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  1. American #politics is where a convicted felon can become president of the United States in an election where 4 million people with felonies were banned from #voting altogether.

    The Sentencing Project
    #law #cjreform #criminaljusticereform
    sentencingproject.org/reports/

  2. American #politics is where a convicted felon can become president of the United States in an election where 4 million people with felonies were banned from #voting altogether.

    The Sentencing Project
    #law #cjreform #criminaljusticereform
    sentencingproject.org/reports/

  3. The Effects of #CashBail on #Crime and Court Appearances

    Research suggests that curtailing the use of monetary release conditions among low-risk defendants would not result in dramatic drops in court attendance or increased risk of reoffending.

    reason.org/policy-brief/the-ef
    #law #crime #bailreform #cjreform #criminaljusticereform

  4. The Effects of #CashBail on #Crime and Court Appearances

    Research suggests that curtailing the use of monetary release conditions among low-risk defendants would not result in dramatic drops in court attendance or increased risk of reoffending.

    reason.org/policy-brief/the-ef
    #law #crime #bailreform #cjreform #criminaljusticereform

  5. #CJReform #community #mapoli #Massachusetts
    Massachusetts could finally end the harmful practice of charging inmates for a phone call:
    bostonglobe.com/2023/07/25/opi
    “Keeping those who are incarcerated connected to their families is one of the simplest ways to encourage rehabilitation and, therefore, enhance public safety.”

  6. #CJReform #community #mapoli #Massachusetts
    Massachusetts could finally end the harmful practice of charging inmates for a phone call:
    bostonglobe.com/2023/07/25/opi
    “Keeping those who are incarcerated connected to their families is one of the simplest ways to encourage rehabilitation and, therefore, enhance public safety.”

  7. (2/n) @ctdata Graphs in DataHaven’s newly-released 2023 Community Wellbeing Index (ctdatahaven.org) show the overrepresentation of Black residents in traffic stops & police searches. In some towns, Black people make up <4% of the population but nearly 20% of drivers stopped. #policing #racialequity #cjreform

  8. (2/n) @ctdata Graphs in DataHaven’s newly-released 2023 Community Wellbeing Index (ctdatahaven.org) show the overrepresentation of Black residents in traffic stops & police searches. In some towns, Black people make up <4% of the population but nearly 20% of drivers stopped. #policing #racialequity #cjreform

  9. “All the studies show that severe sentences don't deter crime. And so to the extent that that's what the politicians were selling, it never worked” - Jeffrey Bellin

    Listen to Episode 137 of the Decarceration Nation Podcast from your favorite podcast app #cjreform #podcast decarcerationnation.com/137-je

  10. You mean to tell me we have all this technology yet we are still using ideas from 18th Century and Jeremy Bentham’s prison model? Need more creative sentencing, not more of the same. #CJReform

  11. You mean to tell me we have all this technology yet we are still using ideas from 18th Century and Jeremy Bentham’s prison model? Need more creative sentencing, not more of the same. #CJReform

  12. “The federal Bureau of Prison's deeply flawed, backlogged system for investigating #sexualassault fails to protect female inmates from rape while protecting employees who commit sexual assault, according to a bipartisan report issued today by the #Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI).”
    @cjciaramella @reasonmagazine #prisons #criminaljustice #cjreform reason.com/2022/12/13/senate-i

  13. “The federal Bureau of Prison's deeply flawed, backlogged system for investigating #sexualassault fails to protect female inmates from rape while protecting employees who commit sexual assault, according to a bipartisan report issued today by the #Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI).”
    @cjciaramella @reasonmagazine #prisons #criminaljustice #cjreform reason.com/2022/12/13/senate-i