Criminal Justice News
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Proactive COVID-19 testing of Maryland inmates protects all of us
- Chris Beyrer and Ryan King, Feb 22, 2021
- Chris Beyrer and JPI's Director of Research and Policy Ryan King discuss the need for COVID-19…
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Maryland inmate coronavirus death toll increases to 18 as questions remain over state’s vaccination schedule
- Phillip Jackson and Hallie Miller, Dec 31, 2020
- Quotes JPI's Executive Director Marc Schindler.
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COVID vaccines: Prisoners excluded from US plans
- David Sloan, Dec 27, 2020
- Quotes JPI's Director of Research and Policy Ryan King.
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It's time to acknowledge that long prison terms do not prevent violence
- Marc Schindler and Ryan King, Nov 20, 2020
- JPI's Executive Director Marc Schindler and Director of Research and Policy Ryan King discuss we…
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D.C.’s promising initiative for young incarcerated people
- Joel Castón and Tyrone Walker, Nov 13, 2020
- JPI's Associate Tyrone Walker and Joel Castón discuss D.C. Jail’s Young Men Emerging…
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‘The Doors Don’t Lock’ in DC Jail Program for Young Adults
- Michael Gelb, Oct 5, 2020
- Quotes JPI's Executive Director Marc Schindler and JPI's Associate Tyrone Walker and cites our two…
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D.C. and Maryland have new policies allowing prisoners to vote. Making it happen is hard.
- Julie Zauzmer and Ovetta Wiggins, Sep 28, 2020
- Quotes JPI's Associate Tyrone Walker.
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Heller School graduate discusses bail funds, problems with U.S. cash bail system
- Leeza Barstein, Sep 8, 2020
- Cites JPI's "Bail Fail" report.
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Efforts Intensify for Incarcerated Citizens’ Right to Vote
- William J. Ford, Sep 2, 2020
- Cites JPI's "Rethinking Approaches to Over Incarceration of Black Young Adults in Maryland" policy…
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Ideas Presented on Criminal Justice Reform
- William J. Ford, Sep 2, 2020
- Cites JPI's "Rethinking Approaches to Over Incarceration of Black Young Adults in Maryland" policy…
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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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