Qiana Johnson
Democratic · MD
Qiana L. Johnson is a criminal justice reform advocate who founded Courtwatch PG in 2017 to monitor Prince George's County courts and jail conditions. She prioritizes faster, more transparent court services, protecting sensitive records, and easier public access to records.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 7 records
Testified in person for Life After Release in support of the Maryland Fair Chance in Housing Act (Senate Bill 635) on March 7, 2024. The bill limited how landlords may use an applicant's criminal history.
March 7, 2024
Source: mgaleg.maryland.gov
Won an appeal on April 25, 2022 that threw out a $238,000 restitution order in her 2015 theft case. The court ruled the bank was not a victim of the charges on which she was found guilty.
April 25, 2022
Source: courts.state.md.us
Testified in person for Life After Release on the Maryland New Start Act on January 26, 2022, supporting it with amendments. The act created state loans for people in business-training programs and became law.
January 26, 2022
Source: mgaleg.maryland.gov
Testified in person for Life After Release against Senate Bill 617 on February 23, 2021. The bill proposed barring record expungement for people who still owed court costs, fines, or restitution.
February 23, 2021
Source: mgaleg.maryland.gov
Testified in person for Life After Release in support of House Bill 316 on January 26, 2021. The bill waived home detention monitoring fees for low-income people awaiting trial and became law.
January 26, 2021
Source: mgaleg.maryland.gov
Sued in Prince George's County in April 2020, as executive director of her nonprofit Life After Release, to push the state to release more prisoners during the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 25, 2020
Source: wmdt.com
Testified in person for Life After Release in support of House Bill 36 on January 16, 2020. The bill ended court fines and costs charged to children and their parents in juvenile cases and became law.
January 16, 2020
Source: mgaleg.maryland.gov
Track record — Candidate Ethics
Candidate Ethics · 1 record
Was convicted on April 23, 2015 in Prince George's County Circuit Court of theft over $100,000 and conspiracy to commit that theft, in a case over a house sold with a forged deed; the jury acquitted her of eight other charges. She was sentenced to 10 years with all but five suspended. An appeals court upheld the convictions on May 13, 2016.
April 23, 2015
Source: courts.state.md.us
Past race Qiana Johnson ran in:
- Clerk of the Circuit Court · November 3, 2026 · Prince George's County, Maryland