Criminal Justice News
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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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Calvin Ash comes home from prison, 15 years overdue
- Dan Rodricks, Jul 19, 2019
- Cites Maryland Justice Reinvestment Act: One Year Later [POLICY BRIEFS 2018].
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Maryland should release more elderly inmates
- Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Jul 18, 2019
- Cites JPI's "The Ungers, 5 Years and Counting" report.
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Overcrowded jails, wasted tax dollars: Let's reform cash bail in Kentucky — and the nation
- J. Herbert Nelson, Jun 3, 2019
- Cites JPI's Bail Fail report.
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Thousands of Americans are jailed before trial. A new report shows the lasting impact.
- P.R. Lockhart, May 7, 2019
- Cites JPI's Bail Fail report.
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How I ‘Jump-Started’ My Life After Prison
- Tyrone Walker, Apr 30, 2019
- Tyrone Walker, JPI Intern and Georgetown Pivot Fellow, writes on the importance of second chances…
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Watch Wide Angle Youth Media’s video on the Unger Group
- Open Society Institute-Baltimore Staff, Mar 6, 2019
- Discussing the release of the new short film " The Ungers: A Matter of Time."
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OSI publishes cost-benefit analysis of releasing aging prisoners
- Open Society Institute-Baltimore Staff, Jan 25, 2019
- Cites JPI's “ The Ungers: Five Years and Counting ” report.
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Paroling elderly inmates is humane solution to costly mass incarceration
- Marc Schindler, Nov 24, 2018
- Executive Director Marc Schindler discusses geriatric parole and the landmark court ruling —…
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Congress should move forward on sentencing reform
- Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Nov 20, 2018
- Cites JPI's "The Ungers, 5 Years and Counting."
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Nonprofit points to Maryland Unger cases as proof oldest prisoners should be set free
- Tim Prudente, Nov 15, 2018
- Cites and discusses JPI's new report "The Ungers, 5 Years and Counting."
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Crime Victims Agree Violent Offenders Should Also Get Community Treatment
- Ryan King and Jeremy Kittredge, Nov 14, 2018
- JPI staff Ryan King and Jeremy Kittredge discuss our new report "Smart, Safe, Fair: Strategies to…
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A Balanced Response to Youth Violence
- Keith Wallington, Nov 9, 2018
- Keith Wallington, JPI's State Based Strategist, discusses crime survivor needs and our "Smart,…
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On the one year anniversary of Md.'s Justice Reinvestment Act, we don't have enough data to analyze its efficacy
- Ryan King and Keith Wallington, Nov 5, 2018
- JPI's Ryan King and Keith Wallington weigh in on the one year anniversary of Maryland's Justice…
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[PRESS RELEASE] On the first anniversary of the Justice Reinvestment Act, a new Justice Policy Institute policy brief calls for full implementation
- Oct 31, 2018
- Justice Reinvestment Act Press Release.
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Why Do We Keep Our Aging Prisoners Behind Bars?
- Marc Schindler and Jeremy Kittridge, Jun 26, 2018
- JPI staff address the issue of America's aging prison population and proposes a solution that would…
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Taxing our kids to fund prisons
- Marc Schindler, May 2, 2018
- What do schools and prisons have in common? They each require budget allocations, which establish…
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Will Sessions’ New Justice Strategy Turn the Clock Back on Civil Rights?
- Brent Cohen and Marc Schindler, Apr 5, 2018
- Executive Director Marc Schindler and Vice President of JustLeadershipUSA Brent Cohen examine how…
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