Crime Survivors Speak

We're a community of 230,000+ crime survivors lifting our voices together. #SurvivorsSpeak #HealTheVote #WeAreSurvivors

[Crime Survivors Speak @CSSJustice]

Crime survivors all over the country are demanding a different future for generations to come. 🧵

[Crime Survivors Speak @CSSJustice]

Entering the 1st full week of Crime Victims' Rights Month, we look back to
#CrimeSurvivorsSpeakAlabama. We were proud to partner w/ @AlaAppleseed. Cali Greer inspired everyone w/her call for change
https://t.co/YmfuxAv3jv

[Crime Survivors Speak @CSSJustice]

Together, Sommer and Aswad explore what real community safety looks like beyond incarceration, why most harm happens between people who know each other, and how trauma care, mediation, and economic stability can prevent violence before it happens.
#crimesurvivorsspeak

[Crime Survivors Speak @CSSJustice]

Our latest Crime Survivors Speak Podcast episode is hot off the presses today. Meet Sommer Alexander, Texas Chapter Coordinator for @timedone a Reentry Peer Support Specialist with the @TexasHRA.

https://t.co/6r606TRYXS

#publicsafety

[Crime Survivors Speak @CSSJustice]

Sneak peek: A new CSS Podcast episode unveils tomorrow and Sommer Alexander in Texas is ready to reimagine what #publicsafety means. If you are, too, tune in tomorrow. https://t.co/oO1XNO5vqs

[Just Safe @SafeandJustUSA]

For decades, the U.S. has poured billions into prisons - but just pennies into prevention and healing, helping people and building communities. It's time to flip the script - by investing in what actually makes communities safer.
#publicsafety

[Crime Survivors Speak @CSSJustice]

We're ready to host our survivor leaders from California for 2 days of organizing, healing+advocacy at the Capitol. We'll break bread, inform each other on policy objectives+raise our collective voices to impact positive change in our communities. Stay tuned!
#SurvivorsSpeak2026

[Crime Survivors Speak @CSSJustice]

SB 1140 is about what works to reduce ⤵️crime and strengthen💪🏼 communities.

When people can move beyond minor past mistakes, they’re more likely to find stable employment, support their families, and stay on a positive path.

Thank you Senator @ShawnnaLMBolick.

#publicsafety

[Alliance for Safety and Justice @asjpolicy]

'Stability is safety."

Today's unanimous House committee passage of SB 1140 opens the door for more Arizonans to fully participate in their communities and the economy, making Arizona safer in the process.

Thank you Senator @ShawnnaLMBolick.

#publicsafety

[Crime Survivors Speak @CSSJustice]

Safety+justice go hand in hand. We believe that everyone regardless of their past or where they live, deserves to be safe. Real safety comes from #publicsafety investments around prevention, healing, rehab+recovery. The justice system should be fair, restorative+a last resort.

[Just Safe @SafeandJustUSA]

We believe #publicsafety policy should be informed by crime victims+people w/old records who have important insights on our nation’s most pressing public safety challenges. We believe our work to build safety that lasts+justice that heals is more urgent+relevant than ever.

[Crime Survivors Speak @CSSJustice]

👏🏾HB 1042 is projected to deliver approximately $2.8M in annual savings for Pennsylvania, while advancing policies that strengthen #publicsafety.

[Alliance for Safety and Justice @asjpolicy]

Approximately 70% of crime victims in Pennsylvania support the earned credit policy advanced by HB 1042. We applaud today’s bipartisan passage of HB 1042 by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
#publicsafety

[Crime Survivors Speak @CSSJustice]

#SurvivorsSpeakMississippi

https://t.co/lrxq2lia6v

[Crime Survivors Speak @CSSJustice]

More Crime Survivors Speak Mississippi news to check out!

Thanks to @clarionledger and @MSTODAYnews for covering our first ever Survivors Speak event in Jackson!
#SurvivorsSpeak2026 https://t.co/PxpzPb0Dv2

[Alliance for Safety and Justice @asjpolicy]

The bill, which will receive its second hearing, creates more consistent and responsive approaches to community control that better account for public safety and rehabilitation.

[Alliance for Safety and Justice @asjpolicy]

During Wednesday’s Ohio Senate Judiciary Committee, a broad group of public safety stakeholders testified in support of SB 291, a bill sponsored by Chair @Manning_Nathan and Vice Chair @SenReynolds03 to strengthen the state’s community control system.

[Crime Survivors Speak @CSSJustice]

During #SurvivorsSpeakAlabama, we were honored to present the CSS Lifetime Achievement Award to Alabama member & @AlaAppleseed Community Navigator, Callie Greer, and the Community Partnership Recognition Award to Mothers Against All Violence in Selma. https://t.co/2SAzh3e2Is

[Crime Survivors Speak @CSSJustice]

We are grateful to AL policymakers who discussed this w/CSS members.
Sen Will Barfoot (R - 25)
@SenLanceBell (R - 11)
Sen Rodger Smitherman (D - 18)
Sen @aprilcweaver (R - 14)
@SenLindaColeman (D - 20)
@SenatorElliott (R - 32)
Sen @vivian_figures (R - 33)
#SurvivorsSpeak2026

[Crime Survivors Speak @CSSJustice]

Alabama can close the victim compensation access gap by passing HB 255 + SB 192 to extend the victim compensation filing time limit from 1 to 2 yrs.
#SurvivorsSpeakAlabama

[Crime Survivors Speak @CSSJustice]

#SurvivorsSpeakAlabama 🙌🏾

[Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth @theCFSY]

CFSY’s Catherine Jones & Ghani Songster joined @cssjustice in Montgomery for Survivors Speak Alabama. On the steps of the Alabama State Capitol, survivors urged lawmakers to expand victim compensation & open the state’s first trauma recovery center.

[Crime Survivors Speak @CSSJustice]

Day 1 & done! Our very 1st Survivors Speak event in Alabama Tuesday kicked off #SurvivorsSpeak2026 in Montgomery. We love being in community with you + showing local policymakers what we are made of. If you couldn’t make it, stay tuned here. Get ready, we’re headed your way soon!

[Just Safe @SafeandJustUSA]

Together, we are building #SafetyThatLasts and #JusticeThatHeals! Check out the full Just Safe family. The new safety movement starts here!

[Alliance for Safety and Justice @asjpolicy]

This week, the OH House heard testimony from opponents of HB 88, which would cost taxpayers $60M annually & treat addiction w prison. The crime victims, former corrections chief & substance use providers opposed to HB 88 know OH deserves REAL solutions to addiction & trafficking.