Criminal Justice News
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Justice Policy Institute Decries Resumption of Federal Executions
- Jul 20, 2020
- The Justice Policy Institute (JPI) strongly opposes the actions of the United States Department of…
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Public Defenders Take to the Streets in a Call for Racial Justice
- Hannah Gaskill, Jun 9, 2020
- Cites JPI's "Rethinking Approaches to Over Incarceration of Black Young Adults in Maryland" policy…
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Protests continue for the 11th straight day in Baltimore following the death of George Floyd
- McKenna Oxenden, Lillian Reed, and Christina Tkacik, Jun 8, 2020
- Cites JPI's "Rethinking Approaches to Over Incarceration of Black Young Adults in Maryland" policy…
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Minneapolis Public Schools Voted To End Its Contract With The City’s Police After The Death Of George Floyd
- Molly Hensley-Clancy, Jun 2, 2020
- Quotes JPI's Executive Director Marc Schindler.
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Over 200 coronavirus cases reported in Maryland Prison system, department says
- Phillip Jackson, May 27, 2020
- Quotes JPI's Director of Research and Policy Ryan King.
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Growing Old in Prison: How Md. Is Working to Ease Path to Release for a Low-Risk, High-Cost Population
- Angela Roberts, May 11, 2020
- Quotes JPI's Executive Director Marc Schindler.
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Incarceration Increases Young Black Men’s Risk of Repeatedly Being Violently Injured
- Joseph B. Richardson Jr., May 6, 2020
- Cite JPI's "Rethinking Approaches to Over Incarceration of Black Young Adults in Maryland" policy…
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SHOT BY POLICE, THEN CONVICTED IN A MURDER HE SAYS HE DIDN’T COMMIT. NOW HE’S FACING COVID-19 BEHIND BARS.
- Brandon Soderberg, Apr 29, 2020
- Cite's JPI's "Maryland Faces COVID-19 Catastrophe in Prison without Immediate Steps to Decarcerate"…
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D.C. should act now to save the lives of returning citizens
- Ralph Anwan “Big G” Glover and Ronald “Moe” Moten, Apr 27, 2020
- Cites JPI's new resource "DC Jail and COVID-19."
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Maryland Reports First Inmate Death From COVID-19 Pandemic
- Hannah Gaskill, Apr 13, 2020
- Cite JPI's advocacy of the list of demands sent to Maryland Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan that could…
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Release Nonviolent Inmates and Juveniles So They Can Social Distance From Home
- Jazz Lewis, Apr 11, 2020
- Cite JPI's " Rethinking Approaches to Over Incarceration of Black Young Adults in Maryland " policy…
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Coronavirus spreads in DC region’s prisons as families, advocates worry and seek action
- Malika Budd, Apr 10, 2020
- Cite JPI's advocacy of the list of demands sent to Maryland Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan that could…
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Advocates Reiterate Plea For Prisoner Release, Call Hogan’s Actions ‘Unconscionable’
- Hannah Gaskill, Apr 9, 2020
- Quotes JPI's Associate Tyrone Walker on the call for depopulating Maryland's state and local…
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Marylanders Worry About Loved Ones Behind Bars Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
- Annie Rose Ramos, Apr 8, 2020
- Highlighting JPI's #DECARCERATECOVID-19 virtual press conference.
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Advocates Urge Release of Older Prison Population Due to COVID-19
- Nadia Ramlagan, Mar 23, 2020
- Quotes JPI's Associate Tyrone Walker.
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Coronavirus Pandemic: Prison Population Vulnerable During Crisis
- Stephen Janis and Taya Graham, Mar 21, 2020
- Quotes JPI's Executive Director Marc Schindler.
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Coronavirus in Prisons: Advocates Urge Release of Geriatric Population
- Diane Bernard, Mar 16, 2020
- Quotes JPI Associate Tyrone Walker.
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State halts prison, juvenile justice facility visits indefinitely amid coronavirus outbreak
- Laina G. Stebbins, Mar 14, 2020
- Quotes JPI's Executive Director Marc Schindler on Coronavirus press release.
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Bill Would Remove Md. Governor’s Office From Parole Decisions
- Annie Rose Ramos, Mar 3, 2020
- Quotes Keith Wallington, JPI's State Strategiest.
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Central Florida prosecutors, defenders team up with Morgan & Morgan to create Community Bail Fund
- Emilee Speck, Feb 19, 2020
- Cites JPI's "Bail Fail" report.
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The next step in Connecticut’s juvenile justice reform
- Hearst Connecticut Media Group Editorial Board, Feb 14, 2020
- Quotes JPI's "Raise the Age" report.
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MD Gov. Calls Crime in Baltimore ‘Urgent Crisis’
- Diane Bernard, Feb 6, 2020
- Quotes JPI's Executive Director Marc Schindler.
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Maryland leads the nation in incarcerating young black men
- Jonathan Franklin, Jan 20, 2020
- Discusses JPI's "Rethinking Approaches to Over Incarceration of Black Young Adults in Maryland"…
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In Sacramento, Youth Activists Push to Get Police Out of Schools
- Susan Abram, Jan 6, 2020
- Quotes JPI's Executive Director Marc Schindler on the use of School Resource Officers.
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Latest indictments of Maryland jail guards feed long-raging debate around need for corrections reforms
- Kevin Rector and Jessica Anderson, Dec 6, 2019
- Quotes JPI's Executive Director Marc Schindler on our “Rethinking Approaches to Over…
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