Promise of Justice Initiative (PJI)
@promiseofjustice.bsky.social
PJI fights for the dignity, freedom, and autonomy of those targeted and touched by the criminal legal system and for an end to mass incarceration in Louisiana.
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About PJI — The Promise of Justice Initiative
www.promiseofjustice.org
We are a different kind of civil rights org. We don’t follow a national agenda or framework. We confront issues & take on cases that, very often, no other org will venture to challenge. Our work blurs the traditional lines of litigation and advocacy. Learn more: www.promiseofjustice.org/about
#CurrentlyReading ➡️: "There's no reason why you can't recognize and treat sepsis in the prisons just like you would in the community. There's nothing magical about being in the community that they can't do (in prison)."
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Sepsis is 'very treatable.' For inmates, it's often a death sentence.
Short jail stays for minor crimes turn deadly when filth and a lack of care let infections run out of control, a USA TODAY investigation found.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
#CurrentlyReading ➡️: "There's no reason why you can't recognize and treat sepsis in the prisons just like you would in the community. There's nothing magical about being in the community that they can't do (in prison)."
www.usatoday.com/story/news/i...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/i...
At PJI, we recognize the power of bearing witness, creating collective memory around the roots of racial harm, and uniting our voices to build toward a future of freedom. We also offer a space for current and former clients, their families, survivors of violence, victims’ family members & anyone...
December 3, 2025 at 2:05 AM
At PJI, we recognize the power of bearing witness, creating collective memory around the roots of racial harm, and uniting our voices to build toward a future of freedom. We also offer a space for current and former clients, their families, survivors of violence, victims’ family members & anyone...
We've raised $4,000 so far this #GivingTuesday! With less than 10 hours to go, have your donation doubled thanks to our Board of Directors, who are matching gift amounts dollar for dollar up to $16,000 here: promiseofjustice.org/donate
December 2, 2025 at 8:45 PM
We've raised $4,000 so far this #GivingTuesday! With less than 10 hours to go, have your donation doubled thanks to our Board of Directors, who are matching gift amounts dollar for dollar up to $16,000 here: promiseofjustice.org/donate
As we enter this season of thankfulness and gratitude, we thank you for being a part of our community. As a team, we fight for the dignity, freedom, and autonomy of those targeted and touched by the criminal legal system and for an end to mass incarceration.
December 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
As we enter this season of thankfulness and gratitude, we thank you for being a part of our community. As a team, we fight for the dignity, freedom, and autonomy of those targeted and touched by the criminal legal system and for an end to mass incarceration.
This wknd, join our partners St. Charles Center for Faith & Action for a holiday art market, feat. an art exhibit from friend and former PJI client, Keith Brazley! Keith’s art was previously featured in "About Time", an exhibit we co-curated w/@ccrjustice.org, which opened in Feb. at Antenna Gallery
December 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This wknd, join our partners St. Charles Center for Faith & Action for a holiday art market, feat. an art exhibit from friend and former PJI client, Keith Brazley! Keith’s art was previously featured in "About Time", an exhibit we co-curated w/@ccrjustice.org, which opened in Feb. at Antenna Gallery
Happy Freedomversary to PJI's Paralegal Deidre! Deidre just celebrated her second year of freedom and brings a wonderful blend of joy, humor, vital lived experience, and poignant legal acumen to our office on the daily. We're thankful to have her as a colleague and friend.
November 29, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Happy Freedomversary to PJI's Paralegal Deidre! Deidre just celebrated her second year of freedom and brings a wonderful blend of joy, humor, vital lived experience, and poignant legal acumen to our office on the daily. We're thankful to have her as a colleague and friend.
"Executions...aren't designed with scientific rigor because modern medicine focuses on preserving life, not ending it, and because ethical rules preclude the kind of testing that would normally precede the use of techniques that affect a human body so drastically."
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How To Kill A Person: A Legal Battle Over Execution Methods - Law360
As botched executions pile up and states reach for untested methods like nitrogen hypoxia, prisoners are turning to the courts for a say in how they will die — and are being met with a legal framework...
www.law360.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"Executions...aren't designed with scientific rigor because modern medicine focuses on preserving life, not ending it, and because ethical rules preclude the kind of testing that would normally precede the use of techniques that affect a human body so drastically."
www.law360.com/access-to-ju...
www.law360.com/access-to-ju...
#CurrentlyReading ➡️: "While veterans represent an estimated 12 percent of Florida’s 256 death row inmates, they account for nearly 40 percent of the 18 death warrants that the governor has signed this year."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Florida’s governor is a veteran. So are seven inmates he’ll send to the execution chamber this year.
