Sentencing Project

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The Sentencing Project has been working for a fair and effective U.S. justice system since 1986.

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    17. sij

    NEW REPORT: While we still have a long way to go to , a growing number of states are passing reforms to reduce incarceration and the harmful impacts of a felony conviction. Check out key passed in 2019 in our new report.

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    prije 5 sati

    Addressing the opioids crisis must prioritize treatment and a public health centered approach to stop overdose deaths, not more incarceration.

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  3. Immigrants make our communities safer, as a century of research has established. Criminalizing migration expands mass incarceration without improving public safety.

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  4. While a decade of reform has reduced the federal prison population, 14 states have made even more headway. Bolder efforts, like those championed by the Release Aging People in Prison Campaign, are critical to ending mass incarceration.

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  5. Criminal justice reform is not done. Thousands of people are still serving excessive federal sentences, including life without parole for drug offenses.

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  6. The provided retroactive sentencing reductions to people imprisoned under the old 100 to 1 crack cocaine disparity. Over 2,000 people have benefited from this reform — including Edward Douglass.

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  7. A bipartisan task force in Michigan has recommended substantive changes to the state’s justice system—including bail reform and proposals to divert people with mental health issues away from incarceration. via

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  8. OP-ED: "If we truly believe housing is a human right, we cannot permanently punish individuals who have paid their debts to society by structurally denying them access to every single form of housing."—

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  9. A Texas nonprofit gives incarcerated mothers the ability to stay connected with their children through audio recordings. The women record themselves reading books aloud to allow their children to follow along at home.

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  10. UPDATED: Get the latest criminal justice data in our updated Trends in U.S. Corrections fact sheet:

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  11. 3. velj

    Disenfranchisement policies are fundamentally at odds both with democracy & with the need to support individuals in their reentry from prison. Four states took steps to expand voting rights to people with felony convictions in 2019. Learn more:

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  12. 3. velj

    Under Iowa law, people with felony convictions who have completed their sentences can't vote unless they apply to the governor for rights restoration. "Voting rights matter. And people should have voting rights no matter their past, present or future."

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    3. velj

    Virginia Republicans told that their state had the fourth lowest violent crime rate in 2018 b/c it has abolished parole. Here's how VA's imprisonment rate compares with states that had an even lower violent crime rate in 2018.

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  14. 3. velj

    In 1995, Virginia abolished parole. Now, thousands of people in prison could be eligible for release under bills advancing through the state's General Assembly that would reinstate some forms of parole.

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  15. 3. velj

    “Strategies to abolish the death penalty can be improved upon by viewing the successful elimination of the death penalty as just the first step on the road to the reformation of extreme sentences altogether."—

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  16. 3. velj

    St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner is suing city leaders for “racially motivated conspiracy,” alleging they have tried to undermine her efforts to fight police misconduct and reform the local justice system. Read more in Race and Justice News:

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  17. 3. velj

    At 17, Kimberly Woodson was sentenced to life in prison. She spent 29 years in prison until she was resentenced and released in 2017. Now, she is helping formerly incarcerated people as they return home from prison through her own nonprofit.

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  18. 2. velj

    In a 3-2 vote along party lines, a Georgia Senate study committee approved a recommendation to not expand voting rights for people with felony convictions. Read more in our latest Disenfranchisement News:

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  19. 1. velj

    For over 40 years, Georgetown University’s Street Law Program has held law classes for people at the D.C. jail. This month, an all-female class had their first mock trial. "I am — we are — more than these orange jumpsuits, and I am going to prove it.”

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  20. 31. sij

    OP-ED: "A prison may or may not be humane, but it will always be dehumanizing. The isolation, the lack of liberty — the separation from family and community — are antithetical to human life."—

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  21. 31. sij

    A state budget proposal would expand postsecondary opportunities in California prisons by extending bachelor's programs to more prisons around the state. via

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