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Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Trump Pardons Highlight System’s Flaws by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Former President Donald Trump announced 143 pardons and commutations in the final hours of his term. While end-of-term pardons are the norm for outgoing presidents, the huge batch of last-minute announcements from the White House seemed to highlight the …
Publication • 2021
Defund Sheriffs - a Toolkit for Organizers 2021 DEFUND SHERIFFS A TOOLKIT FOR ORGANIZERS SHERIFFS FOR TRUSTING COMMUNITIES trustingsheriffs.org I-•· , ,-... ~ - COMMUNITY RESOURCE HUB . .. . FOR SAFETY & ACCOUNTABILITY CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 4 Lamar’s Story 5 PART 1: POLICING AND JAILING, NOT JUST POLICE 6 Role …
Publication • 2021
The Square One Project, Harm Reduction at the Center of Incarceration, 2021 THE SOUARE ONE PROJECT REIMAGINE JUSTICE EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE FUTURE OF JUSTICE POLICY APRIL 2021 Dr. Nneka Jones Tapia Managing Director, Justice Initiatives at Chicago Beyond. Former Warden of Cook County Jail HARM REDUCTION AT THE CENTER …
Publication • 2021
The Square One Project-Reimagining Judging, Jan 2021 THt SQUARE ONE PROJrCT REIMAGINE JUSTICE EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE FUTURE OF JUSTICE POLICY JANUARY 2021 Nancy Gertner Harvard Law School REIMAGINING JUDGING The Square One Project aims to incubate new thinking on our response to crime, promote more effective strategies, and contribute …
Article • April 1, 2021 • from PLN April, 2021
Connecticut Lawmakers Refuse to Address Corrections Issues During Pandemic by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Reform groups in Connecticut have been riding the wave of protests in America to pressure the Connecticut Legislature into making lasting reforms and addressing issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the results have …
Tougher Than the Rest: No Criminal Justice Reform “Miracle” in Texas by Marie Gottschalk by Marie Gottschalk For more than a decade now, politicians and policymakers — from Barack Obama to Donald Trump — have lauded Texas as a model for criminal justice reform. They have praised the Lone Star …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Mental Health and Prison Systems in Major Need of Reform by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss An article in the Harvard Political Review by Jenna Bao published March 9, 2020, reported that the movement to deinstitutionalize mental health facilities and save costs, which began in the 1950s, has resulted in …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
The Prison Was Built to Hold 1,500 Inmates. It Had Over 2,000 Coronavirus Cases by Dara Lind Prison overcrowding has been quietly tolerated for decades. But the pandemic is forcing a reckoning. by Dara Lind, ProPublica This article was originally published June 18, 2020, by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Many of Aging Kansas State Prison Population Could Be Released by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon By some standards, Kansas has a relatively small prison system. Numbering only around 10,000 beds, it is dwarfed by California’s and Texas’ penal institutions, which have 134,000 and 142,000 beds, respectively. Regardless of size, …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Can the Pandemic Undermine Mass Incarceration? by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins The direction of public policy in massive bureaucratic states tends to create an almost inexorable momentum all on its own, and that momentum often overwhelms not only the conditions that created the policy but also the public welfare …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Thinking in a Pandemic: Let the People Go by Joseph Margulies States should release from prison far more than the very small percentage of low-level, nonviolent offenders they hold. by Joseph Margulies, Boston Review, April 20, 2020 http://bostonreview.net/law-justice/joseph-margulies-prisons-and-pandemics COVID-19 spreads where people congregate. With rare exception, it preys on the …
Interview: David Fathi of ACLU’s National Prison Project on Criminal Justice Reform in the Age of Coronavirus by Ken Silverstein by Ken Silverstein David Fathi is Director of the American Civil Liberties Union National Prison Project, which brings challenges to conditions of confinement in prisons, jails, and other detention facilities, …
Publication • 2020
The Role of Prisoner Voice in Criminal Justice Reform d ~EORGE ON DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY THE ROLE OF PRISONER VOICE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM KAITLYN WOLTZ George Mason University Department of Economics Working Paper No. 20-50 Electronic copy available at: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3748768 The Role of Prisoner Voice in Criminal Justice …
Publication • 2020
But Who Oversees the Overseers, the Status of Prison and Jail Oversight in the United States, 2020 _DEITCH_V7.DOCX 2/23/2021 10:00 AM Article BUT WHO OVERSEES THE OVERSEERS?: THE STATUS OF PRISON AND JAIL OVERSIGHT IN THE UNITED STATES Michele Deitch  Distinguished Senior Lecturer at the University of Texas, with …
Publication • 2020
Council on Criminal Justice, Reshaping Criminal Justice After COVID-19, 2020 ., .... '· .~tj•. ., -1- ' •• .. ..1 About the Council The Council on Criminal Justice (the “Council”) works to advance understanding of the criminal justice policy choices facing the nation and build consensus for solutions that enhance …
Publication • 2020
The Square One Project - Understanding Health Reform as Justice Reform 2020 THE SOUARE ONE PROJECT REIMAGINE JUSTICE EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE FUTURE OF JUSTICE POLICY OCTOBER 2020 Lynda Zeller, Michigan Health Endowment Fund Jackie Prokop, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, PhD, University of Texas at Tyler UNDERSTANDING …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Most States Saw Criminal Justice Reforms in 2019, But Incarceration Rates Remain High by Victoria Law by Victoria Law, reprinted from Truthout On December 20, 2019, criminal justice advocates celebrated the news that President Trump signed the Fair Chance Act into law. Tucked into a massive defense spending bill, the …
Article • January 9, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Criminal Justice Reformers Apologize for Not Vetting Conference Speaker by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter Organizers of the Smart on Crime Innovations conference – an annual gathering of community leaders, elected officials, organizers, researchers, journalists and lawyers aimed at reforming the criminal justice system – tweeted an apology …
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Oregon Passes Historic Juvenile Justice Reform Bill but Refuses to Apply it Retroactively by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On July 22, 2019, Oregon joined 22 other states and the District of Columbia in eliminating life without parole sentences for prisoners who committed their offenses as juveniles. The state enacted …
Article • December 10, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Overzealous Prosecutors Seek to Lock Up Prisoners Released Under First Step Act by Chad Marks by Chad Marks In December 2018, President Trump signed the First Step Act into law. Among other reforms, the legislation reduced some of the penalties for crack cocaine offenses. For many years, there were complaints …
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