Should their military service matter?
www.motherjones.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
#CurrentlyReading ➡️: "While veterans represent an estimated 12 percent of Florida’s 256 death row inmates, they account for nearly 40 percent of the 18 death warrants that the governor has signed this year."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
#OnThisDay in 1960, Ruby Bridges, only 6 years old at the time, took groundbreaking steps into William Frantz School, an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Her bravery – in addition to the heroism of Leona Tate, Gail Etienne, and Tessie Prevost – helped pushed the nation forward in...
November 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
#OnThisDay in 1960, Ruby Bridges, only 6 years old at the time, took groundbreaking steps into William Frantz School, an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Her bravery – in addition to the heroism of Leona Tate, Gail Etienne, and Tessie Prevost – helped pushed the nation forward in...
Last week was the 2nd anniversary of a massive win in the Lewis v. Cain class action suit, with a U.S. Middle District of Louisiana judge ordering the LA. Dept. of Corrections and Public Safety to remedy the unconstitutional conditions and "abhorrent medical care" at Angola.
November 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Last week was the 2nd anniversary of a massive win in the Lewis v. Cain class action suit, with a U.S. Middle District of Louisiana judge ordering the LA. Dept. of Corrections and Public Safety to remedy the unconstitutional conditions and "abhorrent medical care" at Angola.
Last week marked the 56th anniversary of the Supreme Court ordering public schools across the South to be desegregated immediately. This action would come 15 years after Brown v. Board of Education ruled that segregated schools were unconstitutional...
November 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Last week marked the 56th anniversary of the Supreme Court ordering public schools across the South to be desegregated immediately. This action would come 15 years after Brown v. Board of Education ruled that segregated schools were unconstitutional...
Last Tues, the FCC reversed course on capping prison phone call rates prioritizing the demands & profits of the telecommunications companies over incarcerated people & their loved ones. The FCC's new regulations, would've saved families $500M+ a year.
Read more here: veritenews.org/2025/10/28/f...
Read more here: veritenews.org/2025/10/28/f...
November 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Last Tues, the FCC reversed course on capping prison phone call rates prioritizing the demands & profits of the telecommunications companies over incarcerated people & their loved ones. The FCC's new regulations, would've saved families $500M+ a year.
Read more here: veritenews.org/2025/10/28/f...
Read more here: veritenews.org/2025/10/28/f...
Last week, the FCC reversed course on capping prison phone call rates prioritizing the demands and profits of the telecommunications companies over incarcerated people & their loved ones. The FCC's new regulations, passed just last year, would've saved families over $500M a year.
November 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Last week, the FCC reversed course on capping prison phone call rates prioritizing the demands and profits of the telecommunications companies over incarcerated people & their loved ones. The FCC's new regulations, passed just last year, would've saved families over $500M a year.
Yesterday, our dear friend & client, Lloyd Gray was granted a new hearing based on newly discovered evidence of racial discrimination! Lloyd has been incarcerated for the last 45 yrs due to a nonunanimous jury conviction where two of the jurors who found him not guilty were Black...
October 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Yesterday, our dear friend & client, Lloyd Gray was granted a new hearing based on newly discovered evidence of racial discrimination! Lloyd has been incarcerated for the last 45 yrs due to a nonunanimous jury conviction where two of the jurors who found him not guilty were Black...
“I said, ‘Your case is still alive.’ And he said, ‘I knew it would be.’ So he had faith through and through. And his faith carries our faith.” 💚🖤
Judge rules that Lloyd Gray, convicted by a nonunanimous decision, can continue his bid for freedom
Gray, convicted by a 10-2 jury vote, remains in prison five years after the Supreme Court ruled such verdicts unconstitutional. A 2024 law passed at the urging of conservative Gov. Jeff Landry makes…
Gray, convicted by a 10-2 jury vote, remains in prison five years after the Supreme Court ruled such verdicts unconstitutional. A 2024 law passed at the urging of conservative Gov. Jeff Landry makes…
Judge rules that Lloyd Gray, convicted by a nonunanimous decision, can continue his bid for freedom
Gray, convicted by a 10-2 jury vote, remains in prison five years after the Supreme Court ruled such verdicts unconstitutional. A 2024 law passed at the urging of conservative Gov. Jeff Landry makes it more difficult for courts and prosecutors to revisit cases like his.
veritenews.org
October 31, 2025 at 2:07 AM
“I said, ‘Your case is still alive.’ And he said, ‘I knew it would be.’ So he had faith through and through. And his faith carries our faith.” 💚🖤
🗣️: CALLING ALL RISING 2L AND 3L LAW STUDENTS!
We're currently accepting applications for our summer legal internship. Although applications are accepted on a rolling basis, we encourage people to apply early because there are a limited number of spots. Learn more here: promiseofjustice.org/jobs
We're currently accepting applications for our summer legal internship. Although applications are accepted on a rolling basis, we encourage people to apply early because there are a limited number of spots. Learn more here: promiseofjustice.org/jobs
October 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🗣️: CALLING ALL RISING 2L AND 3L LAW STUDENTS!
