 The same year, Ben & Jerry’s partnered with Advancement Project in a campaign focused on criminal justice reform.The campaign includes efforts to shut down a St. Louis jail, Workhouse, and other similar jails.The Advancement Project California was a primary supporter of the defeated California Proposition 38 in 2012, which would have increased state income tax rates for most Californians, resulting in increased revenues to the state of about $10 billion a year.