Tag: criminal injustice
Illinois Law to End Cash Bail, Blocked at Last Minute, Now Hangs on Appeal
Just hours before a law to end cash bail in Illinois was due to ...
The Limits of AG’s Guidelines Against Crack-Powder Sentencing Disparity
US Attorney General Merrick Garland took action on December 16 to end the federal ...
Will Senate End Crack-Powder Sentence Disparity, as Time Runs Out?
Senators are scrambling to negotiate a last-minute deal on crack cocaine sentencing reform. Current ...
Efforts to Expand Community Violence Intervention in Wisconsin
Milwaukee, the largest city in Wisconsin, has suffered record homicides for three years in ...
Ohio Senate Passes Bill to Expunge Cannabis, “Paraphernalia” Records
The Ohio Senate approved a large-scale criminal justice reform bill on November 30 that ...
Surviving Solitary Confinement With the Help of Drugs
Of the 13 years I’ve spent incarcerated, 2020 was the worst. It was the ...
New Center Offers Free Legal Services to People Who Use Drugs in NJ
Rutgers Law Associates (RLA) and Vital Strategies recently announced the launch of a center ...
Reform Wins in Midwest, Oakland in 2022 Prosecutor Elections
Do Americans really love the drug war, mass incarceration, and the rest of our ...
Georgia Privatizes Prison Medical Care—With Contractor’s Goal to Cut Costs
After years of attempting to privatize prisoner medical care, the Georgia Department of Corrections ...
Prosecutor Reform Will Largely Play Defense on Election Night
The so-called progressive prosecutor movement started around 2015. It was about getting candidates elected ...
