"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Legislative Strategy
Praxis works with lawmakers, families, directly impacted people, attorneys, advocates, and bipartisan partners to move practical reforms. We combine legal analysis, coalition organizing, public education, and legislative strategy to advance policies that can survive contact with reality.
Current Priorities
Fund Independent Prison Oversight
Home Confinement
Sentencing Reform
Reentry Support
Drug Policy and Overdose Prevention
Public Health Approaches to Substance Use
Access to Courts and Legal Information
Prison Conditions and Accountability
Drug Policy & Overdose Prevention
Drug policy and overdose prevention are now integrated into our broader Criminal Legal System Reform portfolio. Praxis supports pragmatic, health-centered approaches that reduce death, reduce stigma, and connect people to support instead of cycling them through jail and prison.
This work includes overdose prevention education, harm reduction policy advocacy, public health approaches to substance use, community education, legislative strategy, and coalition partnership — all pursued within a complete systems-reform framework.
The Seven Ps Framework
Our comprehensive framework for understanding and reforming every stage of the criminal legal system:
Police
Law enforcement practices and accountability
Pre-Trial
Bail reform and pre-trial detention policies
Prosecution
Prosecutorial discretion and charging practices
Probation
Community supervision and probation reform
Prison
Conditions, programming, and oversight
Post-Release
Reentry, employment, and housing support
Parity
Review and assessment of how much parity has been recovered since release
Coalition Work
Praxis helps convene, coordinate, and support coalitions that include people across political, professional, and lived-experience lines. We believe lasting reform requires diverse stakeholders working together toward common goals. Our coalition partners include lawmakers, attorneys, advocates, families, correctional staff, faith leaders, and directly impacted people.