We're currently accepting applications for our summer legal internship. Although applications are accepted on a rolling basis, we encourage people to apply early because there are a limited number of spots. Learn more here: promiseofjustice.org/jobs
We're currently accepting applications for our summer legal internship. Although applications are accepted on a rolling basis, we encourage people to apply early because there are a limited number of spots. Learn more here: promiseofjustice.org/jobs
The Historic New Orleans Collection recently explored how #Louisiana became the carceral capital of the world in an exhibition entitled “Captive State: Louisiana and the Making of Mass Incarceration" & released a powerful new book w/the same name.
WATCH here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsGI...
WATCH here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsGI...
October 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The Historic New Orleans Collection recently explored how #Louisiana became the carceral capital of the world in an exhibition entitled “Captive State: Louisiana and the Making of Mass Incarceration" & released a powerful new book w/the same name.
WATCH here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsGI...
WATCH here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsGI...
#CurrentlyReading ➡️: "I'm always in some state of being punished, having been punished, or about to be punished." (via @boltsmag.org)
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boltsmag.org/designed-to-...
boltsmag.org
October 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
#CurrentlyReading ➡️: "I'm always in some state of being punished, having been punished, or about to be punished." (via @boltsmag.org)
boltsmag.org/designed-to-...
boltsmag.org/designed-to-...
Join us this Saturday, 10/25 for 1PM at the John Thompson Legacy Ctr for the #NOLA chapter meetup of Noname Book Club (NNBC). Each month a book written by a Black author is chosen & discussed. This month's pick is "Assata: An Autobiography." Interested in attending? RSVP here: [email protected]
October 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Join us this Saturday, 10/25 for 1PM at the John Thompson Legacy Ctr for the #NOLA chapter meetup of Noname Book Club (NNBC). Each month a book written by a Black author is chosen & discussed. This month's pick is "Assata: An Autobiography." Interested in attending? RSVP here: [email protected]
ICYMI: Jessie Hoffman's spiritual advisor, Rev. Reimoku Smith, spoke about his relationship with Jessie, the first person executed by the State of LA. in 15 yrs, on World Day Against the Death Penalty.
WATCH the full webinar: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Lv0...
WATCH the full webinar: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Lv0...
October 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
ICYMI: Jessie Hoffman's spiritual advisor, Rev. Reimoku Smith, spoke about his relationship with Jessie, the first person executed by the State of LA. in 15 yrs, on World Day Against the Death Penalty.
WATCH the full webinar: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Lv0...
WATCH the full webinar: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Lv0...
In late September, a Baton Rouge federal judge took a major step in the long-running litigation about “overdetention" or when an incarcerated person is held in prison past the end of their legal release date.
October 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
In late September, a Baton Rouge federal judge took a major step in the long-running litigation about “overdetention" or when an incarcerated person is held in prison past the end of their legal release date.
Thanks to Corinna, @pageonem.bsky.social, and the Community Book Center for helping us bring the "Secrets of the Killing State" book tour to New Orleans! 💚🖤
Next was an awesome book talk at The Community Bookstore, followed by an event at Brazos Books in Houston. What great stores!
October 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Thanks to Corinna, @pageonem.bsky.social, and the Community Book Center for helping us bring the "Secrets of the Killing State" book tour to New Orleans! 💚🖤
**REMINDER: Don't forget to join us today for 5:30PM at the Twelve Mile Limit for our #happyhour fun-raiser! A portion of this event's signature cocktail, "The Bees Knees", will go to the Promise of Justice's programmatic work.
October 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
**REMINDER: Don't forget to join us today for 5:30PM at the Twelve Mile Limit for our #happyhour fun-raiser! A portion of this event's signature cocktail, "The Bees Knees", will go to the Promise of Justice's programmatic work.
#CurrentlyReading ➡️: "Racial justice demands attention because the aging prison population disproportionately affects communities of color due to historical sentencing disparities."
Why Expanding Compassionate Release Is a Moral and Fiscal Imperative
(via @npquarterly.bsky.social)
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(via @npquarterly.bsky.social)
https://pulse.ly/vsfeiqd0hq
Why Expanding Compassionate Release Is a Moral and Fiscal Imperative - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
The nation today imprisons a rapidly aging population. Not only does this practice result in thousands of deaths in prison, but it is very costly. Policy reform is required.
pulse.ly
October 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
#CurrentlyReading ➡️: "Racial justice demands attention because the aging prison population disproportionately affects communities of color due to historical sentencing disparities."
Join us this Thursday at 5:30PM at 12 Mile Limit for a night of fun, community, and impact! Every dollar raised fuels the fight for justice and supports PJI’s work right here in #Louisiana.
October 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Join us this Thursday at 5:30PM at 12 Mile Limit for a night of fun, community, and impact! Every dollar raised fuels the fight for justice and supports PJI’s work right here in #Louisiana.