Shawn Howard

Invest in people, not prisons

Florida’s criminal justice system is structured to punish individuals rather than to rehabilitate them.

Florida’s criminal justice system is structured to punish individuals rather than to rehabilitate them. It’s costly, ineffective, and does not increase public safety. We need to invest in people, not prisons.

Shawn Howard is a criminal justice reform advocate and father to an incarcerated son. This is his story.