#CurrentlyReading ➡️: “Every day that the rules are not implemented is another day that corporations and their correctional partners are extorting families over the essential need to stay connected to their loved ones behind bars.” - Bianca

Join us for the 20th annual Netroots Nation conference in two weeks! The agenda includes 150+ hrs of inspiring content, hands-on trainings and social/networking opportunities! 📌

Thanks to the Black Film Festival of New Orleans, our film, "Plantations and Prisons: A History of Forced Labor in Louisiana" will be shown all summer long during the Freedom Summer Film Festival!⁠ Use the instructions on the image below to secure your free all access pass.

Congrats to PJI Deputy Director, Lauren Sapp on being selected for this year's Gambit 40 Under 40 list! Lauren marks the third PJI staffer to receive this recognition in the last five years. Please join us in congratulating her on this awesome achievement!

🔦 AMBASSADOR BOARD SPOTLIGHT 🔦"PJI played a critical role in impact litigation when I was incarcerated at Angola. I am proud to support its continued work on behalf of all people in Louisiana working for justice." Learn more about Haller & our other ambassadors on our website.

“These prisons are stacking humans on top of one another in heat that we in regular everyday life can hardly bear indoor temperatures well above 100 degrees,” said Samantha Kennedy, executive director of the Promise of Justice Initiative..." l8r.it/fiCG

Sincerely hoping for a stay in the execution of Edward Zakrzewski! With executions also scheduled for 8/19 and 8/28, Florida has conducted the most murders than any other state this year!

Join our staff next Thurs at NetrootsNation's 20th annual conference for panels at both 12PM & 3:45PM as we screen our doc on forced prison labor and discuss mobilizing efforts to shift public opinion on mass incarceration/the death penalty. netrootsnation.org/agenda/ #nn25

Come work with us at PJI!⁠ Interested in pushing for a legal system that recognizes freedom & dignity as universal rights? Learn more about the Development Director position and apply by clicking the following 🔗: promiseofjustice.org/jobs

Today at 1PM, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear argument to affirm the Middle District Court of Louisiana's injunction issued on 5/23/25 in the ongoing "Farm Line" litigation. Live audio of the oral arguments can be accessed here: l8r.it/LMFv

#CurrentlyReading ➡️: “Not only will men continue to swelter at Camp J, but they will also endure either overcrowding in solitary cells or be kept in isolation..." - Samantha Kennedy l8r.it/mcgm

Join us in the N.O. Convention Center tomorrow afternoon at the 20th annual Netroots Nation conference for the Digital Advocacy to End the Death Penalty and Mass Incarceration panel at 3:45PM. #nn25

"The Promise of Justice Initiative... said that in its experience, even on a “normal day,” case files can be hard to obtain. The organization emphasized that such documents “represent human beings sitting inside of prisons”..." apnews.com/article/new-or…

Seeing and understanding the connection between incarcerated men – predominately Black – forced to do agricultural labor at LA. State Penitentiary, how this labor is connected to chattel slavery, and who also wear denim, here's some important context on👖.

⬇️ CTA for clemency justice happening till 3PM! ⬇️

We'd like to introduce you to the latest members of the PJI team: Josie Alexander, our Associate Director of Community Impact and Michael Allen, our new Civil Litigation Attorney! Learn more about both Josie and Michael on our website.

#CurrentlyReading ➡️: "Parker is among a dozen named plaintiffs in an ongoing 2015 class-action lawsuit against the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections... The suit alleged that the prison’s medical care caused inmates to suffer serious harm, including...”