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Jackson hopes that Trump will make good in his second term on expanding these criminal justice reform initiatives—by passing the Safer Supervision Act and implementing other measures, such as ...
The Massachusetts Criminal Justice Reform Coalition is a group of civic leaders who believe there is an urgent need for comprehensive corrections reform. The Coalition supports law enforcement, county sheriffs, the judiciary, agency officials, and legislative leaders working to advance comprehensive change across the criminal justice system.
Criminal justice reform groups saw his time in office ... The Decarcerate Now NC Coalition began this year’s vigil on Dec. 10 and will gather on Jones Street each day until the end of Cooper’s ...
Criminal justice advocates were dismayed, then, when Biden's belated moves on marijuana failed to fundamentally alter the drug's illegal status or the lingering injustices of drug convictions ...
The Coalition for Public Safety is a bipartisan coalition of progressive and conservative American advocacy groups dedicated to criminal justice reform, established in February 2015. Members [ edit ]
Criminal justice reform seeks to address structural issues in criminal justice systems such as racial profiling, police brutality, overcriminalization, mass incarceration, and recidivism. Reforms can take place at any point where the criminal justice system intervenes in citizens’ lives, including lawmaking, policing, sentencing and ...
"The broad coalition of organizations that opposed Prop. 36 will continue to advocate for smart and effective criminal justice reform and new safety solutions that work for all communities."
The campaign began in Hawaii in the late 1990s and has gained strength in other U.S. states following the Great Recession.Its advocates say it is necessary because a growing number of Americans have criminal records because of tougher sentencing laws, particularly for drug crimes, [1] and are having difficulty finding work because of high unemployment and a rise in background checks that ...