Jessica Jackson JD ’11 co-led with Van Jones the efforts to pass the bipartisan First Step Act, the most significant criminal justice reform in decades. Ms. Jackson Sloan was featured in a Democracy Now! show on First Step. The segment can be watched here.
Here’s a Santa Clara Law news item from May 2018 about Ms. Jackson Sloan’s work on the First Step Act. Jessica Jackson Sloan is also the founder of cut50, a national initiative to reduce the prison population.
