 has one more chance to pass the Appropriations Committee this Thursday 🙏 I am praying Gavin Newsom Governor Gavin Newsom Buffy Wicks Speaker Robert Rivas CA Assembly Democrats California Assembly Republicans recognize the grave importance of this measure and our responsibility to ensure youth in residential

The death penalty represents the failure of a broken judicial system. I am proud to stand with Richard Branson and the Responsible Business Initiative for Justice calling for an end to this abhorrent practice. Join me in supporting this campaign and be a voice for change. #BeAVoiceforChange #BizVsDP #RBIJ

A child of incarcerated parents and later an incarcerated parent myself, I know the pain of prison! Over 5M children face this reality. Deuce’s "First Step" is for them, showing them they are seen, supported, and not alone. Pre-order my new book NOW: shor.by/louislreed

Dear President Donald J. Trump, keep your promise and end this inhumane practice. #CommuteTheRow

This is our moment: Tomorrow the Senate could pass my bill The Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act with Senator Jeff Merkley Senator John Cornyn T to bring badly-needed oversight to protect kids in residential treatment programs. No one should go through what I went through and I am

Grateful and hopeful that there are more to come. Thank you President Donald J. Trump. #secondchances #CommuteTheRow

Tonight I joined Kaitlan Collins on CNN to share why I dropped everything to come to Capitol Hill and urge the House to pass the #StopInstitutionalChildAbuseAct. This bill will protect children from the same physical, emotional, and sexual abuse I endured as a teen in a

Watch the House of Representatives vote on the Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act today at 5:30 PM ET! The protection of children is my most important mission in life: c-span.org/event/us-house…

The Senate Public Safety committee in California just passed SB 672, the Youth Rehabilitation and Opportunity Act! Giving people hope and an opportunity to earn freedom instead of dying in prison reduces recidivism and improves public safety. #PassSB672 #SecondChances

CA Appropriations committee just passed #SB672. It provides a Youth Offender Parole hearing to people serving life without parole for a crime committed while they were 25 or younger.  This bill provides no guarantee of release, only an opportunity to earn freedom. #PassSB672

Huge congratulations to Paris Hilton Ending Institutional Child Abuse Caroline Cole Rebecca Mellinger Michael Mendoza Senator Shannon Grove and all the amazing advocates on the unanimous passage of #SB373 in the CA Assembly Education Committee! 💪 This bill brings critical protections for vulnerable

Vengeance, hate, and anger shouldn’t fuel or dictate how we hold people accountable. We should legislate and govern with values that promote healing, dignity, and human potential. #BeAVoiceforChange #BizVsDP

Yesterday we teamed up with Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth for an Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill against the recent DC Youth Justice Bills. We even ran into HI Senator Senator Mazie Hirono where we shared about our recent wins on the islands. We will continue to fight for the human rights of all kids!