Billion Dollar Divide: Virginia's Sentencing, Corrections and Criminal Justice Challenge.
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July 11, 2014
Announcements—In the past two weeks, Congressional leaders took important steps to play a more catalytic role in advancing safe and smart youth justice policies, building on the bipartisan support that exists in… Continue
July 1, 2014
Press Releases, Criminal Justice News—Despite a recent report demonstrating a flawed justice system and skewed fiscal priorities, Virginia’s budget going into effect on July 1, includes over a billion dollars in general funds for… Continue
June 6, 2014
Announcements—This week, we traveled to Philadelphia, joining so many of our partners in juvenile justice during the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) Conference.… Continue
Marc Schindler, June 2, 2014
Announcements—When I served as general counsel, chief of staff, and interim director of the Washington, D.C. Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS) -- the city's juvenile corrections agency -- I knew… Continue
May 30, 2014
Announcements—JPI and other members of the Greater Baltimore Grassroots Criminal Justice Network joined Baltimore City Councilman Nick Mosby to witness Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake sign new legislation to "ban… Continue
May 2, 2014
JPI in the News, Announcements—A New Year, A New JPI
Our Work in Maryland and Virginia
Increasing Awareness Through Film
Incarceration Generation Book Tour
Executive… Continue
Justice Policy Institute, April 2, 2014
Criminal Justice (Adult), Drug Policy, Fiscal Policy, Positive Social Investments, Racial Disparities—Billion Dollar Divide points to racial disparities, skewed fiscal priorities, and missed opportunities for improvements through proposed legislation, and calls for reforms to the commonwealth… Continue
April 29, 2014
Press Releases, Announcements, Criminal Justice News—FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Zerline Hughes APRIL 29, 2014 202.558.7974, 202.320.1029 cell … Continue
April 23, 2014
Press Releases—FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 23, 2014 CONTACT: Zerline Hughes O: 202.558.7974 x 308 M: 202.320.1029 E: zhughes@justicepolicy.org
Jason Ziedenberg, March 24, 2014
Announcements, Criminal Justice News—The latest Just Policy Blog: Improving Accountability, Reducing Incarceration: Shifting to Success-Oriented Federal Funding of Local Law Enforcement
Marc Schindler, March 6, 2014
Announcements, Criminal Justice News—Just Policy Blog 3.6.14: Tiny Steps to Deinarcerate and Billions for Prisons and Police
Paul Ashton, April 9, 2014
JPI in the News, Criminal Justice News—The latest Just Policy Blog: National Crime Victims' Rights Week: Restoring the Balance of Justice
February 28, 2014
Announcements, Criminal Justice News—One year ago this week, the Justice Policy Institute released two groundbreaking reports highlighting the encouraging trend toward reduced confinement of youth nationwide.
In the year since the… Continue
JPI, June 24, 2013
Criminal Justice (Adult), Drug Policy, Juvenile Justice, Positive Social Investments, Racial Disparities—The Justice Policy Institute's 2013 published "Incarceration Generation," a coffee-table book of essays detailing the rise of mass incarceration over the last 40 years, features this pull-out… Continue
UprisingRadio.Org, January 7, 2014
JPI in the News, Criminal Justice News—JPI Executive Director Marc Schindler was featured on KPFK in Los Angles in an interview discussing Norfolk, VA's Travion Blount currently serving six life sentences plus 118 years in prison without… Continue
November 22, 2013
Announcements, Criminal Justice News—The Justice Policy Institute published a new policy brief on Virginia's escalating crisis within its justice system. Virginia's Justice System: Expensive, Ineffective and Unfair , calls the… Continue
Spike Bradford, November 13, 2013
Criminal Justice (Adult), Drug Policy, Fiscal Policy, Juvenile Justice, Positive Social Investments, Racial Disparities—Virginia's Justice System: Expensive, Ineffective and Unfair points to reforms that, if implemented, would result in relief for Virginians directly impacted by the justice system and taxpayers alike.
September 27, 2013
Press Releases—Today, President Obama issued his Administration's recommendations to increase funding for school resource officers (SROs) in an effort to curb school violence – an offshoot from last… Continue
Spike Bradford, September 30, 2013
Criminal Justice (Adult), Fiscal Policy, Positive Social Investments, Racial Disparities—This brief provides an update on pretrial and bail reform over the last year as a follow up to JPI's 2012 Bail Month Report Series.
Melissa Neal, Justice Policy Institute, June 21, 2012
Juvenile Justice, Positive Social Investments—This brief examines the intersection of youth mental health and the justice system in Washington, D.C.