On Monday January 10, Last Prisoner Project led a coalition in publishing an open letter to New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy. The letter urges Gov. Murphy to grant categorical clemency to all marijuana offenders who are currently incarcerated in New Jersey state prisons. Despite the state legalizing cannabis for medicinal use in 2010, and adult-use a decade later, the letter maintains that “hundreds remain incarcerated or on supervised release.”
Since 2019, Last Prisoner Project has worked with families in states across the country to secure phone calls, medical care, commissary funds, and legal fees for cannabis offenders. As New Jersey rolls out its adult use market in 2022, LPP is demanding justice for those who are still paying the cost for racist marijuana laws that were unfairly enforced for decades.
