Diverse Group of Organizations Endorse Bipartisan First Step Act

WASHINGTON – A broad set of organizations today endorsed the bipartisan First Step Act, which was introduced last week and is backed by President Trump. In a letter to Majority and Minority leaders in both the Senate and House of Representatives, 42 organizations, including faith-based groups and conservative think tanks, called on Congress to pass the comprehensive criminal justice reform package before the end of the year.

 

“We believe these changes will improve the effectiveness of our prisons and public safety. The First Step Act is a significant step to advance justice and we hope it is just one of many to come,” the cosigners wrote.

 

Cosigners of the letter include:

ALEC Action

Aleph Institute

American Conservative Union

American Correctional Association

Americans for Tax Reform

Association of Prosecuting Attorneys

Bridges To Life

Calvert Institute for Policy Research, Inc.

CAN-DO Foundation

Christian Community Development Association

Citygate Network

Commonwealth Foundation

Council for Christian Colleges & Universities

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Douglass Leadership Institute

Due Process Institute

Faith & Freedom Coalition

Flikshop

Florida TaxWatch, Inc.

Freedom Works

Heritage Action

Institute for Prison Ministries

James Madison Institute

Just Detention

Justice And Serious Mental Illness

Kingdom Mission Society

Latinos For Tennessee PAC

Lifted From the Rut

Louisiana Family Forum

National Association of Evangelicals

National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference

National Incarceration Association, Inc.

National Latino Evangelical Coalition

Pelican Institute

Prison Fellowship

R Street Institute

Returning Home

Right on Crime

Rio Grande Foundation

Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission

Texas Public Policy Foundation

Valor Village Foundation, Inc.