Jessica Jackson

CEO Reform Alliance, Fmr. Mayor & Council Member City of Mill Valley and mom of four.

[Jessica Jackson @JessicaJackson]

This is such an important read for women in their 20’s and 30’s.

[The Free Press @TheFP]

I’m an IVF Doctor. Business Is Booming Because Ob-Gyns Aren’t Doing Their Jobs.

Just last Monday, a woman sat across from me in my office and asked a question I have come to dread. Why had no one told her? She is 33, a therapist, married three years, and she has been to her gynecologist every year since high school. She was also on the brink of perimenopause.

She had assumed that when she was ready, her body would be too. No one in two decades of annual visits had ever explained that the most consequential decisions about her capacity to bear children were being made by her ovaries on a calendar she could not see, while her doctor took her blood pressure and refilled her birth control.

She is the patient I see several times a month. She is the most preventable tragedy in American medicine.

https://t.co/rMcahKaIzY

[Jessica Jackson @JessicaJackson]

@JohnPhi7056453 @Delta Also you’ve got the govt begging people to have more babies at this point but then no one wants to accommodate them? No wonder birth rates are plummeting.

[Jessica Jackson @JessicaJackson]

@JohnPhi7056453 @Delta I mean just don’t want others to have to stand and wait forever while I break down a stroller or remove a kid from a carrier. There is a reason other airlines do it and it’s not a privilege for the parent.

[Jessica Jackson @JessicaJackson]

@salutemyshortz @Delta Not only was I paying attention, I went up and asked the gate agent to clarify so I was sure. Also saw them kick families out of line and tell them to board with their zone.

[Jessica Jackson @JessicaJackson]

@TomIannitti @Delta I’m in Orlando and the gate agent said it multiple times and sent all the families who tried back to board with their zones. I went up and asked her just to double check and she clarified that it is not their policy to let families on early with kids two and under.

[Jessica Jackson @JessicaJackson]

@JEGjimmyg @FlipChicagoRed That’s not me….

[REFORM Alliance @REFORM]

This Mother’s Day, we’re thinking about the mothers navigating incarceration and supervision. These mothers are often separated from their children for years at a time, forced to parent through phone calls, emails, visitation rooms, and impossible distance.

We are honored to partner with @KimKardashian and Ladies of Hope Ministries (@thelohm) to enable 50 incarcerated moms to spend this Mother's Day with their children.

They deserve better. We must do better.

[Jessica Jackson @JessicaJackson]

We are honored to help reunite 50 mothers with their children this weekend. As a mother, I cannot imagine being away from my babies and some of these women haven’t seen their kids in decades due to the expense of travel. @KimKardashian @REFORM @thelohm @EdyHaney

[REFORM Alliance @REFORM]

"So many of these mothers have spent years away from their children and families, missing birthdays, holidays, and everyday moments most of us take for granted," she continued. "I’m honored to partner with REFORM and LOHM to help reconnect these families so they can hold their children, laugh together, and simply be a family again.” @KimKardashian

This Mother's Day, in partnership with @KimKardashian and @thelohm we’re reuniting 50 families. EXCLUSIVE:
https://t.co/QlYZfpPEQL

[Jessica Jackson @JessicaJackson]

Agree. Everyone laughed when I took notes by hand in law school instead of on my lap top, but it helped me remember things much better.

[Defiant L’s @DefiantLs]

“As soon as devices were introduced into classrooms around 2010 scores have been falling in reading, in math, basically around the world.”

“We have over a decade of research showing this experiment was a fail... Having students on devices harms their learning.”

[Jessica Jackson @JessicaJackson]

Even in these divided political times, First Step Act continues to be a beacon of bipartisanship. Forever grateful to @realDonaldTrump for signing that bill into law and for continuing to affirm his commitment to its implementation.

[Alice Marie Johnson @AliceMarieFree]

Today, April 30th, @POTUS proclaimed April as Second Chance Month.  I am proud to serve our country in my role as White House Pardon Czar.

America is a nation of laws.
But it is also a nation that believes in growth, responsibility—and redemption.

I know that because I lived it.

Working alongside many partners across the country, I see every day that public safety must come first—but also that when people truly change, they deserve a real opportunity to rebuild their lives.

President Trump has led historic criminal justice reform—and never lost sight of that balance.

A second chance changed my life.  Now I work every day to help others earn theirs. 🙏🏽🇺🇸

@WhiteHouse @Potus

https://t.co/KvnC66oJEZ

[Paris Hilton @ParisHilton]

Such a powerful article. I am grateful to @AP for continuing to report and shine a light on this dark area of the troubled teen industry and who its impacting most 💔

[Jessica Jackson @JessicaJackson]

@agingroy It appears from the list that the least aging groups have something in their day the others don’t- movement. We age when we don’t move.

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Research in Finland found that simply changing what children play on can quickly influence their immune system.

Scientists redesigned parts of nursery playgrounds by swapping gravel and asphalt for natural forest materials, soil, moss, leaf litter, and native plants, so kids would be exposed to the microbes found in nature. After just 28 days, clear biological differences emerged.

Children who played in these “rewilded” spaces developed a richer mix of microbes on their skin and in their gut. They also showed higher levels of regulatory T-cells, which help the body manage inflammation and reduce the risk of immune overreactions like allergies. These changes were not observed in children who stayed on conventional playground surfaces.

