Criminal Justice News
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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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Ending the violence in Baltimore
- Ryan King and Keith Wallington, Nov 25, 2019
- JPI's Ryan King, Director of Research and Policy, and Keith Wallington, State Based Strategist,…
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Prevention a better approach to Maryland crime control than punishment
- Baltimore Sun Board, Nov 6, 2019
- Cites JPI's policy brief “Rethinking Approaches to Over Incarceration of Black Young Adults…
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Proportion of Maryland black prison population is more than double the national average of 32%
- Jessica Anderson, Nov 6, 2019
- Cites JPI's policy brief “Rethinking Approaches to Over Incarceration of Black Young Adults…
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Why is Maryland keeping an 85-year-old man and four other octogenarians in prison?
- Dan Rodricks, Nov 5, 2019
- Cites JPI's "The Ungers, 5 Years and Counting" report.
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D.C. Council hears support for letting jailed felons vote
- Sophie Kaplan, Oct 10, 2019
- Discusses Tyrone Walker, JPI Associate, work for voting rights.
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Activists Rally Behind 'Second Look' Amendment Act for Incarcerated Youth
- Candace Sander, Sep 16, 2019
- Quotes JPI Associate Tyrone Walker's testimony on restoring voting rights.
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Harrington launches new juvenile justice initiative
- Edge Staff, Sep 10, 2019
- Cites JPI's "Sticker Shock" report.
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Why America Needs to Break Its Addiction to Long Prison Sentences
- Ben Miller and Daniel S. Harawa, Sep 3, 2019
- Cites JPI's "Finding Direction" sentencing factsheet.
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Push to allow some violent criminals a chance at early release causes U.S. attorney for District to come out fighting
- Keith L. Alexander, Aug 31, 2019
- Quotes Marc Schindler, JPI's Executive Director.
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North Carolina Officials Working to Promote School Justice Partnerships
- Luciano Gonzalez, Aug 28, 2019
- Cites JPI's "Dangers of Detention" report.
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Criminal Justice Reform Now
- Jeff Maisey and Michael Muhammad, Aug 20, 2019
- Cites "Virginia's Justice System" Policy Brief.
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DC Council is considering letting more violent offenders out early. The U.S. Attorney’s office says that’s a horrible idea
- Eliana Block, Aug 14, 2019
- Quotes JPI's Executive Director Marc Schindler and JPI Associate Tyrone Walker.
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Booker’s right: Paying $60,000 a year to jail one geriatric inmate deserves ‘a second look’
- Star-Ledger Editorial Board, Jul 28, 2019
- Cites JPI's "The Ungers, 5 Years and Counting" report.
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Texas DA's vow to continue prosecuting pot possession cases sparks concern over costs, fairness
- Michael Carroll, Jul 26, 2019
- Cities JPI's "Race and Imprisonment in Texas" report.
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