Sheriff Receives PPE from the National Sheriff’s Association (NSA)
Cordele, Georgia – Crisp County Sheriff’s Office received two facemasks for each jail employee and incarcerated individual from the Reform Alliance and the National Sheriffs’ Association.
The National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA) and the REFORM Alliance (REFORM) are partnering to deliver personal protective equipment (PPE) to every jail across the country in the coming weeks. REFORM is making millions of masks available to help protect every employee and incarcerated individual in jails throughout the country from the continued spread of COVID-19. The partnership comes after REFORM secured a $10 million donation from Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s #startsmall project to help REFORM distribute PPE to every correctional facility in America.
“I am grateful to the Reform Alliance and the NSA for providing this life-saving equipment that is vital to the maintaining of the jail during the pandemic,” said Sheriff Billy Hancock. “These masks will ensure that everyone in the jail is as safe and healthy as possible.”
About the National Sheriffs’ Association:
The National Sheriffs’ Association is one of the largest associations of law enforcement professionals in the U.S., representing more than 3,000 elected Sheriffs across the nation, and with a total membership of more than 14,000. NSA is a non-profit organization dedicated to raising the level of professionalism among Sheriffs, their deputies, and others in the field of law enforcement, public safety, and criminal justice. Throughout its eighty-year history, NSA has also served as an information resource for all law enforcement, as well as State governments and the Federal government.
About Reform Alliance:
The REFORM Alliance is committed to advancing criminal justice reforms that increase public safety and reduce the number of people who are unjustly trapped in the system, starting with probation and parole. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, REFORM has made protecting incarcerated people, law enforcement, and correctional staff its top priority. In addition to securing and helping distribute PPE, REFORM has also released the SAFER policy plan to help governments prevent the spread of the coronavirus behind bars. REFORM’s founding partners include award-winning recording artist Meek Mill; Philadelphia 76ers partner and Fanatics Executive Chairman Michael Rubin; entrepreneur and business mogul Shawn “JAY-Z” Carter; Kraft Group CEP and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft; Brooklyn Nets co-owner and philanthropic investor Clara Wu Tsai; Third Point LLC CEO and founder Daniel S. Loeb; Galaxy Digital CEO and founder Michael E. Novogratz; Vista Equity Partners founder, chairman, and CEO Robert F. Smith; Arnold Ventures co-founder Laura Arnold. CNN host, author and activist Van Jones serves as the organization’s CEO.