The findings support the biodiversity hypothesis, the idea that limited contact with natural environments, especially in urban life, may be linked to rising allergies and autoimmune conditions.

What stands out is how simple the intervention was. This wasn’t extreme outdoor exposure-just everyday play in a more natural setting. Even small, regular contact with soil and vegetation appears to shape the body’s internal ecosystem and how the immune system develops.

Learn more:
"Dirty Playgrounds: How Rewilding Finnish Schools Transformed
Children's Health." LettsSafari

[Jessica Jackson @JessicaJackson]

So can we talk about maternity leave then? I’ve never had a child consistently sleep through the night until they are at least 2. And no I’m not torturing them with sleep training (and yes… I think it’s abuse). Leave needs to match that timeframe then (based off this study).

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

The scariest finding in this paper: the subjects couldn't tell it was happening.

UPenn ran this study on 48 healthy adults. One group slept 8 hours. Another slept 6. Another slept 4. For 14 straight days. They tested cognitive performance every 2 hours from 7:30am to 11:30pm.

The 6-hour group's reaction times, working memory, and sustained attention deteriorated on a near-linear curve. By day 14 they were performing at the same level as someone who hadn't slept at all in 48 hours. The 4-hour group hit that threshold by day 6.

Here's the part that should unsettle everyone who thinks they "do fine" on 6 hours: the subjects' self-reported sleepiness flatlined after the first few days. Their brains kept getting worse. Their perception of how impaired they were stopped updating. The cognitive decline was invisible to the person experiencing it.

The researchers found a hard threshold. Any wakefulness beyond 15.84 hours in a day produces cumulative neurobiological cost. That cost compounds every single day you exceed it and does not reset with a weekend of sleeping in.

About 35% of American adults sleep less than 7 hours a night. 40% of those get 6 hours or less. In 1942 that number was 11%. We built an entire professional culture around a sleep schedule that this paper says is functionally equivalent to pulling consecutive all-nighters.

"I'm fine on 6 hours" is the most common response to sleep research. The first thing chronic sleep debt destroys is your ability to notice chronic sleep debt.

[REFORM Alliance @REFORM]

After serving 16 years in prison, Quadaire came home and did everything right: built a family, started a nonprofit, and stayed fully compliant while on probation.

But Virginia���s probation system didn't have a reliable and standardized process that would account for that kind of progress — until now.

Governor Abigail Spanberger just signed a bipartisan bill into law that will allow people on probation to earn early termination by demonstrating stability and rehabilitation. That means more people being given the opportunity to move forward with their lives and contribute to their communities, lower caseloads for officers, and a stronger focus on true public safety.

Virginia just took another major step toward smarter, safer supervision.

Read the full op-ed 🔗 https://t.co/B8WebPCwG1

[Jessica Jackson @JessicaJackson]

@TheRocSupremacy 23 to be exact

[REFORM Alliance @REFORM]

Public safety isn’t about slogans. It’s about outcomes.

In an op-ed for @TheHill, REFORM CEO @JessicaJackson makes the case for modernizing federal supervision.

The Safer Supervision Act would focus resources where they matter most: supporting success, strengthening accountability, and reducing repeat crime. https://t.co/cIULu4UNvG

[Jessica Jackson @JessicaJackson]

So honored and grateful for this recognition. Wouldn’t have happened without the phenomenal team at @reform and without the incredible @holly_harris who nominated me ❤️

[REFORM Alliance @REFORM]

We are proud to announce that our CEO @JessicaJackson has been named by @TheHill as one of the Top Women Shaping Policy in the United States!

The Hill’s list recognizes 50 lawmakers, advocates, and innovators at the forefront of the most critical policy debates in Washington and across the nation.

Throughout her career, and as CEO of REFORM, Jessica has been a champion for policies that have changed the lives of people under supervision all across the country and the world.

We’re grateful for this recognition of Jessica’s leadership and thrilled to see her sharing the spotlight with other inspiring women who are effecting change.

#WomensHistoryMonth

[Jessica Jackson @JessicaJackson]

Let’s go Virginia!!!!

[REFORM Alliance @REFORM]

🎉 IT’S OFFICIAL: HB 149 / SB 136 has passed the VA General Assembly.

Now it heads to @SpanbergerForVA's desk to be signed into law.

If signed, this bill creates a clear path to early termination for people who have worked hard and done everything right while on probation—complied with the conditions of their supervision, maintained employment, completed treatment, and demonstrated they are not a public safety risk to the community.

That means:
✅ Individuals are empowered to earn their way out of the system
✅ Probation officers can focus on higher-risk cases
✅ More Virginians can participate in the workforce
✅ Public safety resources are directed where they matter most

Governor Spanberger, let’s finish the job. 💪

[Jessica Jackson @JessicaJackson]

Body cams in the BOP! @OfficialFBOP is really making important changes.

[Federal Bureau of Prisons @OfficialFBOP]

Safer Operations. Stronger Accountability. Smarter Technology.

BOP’s upcoming Body Worn Camera Industry Day brings industry partners together to demonstrate technologies that support accountability and operational readiness.
Full article: https://t.co/MIZlG3YpWI