“Prisons are filled with our neighbors. They’re within our own communities and we should be treating them like community members." Please watch & share: LEAP’s Laura Boesen worked in prisons, creating space for connection, dignity, growth -centering humanity where it can be lost

“Real change will require a willingness to rethink what prisons are supposed to accomplish. If the goal is public safety, then incarceration should leave people better prepared to return to society — not simply warehoused until the day they walk out the door.” - Laura Boesen, LEAP’s Program Associate in @SDSearchlight southdakotasearchlight.com/2…

Why are so many cities embracing Community Responder Programs - using trained responders in moments of crisis? CBS Chicago reports on the CARE team in Evanston and what this could look like for other cities across the country. Featuring the work of LEAP: cbsnews.com/chicago/news/car…

‘Why Overdose Deaths Are Falling—and It Isn’t Because of the Drug War’ by @dr4liberty “If bombing traffickers and escalating interdiction were meaningfully reducing supply, illicit drug prices should be rising. Instead, black markets continue to deliver cheaper, more potent, and more easily transported substances. After more than 50 years of failure, the drug war remains far better at generating black markets than saving lives.” acsh.org/news/2026/06/05/why…

‘Six years after George Floyd’s murder, a hard-won shift in public safety is under threat’ by Law Enforcement Action Partnership’s Executive Director @dianemgoldstein “At a moment when many cities are experiencing remarkable reductions in crime, the question now is whether policymakers will build on that progress — or retreat into the same shortsighted approaches that left too many communities struggling in the first place.” chicagotribune.com/2026/06/1…

Why do so many professionals from the justice system support alternative response strategies and community responder programs? Valued LEAP speaker @JosephFIniguez gives us his insights. As a prosecutor he has seen firsthand the importance on exploring all available options.

The return of the phrasing ‘zombie dr*g’. We see this used periodically. We have to avoid terminology such as this. And tragically we will always see increased strengths and fluctuations in purity, prohibition inherently equates to no quality control. thesun.co.uk/news/39273859/z…

‘What The Next 250 Years of American Justice Should Look Like’ “In the United States, we must believe in second chances—for our people and for our institutions. We must revise and redeem, amend and repair, evolve and improve. That instinct is as old as the republic itself.” #Justice250 time.com/article/2026/06/03/… By @anarzamora from @thejusttrust

‘Washington, D.C.'s crime decline and its lessons for American policing’ “What determines the effectiveness of police is not merely how many officers a city employs, but where they are, when they are there, and what they are doing.” niskanencenter.org/washingto…

A look at the ‘new’ strategies, assessed by @maiasz, around addiction and harm reduction. We need progression, not regression. ‘This Approach to Addiction Will Cost Lives’ [Paywalled NY Times] nytimes.com/2026/05/14/opini…

Make sure you listen to our very own @dianemgoldstein on Ground Game. Very useful insights here and a very accessible conversation for all! Take a listen: bit.ly/DianeGroundGame

Our friend @ChampBailey on why progress happens when you keep showing up. Because there’s always more work to do. #SB220

‘FDA's New Guidance Recognizes What Law Enforcement Already Knows’ “The Food and Drug Administration’s new enforcement guidance matters. It recognizes a basic reality: enforcement works best when it distinguishes between companies engaged in the regulatory process and bad actors operating outside it.” Our @dianemgoldstein writes in @townhallcom townhall.com/columnists/dian…

We (@PoliceForReform) have stated since 2002 that the sensible regulation of markets results in mitigating the illicit/unregulated market but we never willl completely eliminate it. Alcohol Bootlegging still exists and high taxes & bans make it thrive.

‘The Science Is Clear: Forced Addiction Treatment Fails Homeless People’ This piece mentions the deeply personal inspiration behind the work of @dianemgoldstein and our missions in Law Enforcement Action Partnership: invisiblepeople.tv/the-scien… By @NMotioninfo for @invisiblepeople