Our Opinions - Op Eds and LTEs
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Let’s End Solitary for Youth During COVID—and After
- Michael Umpierre and Marc Schindler, Mar 17, 2021
- JPI's Executive Director Marc Schindler Michael Umpierre, Director of the Center for Juvenile…
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How My Arrest at Age 13 Changed the Shape of My Life
- Tyrone Walker, Mar 8, 2021
- JPI's Associate Tyrone Walker reflects on youth, family, injustice and relationships with police.
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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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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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Youth Prisons: Why Are We Paying to be Less Safe?
- Marc Schindler and Tyrone Walker, Aug 21, 2020
- JPI's Executive Director Marc Schindler and JPI's Associate Tyrone Walker discuss the need to close…
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When America's schools reopen, police don't belong there
- Marc Schindler, Aug 15, 2020
- JPI's Executive Director Marc Schindler discusses SROs and JPI's "The Presence of School Resource…
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Adult Court is No Place for Young People
- Marcy Mistrett and Marc Schindler, Jun 29, 2020
- JPI's Executive Director Marc Schindler and Campaign for Youth Justice's Marcy Mistrett argue that…
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The COVID-19 ‘Catch-22’ for Young People Behind Bars
- Mark Soler and Marc Schindler, May 26, 2020
- JPI's Executive Director Marc Schindler d iscusses the current reality of y outh in juvenile…
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COVID-19 Behind Bars: Release Can Be ‘Lethal’ Without Help
- Gabriel B. Eber and Marc Schindler, May 11, 2020
- JPI's Executive Director Marc Schindler discusses how, as a response to COVID-19, the release of…
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Staff, Youth at Enormous Risk of COVID-19 in Correctional Facilities
- Marc Schindler, Apr 23, 2020
- JPI's Executive Director Marc Schindler discusses how both staff and youth inside correctional…
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After the COVID-19 Release of Prisoners, Who Will Help Them?
- Tyrone Walker, Apr 2, 2020
- JPI's Associate Tyrone Walker shares his experiences and why officials must immediately begin…
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Let’s keep youth justice from making the coronavirus worse
- Marc Schindler and Vincent Schiraldi, Mar 27, 2020
- JPI's Executive Director Marc Schindler reflects on how r eleasing low risk incarcerated youth will…
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Connecticut has reason to celebrate on youth justice reforms
- Marc Schindler, Feb 11, 2020
- JPI's Executive Director reflects on Connecticut's 10-year-anniversary of raising the age for…
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Maryland should follow D.C.’s lead on youth rehabilitation
- Marc Schindler and Tyrone Walker, Dec 27, 2019
- JPI's Marc Schindler and Tyrone Walker discuss racial injustice in Maryland's justice system.
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Maryland’s prisons and an unjust justice system
- Sadie Rose-Stern, Dec 8, 2019
- Discusses JPI's report analyzing the racial injustices that continue to plague Maryland’s…
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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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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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Youth rehabilitation in D.C.: From controversy to progress
- Marc Schindler, Jan 11, 2019
- Executive Director Marc Schindler discusses reforms to the Youth Rehabilitation Act and services…
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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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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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It's time to be smarter on crime
- Julie Magers and Keith Wallington, Sep 19, 2018
- JPI State Based Strategist Keith Wallington and Julie Magers of the Leader of the Maryland…
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For youthful offenders, incarceration doesn't always equal accountability
- Nila Bala and Marc Schindler, Sep 7, 2018
- Executive Director Marc Schindler comments on youth involved in the justice system, and JPI's new…
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