News from past year
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Sens. Cory Booker and Elizabeth Warren propose criminal justice reforms: Will they make a difference?
- Sofia Jeremias, Jul 27, 2019
Quotes JPI's Director of Research and Policy, Ryan King.
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A DC Jail Unit Challenges the ‘Warehouse’ Approach to Corrections
- Joel Castón and Michael Woody, Jun 11, 2019
Cites JPI's work with the Young Men Emerging video.
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Virginia Teen Was Detained and Prosecuted for Saying 'Oink Oink' to Cop
- Kira Lerner, Jun 4, 2019
Cites JPI's Dangers of Detention 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 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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Stop charging 17-year-olds as adults: The conservative case for 'raise the age'
- Marc Levin, Apr 11, 2019
Cites JPI's Raise The Age report.
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Group's second conference looks to shift from talk to action on inequities
- Lacretia Wimbley, Apr 2, 2019
Cites JPI's Sticker Shock report.
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Effective or Inefficient: The debate over School Resource Officers
- Bree Sison, Mar 27, 2019
Cites Executive Director Marc Schindler.
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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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