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Right On Crime is a campaign of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative think tank. [3] After its founding in Texas, Right On Crime has contributed to many criminal justice reforms in over 38 states, working with bipartisan partners throughout the country.
The participating states are Arizona, Colorado, Massachusetts, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Texas. [18] As of April 2021, the organization had committed $7.8 million to COVID-19-related criminal justice grants, supporting initiatives such as alternatives to arrest, pretrial reforms, and the release of vulnerable inmates. [19]
Texas judge is considering a lawsuit that alleges temperatures inside can push above 120 degrees Fahrenheit and that the extreme heat has led to hundreds of inmate deaths in recent years. (Scripps ...
Most of the same advocate groups are still lobbying for reform—and notching victories in some states—but the broad-based path for criminal justice reform bills has narrowed or altogether ...
In Texas in 2007 they were seeking to build more prisons at a cost of 2 billion dollars. The legislature enacted criminal justice reforms and by 2010 they closed 4 prisons and are planning on closing more and the crime rate dropped. <Grover, N. (2017). Conservatives For Criminal Justice Reform. The Wall Street Journal, pp a17. >
Lexipol, a Texas-based public safety training and consulting company, has opposed efforts to reform use of force standards. Lexipol declines to include common reform proposals in its manuals, such as a use-of-force continuum, de-escalation policies, or rules prohibiting chokeholds or shooting into cars, and advocates against measures it ...
The music industry can help repair America’s broken system of criminal justice, by illuminating injustice and encouraging people to vote for politicians offering more humane and rehabilitation ...