Washington Post on Gangs and Public Safety
Link: Read the original articleSource: Washington Post Author: Tom Jackman Date of Publication: Wed, 2007-07-18When it comes to fighting gangs, there's the New York City approach, and there's the Los...
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Positive Trends and Best Practices in Criminal Justice Reform: A National...
Documents: Download the ReportThis report reviews more than a decade of drug sentencing reform efforts in the states of Washington, Kansas, Michigan and New York. The positive impact of reducing...
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Turning the Corner: Opportunities for Effective Sentencing and Correctional...
Documents: Download the ReportOn February 1, 2011, Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice, a statewide not-for-profit membership organization of criminal defense lawyers, law students and associated...
View ArticleArizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice Release New Report on Sentencing Reform
Link: Read the original articleSource: Pheonix New Times Author: Gregory Pratt Date of Publication: Tue, 2011-02-01Related JS Publications: Turning the Corner: Opportunities for Effective Sentencing...
View ArticleArizona defense lawyers urge sentencing reforms
Link: Read the original articleSource: The Arizona Republic Author: Mary K. Reinhart Date of Publication: Wed, 2011-02-02Related JS Publications: Turning the Corner: Opportunities for Effective...
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Numbers Game: The Vicious Cycle of Incarceration in Mississippi's Criminal...
Documents: Download the ReportOn March 28, 2011, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Mississippi in collaboration with Justice Strategies released NUMBERS GAME: The Vicious Cycle of...
View ArticleArizona prison sentences among toughest for many crimes
Link: Read the original articleSource: The Arizona Republic Author: Bob Ortega Date of Publication: Sun, 2011-10-09Related JS Publications: Turning the Corner: Opportunities for Effective Sentencing...
View ArticleJudy Greene on Legalease
Justice Strategies' Director Judith Greene discusses prison sentencing reform in Arizona with State Representative and House Judiciary Committee member Cecil Ash and Maricopa County Deputy Chief of...
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Ending Mass Incarceration: Charting a New Justice Reinvestment
Documents: Download the ReportJustice Strategies Director, Judith Greene, has co-authored Ending Mass Incarceration: Charting A New Justice Reinvestment, with Vanita Gupta and Kara Dansky of the...
View ArticleCritics Say Justice Reinvestment Sidesteps Minority Communities
Link: Read the original articleSource: The Crime Report Author: Ted Gest Date of Publication: Wed, 2013-04-17Related JS Publications: Ending Mass Incarceration: Charting a New Justice ReinvestmentA...
View ArticleSupporters Urge Change to Laws on Drug-free School Zones (CT)
Link: Read the original article Source: The Stamford Advocate Author: Tobin A. Coleman Date of Publication: Sat, 03/25/2006HARTFORD -- Calling current law racist, activists yesterday pushed for a...
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Progress and Challenges: An analysis of drug treatment and imprisonment in...
Documents: Download the ReportMaryland is making slow progress toward the goal of providing "treatment, not incarceration" to nonviolent substance abusers. The number of criminal justice-referred drug...
View ArticleThe Wrong Approach to Gangs
Link: Read the original articleSource: New York Times Date of Publication: Thu, 07/19/2007No city has failed to control its street gangs more spectacularly than Los Angeles. The region has six times...
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Gang Wars: The Failure of Enforcement Tactics and the Need for Effective...
Documents: Download the ReportYouth crime in the United States remains near the lowest levels seen in the past three decades, yet public concern and media coverage of gang activity has skyrocketed...
View ArticleU.S. gang crackdowns called a 'tragic failure'
Link: Read the original articleSource: thestar.com Author: Betsy Powell Date of Publication: Wed, 07/18/2007More police, more prisons and more punitive measures aren't the answer to reducing gang...
View ArticleChildren of Incarcerated Parents: In the News
StateWorking Mom Arrested for Letting Her 9-year-old Play Alone in the Park, The Atlantic, July 14, 2014NationalIn Labor, in Chains: The Outrageous Shackling of Pregnant Inmates, NY Times, Opinion,...
View ArticleTwenty Years After Prison - A Mother’s Thoughts
Tina Reynolds Children of Incarcerated Parents In 1995, my youngest son and I walked out of Bedford Hills Correctional Facility. What I know from the experience of raising my son in prison during the...
View ArticleTwenty Years After: Forgiveness
Tina Reynolds Children of Incarcerated Parents To all of my fellow GEMS, this submission is for you. Being a “good enough mom” (GEM) takes the pressures off of having to get everything right. When I...
View ArticleThe Spark of Resistance Ignited
Tina Reynolds Children of Incarcerated Parents Prior to my incarceration, I never thought of becoming an advocate. I was subsumed by old emotions that prohibited me from taking action. My inability...
View ArticleFREE HER Rally
Patricia Allard Children of Incarcerated Parents On Saturday, June 21, 2014, the Families for Justice as Healing (http://justiceashealing.org) held a historic gathering, FREE HER Rally, on the Mall in...
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