Excited to announce Luminate's investment in Uptrust, a civic tech company centering the rights & needs of justice-involved individuals to keep people out of jail and increasing success for returning citizens

Thanks, Danny Crichton for covering our seed round announcement! Check out the full article here via TechCrunch: techcrunch.com/2021/05/18/upt…

Unlike many service providers in the criminal justice space, Uptrust's business model is grounded in prioritizing the rights & needs of affected communities. They're building a future where we no longer use the criminal justice system as a tool for oppression in the U.S.

Uptrust raises $2M to help people navigate and exit the justice system. Uptrust partners w/547 counties across 27 states to connect people involved w/he criminal justice system with public defenders and probation officers to avoid technical violations. impactalpha.com/uptrust-raises…

The argument that releasing more people pretrial will lead to spikes in crime is simply false, our review of the 13 jurisdictions with pre- and post-reform data suggests: prisonpolicy.org/blog/2020/11/1…

#Reform can look different when it comes from the outside, from the inside, and from the bottom. I would challenge us to be the voice for that reform. We need to be driving the conversation about what the field should look like. - President, Brian Lovins Brian Lovins at @APPAinfo

Honored to be in the first cohort of this awesome initiative!

If you’re not disturbed by the cash bail system, you’re not paying attention. Freedom should be free. Learn more at bailproject.org.

Happy to see The Crime Report lifting up our work supporting thousands (soon to be millions) of people navigating the criminal legal system!

Very proud of our work funded by American Heart Association to help prevent avoidable incarceration and sustainably address the #SocialDeterminantsOfHealth like food insecurity, mental health, early childhood development and economic stability in the #BayArea bit.ly/3hyBSTo