News from past year
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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 for Second Chance Month.
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Maryland keeps a model prisoner locked up 15 years too long
- Dan Rodricks, Apr 26, 2019
Cites JPI's "The Ungers: 5 Years and Counting" report.
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Maryland’s prison population drops to 1980s levels, continuing a multiyear decline
- Christine Zhang, Apr 24, 2019
Cites Ryan King, JPI's Director of Research and Policy.
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Juvenile justice: Initiative encourages courts to find detention alternatives
- Rebecca R. Bibbs, Mar 17, 2019
Cites JPI's the Dangers of Detention report.
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Newport police chief seeks support for resource officer in new school
- Judy Harrison, Mar 17, 2019
Cites JPI's Executive Director Marc Schindler.
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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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14 advocacy groups urge Baltimore Mayor Pugh to end marijuana arrests
- Lillian Reed, Feb 26, 2019
JPI was part of a coalition of advocacy groups that sent a letter to the Baltimore Mayor.
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A Florida boy was arrested after refusing to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in class
- German Lopez, Feb 18, 2019
Cites JPI's Education Under Arrest report.
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After Parkland, Schools Upped Police Presence. Has it Made Students Safer?
- Jack Denton, Feb 13, 2019
Quotes JPI's Executive Director Marc Schindler.
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These Pension Funds Invest Millions in Private Prisons
- Liz Farmer, Feb 8, 2019
Cites JPI's Gaming the System report.
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Resource officers: Half a year in, adjustment has been smooth
- Samuel Northrop, Jan 27, 2019
Quotes JPI Executive Director Marc Schindler.
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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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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 for justice system involved young adults in Washington DC.
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Portland students walk out to protest police officers on campus
- Hope Schreiber, Jan 4, 2019
Cite's Executive Director Marc Schindler on School Resource Officers.
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First Step Act is a Good Start
- George Kevin Jordan, Jan 2, 2019
Cites JPI's Director of Research and Policy Ryan King.
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Podcast Release: James Featherstone and life after a life sentence
- Dan Rodricks, Dec 13, 2018
Discusses the Unger ruling and JPI's "The Ungers, 5 Years and Counting" report.
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200 elderly lifers got out of prison en masse. Here’s what happened next.
- Samantha Melamed, Dec 12, 2018
Discusses JPI's "The Ungers, 5 Years and counting" report.
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A GOP GOVERNOR HAS A CHANCE TO FIX A BLUE STATE’S DRACONIAN APPROACH TO PAROLING JUVENILE OFFENDERS
- Rachel M. Cohen, Dec 10, 2018
Cites JPI's "The Ungers, 5 Years and Counting."
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Why more states are giving juvenile offenders a second chance
- John Colin Marston, Dec 10, 2018
Quotes Executive Director Marc Schindler.
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[PRESS RELEASE] Justice Long Overdue: Lessons Learned from the Successful Release of People Serving Life in Prison
- Dec 6, 2018
Justice Long Overdue event Press Release.
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Ending mass incarceration: lessons from the 'Ungers'
- Jane C. Murphy, Dec 1, 2018
Cites JPI's “The Ungers, 5 Years and Counting” report.
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Georgetown Launches Inmate Re-Entry and Education Program
- Alexandra Bowman, Nov 30, 2018
Cites JPI's "A Capitol Concern" report.
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Study finds low recidivism, potential savings to releasing older prisoners
- Heather Cobun, Nov 26, 2018
Cites JPI's “The Ungers, 5 Years and Counting” report.
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Study: Violent criminals get 'Too Old' for crime
- Drew Petrimoulx, Nov 25, 2018
Cites JPI's “The Ungers, 5 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 — Unger v. Maryland.
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