Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/09/05/aclu-blueprints-offer-vision-cut-us-incarceration-rate-half-prioritizing-people-over Published on Wednesday, September 05, 2018 by Common Dreams The reports “offer a calculation on the impact of certain reforms by 2025 on racial disparities in the prison population, fiscal costs, and overall prison population.” By Jessica … Continued
From the National Council of Churches (http://www.ncccusa.org): Senate considering two very different proposals The Senate is currently considering two legislative proposals that will affect incarcerated persons in different ways. A prison reform only measure, the FIRST STEP Act (S 2795), … Continued
Posted at https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/5/15/1764510/-Black-and-Latinx-people-face-the-greatest-barriers-to-re-entry-after-prison-women-fare-worst Rebecca Pilar Buckwalter Poza Former Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez and former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility as part of a re-entry event highlighting educational programs promoting rehabilitation on July 28, … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/12/28/goptaxscam-equals-big-win-investors-mass-incarceration Because private prisons are classified as “real estate investment trusts,” investors will get a major tax cut thanks to the Republican tax law Published on Thursday, December 28, 2017 by Common Dreams By Julia Conley, staff writer … Continued
From the Sentencing Project (http://www.sentencingproject.org): In “Growth in the U.S. Ex-Felon and Ex-Prisoner Population, 1948 to 2010,” Sarah Shannon and colleagues estimate that one-third of black men had a felony conviction in 2010—a significant increase over the past 30 years … Continued
JOB TYPE: Full Time PUBLISHED: 07/19/2017 ADDRESS: Harrisburg, PA, United States DESCRIPTION The ACLU of Pennsylvania (ACLU-PA) seeks a Campaign Director to lead its statewide multi-year Smart Justice campaign to drastically reduce the commonwealth’s jail and prison populations and to combat racial … Continued
From the Sentencing Project (http://www.sentencingproject.org): The Sentencing Project has released a new analysis that reveals a growing trend toward decarceration across jurisdictions. While 38 states and the federal government have at least modestly reduced their prison populations in recent years, … Continued
Decarcerate PA is a grassroots organization working to end mass incarceration in Pennsylvania. We’ve been around for about six years and are completely volunteer run by members inside and outside of prison. Currently we are focused on two campaigns, one … Continued
From the National Council of Churches (http://www.ncccusa.org): We are down to mere days that Congress will be in session before Election Day. That likely means mere days left to pass criminal justice reform legislation in this Congress. After the election, … Continued