Justice Policy

@JusticePolicy

Over 20 years of fighting to end the through reducing the use of the justice system and promoting fair and effective policies.

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    6. stu 2019.

    NEW POLICY BRIEF: leads the nation in young men w/ the longest terms, 25% higher than the next nearest state, Mississippi. MD has incarcerated the highest % of people who are Black, more than 2x the national average.

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    Nearly ⅔ of people in jail have not been convicted of a crime. They are there because they can't afford to pay bail. 2019 was the year made it clear that ending without measures to decarcerate won’t deliver meaningful .

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    Philly's the only county in PA -- land of NRA-written statutes -- that  prosecutes people for carrying firearms without a license. That's a feature, not a bug, of a state that has one of the largest incarceration rates in the world. 

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  4. prije 5 sati

    Once again demonstrating real leadership and what it means for a public official to be and also embrace the core American value of and

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    This is real leadership and public officials showing what it means to be

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    In a culture that thinks its incarcerated citizens are evil, it can be difficult to pass meaningful . We need to stop reducing people to the worst thing they've ever done and instead focus on the social forces that lead to incarceration.

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    Thank you to the House Judiciary Committee for the opportunity to testify on this legislation. 9/9

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  9. prije 8 sati

    There should be a demand for evidence that longer sentences will reduce crime. I’m not aware of any research supporting these approaches, but if it does exist I think the proponents of this legislation should be required to present it for consideration 8/

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    Before the legislature considers the approaches being offered by the Governor, it should require a presentation of the type of data and research that was considered as part of the Justice Reinvestment process 7/

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  11. prije 8 sati

    is also the worst in the nation for the percentage of people serving long terms who were sent to prison under the age of 25, surpassing the disparities in even Mississippi, Georgia and Louisiana 6/

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  12. prije 8 sati

    Recently released data by has shown the unfortunate results of how these get-tough policies of the 90s has played out in with the state being the worst in the nation when it comes to the percentage of people 5/

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    However, after decades of sustained investments in polices like the governor is proposing, now has a system that a higher percentage of than any other state in the country (see ) 4/

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    If public was contingent on the amount of money we spend, the number of people we , and the length of time served, then (and the United States) would be among the safest places in the world 3/

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    2) More people serving longer (even though this has not been shown to make communities ) and, 3) A disproportionate number of being and cause harm to communities of color 3/

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    Based on research on these types of approaches it is clear that Governor Hogan’s legislative package would result in 1) More people being sentenced to when they can be safely served in the community (costing more and using resources ineffectively) 2/

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    Today is in testifying in opposition to Governor Hogan’s legislative package 1/

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    . presents a series of blogs celebrating advocates and officials who are leading the charge on Youth Justice reform. Read this introductory blog from

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  19. prije 11 sati

    “No one can be arrested on the basis of the computer match alone.” In Florida, facial recognition has long been part of daily policing. Yet this operates with little oversight & there are concerns about new technologies’ potential to violate due process.

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    In 2018, 64% of Floridians voted for , which would return the right to vote to people who had been formerly incarcerated. Then the state legislature intervened. 👇

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  21. prije 13 sati

    The historic passage of Senate Bill 48 represents a new chapter in New Jersey’s criminal justice reform. This bill eliminates fines as a penalty for youth in the juvenile justice system.

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