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Mass Incarceration Is One of the Most Pressing Civil Rights Issues Today

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|Date: January 24, 2015
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Mass Incarceration Is One of the Most Pressing Civil Rights Issues Today

The disproportionate incarceration rate of minorities in general, and blacks in particular, is one of the ...

The disproportionate incarceration rate of minorities in general, and blacks in particular, is one of the most pressing civil rights issues of our time. A new EPI report argues that the United States ...

January 24, 2015
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MLK Day: Mass Incarceration and How White Liberals Helped Create It

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 19, 2015
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MLK Day: Mass Incarceration and How White Liberals Helped Create It

Much attention, and rightly so, has been given to Michelle Alexander’s thesis of the New Jim Crow. She is ...

Much attention, and rightly so, has been given to Michelle Alexander’s thesis of the New Jim Crow. She is the author of the book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. Bas ...

January 19, 2015
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Is Justice Color-Blind?

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|Date: January 07, 2015
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Is Justice Color-Blind?

Editor’s note: This is an interesting exchange. Contra Costa County District Attorney Mark Peterson took ...

Editor’s note: This is an interesting exchange. Contra Costa County District Attorney Mark Peterson took exception to comments made by Contra Costa Public Defender Robin Lipetzky and Deputy Public Def ...

January 07, 2015
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My View II: Will ‘Broken Windows’ Theory Hold Up?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 03, 2015
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My View II: Will ‘Broken Windows’ Theory Hold Up?

The New York Times editorial board this week published two biting criticisms of the New York Police Depar ...

The New York Times editorial board this week published two biting criticisms of the New York Police Department’s response to Mayor Bill de Blasio for his perceived public support of protesters the pol ...

January 03, 2015
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Commentary: Uncovering the Race-Incarceration Effect

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 31, 2014
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Commentary: Uncovering the Race-Incarceration Effect

The debate spawned by the recent officer involved killings in high profile cases in Missouri and New York ...

The debate spawned by the recent officer involved killings in high profile cases in Missouri and New York has generated some interesting push-back discussions by those on the right about the overfocus ...

December 31, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary II: Prop. 47 Opens a Door For Restorative Programs If We’re Willing to Change

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 21, 2014
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Sunday Commentary II: Prop. 47 Opens a Door For Restorative Programs If We’re Willing to Change

Interesting piece in the Woodland Daily Democrat talking about the impact of Prop. 47 – which was passed ...

Interesting piece in the Woodland Daily Democrat talking about the impact of Prop. 47 – which was passed last month and reduces drug and petty theft charges to misdemeanors. The paper interviewed Judg ...

December 21, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Do Black Lives Matter?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 20, 2014
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My View: Do Black Lives Matter?

Across the nation, countless protests have occurred with the slogan, “Black Lives Matter.” At one level, ...

Across the nation, countless protests have occurred with the slogan, “Black Lives Matter.” At one level, it is fascinating to watch how widely it has spread. A recent example was earlier this week, in ...

December 20, 2014
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Vanguard Analysis: Jeff Adachi Discusses Whether Prop. 47 Ends Mass Incarceration

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 11, 2014
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Vanguard Analysis: Jeff Adachi Discusses Whether Prop. 47 Ends Mass Incarceration

Last week voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 47, which reduces drug and petty theft crimes to mis ...

Last week voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 47, which reduces drug and petty theft crimes to misdemeanors. On Monday, the Vanguard noted the impact of Prop. 47 on the Yolo County DA’s practic ...

November 11, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Californians Deliver Resounding Message Against Mass Incarceration

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 05, 2014
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Californians Deliver Resounding Message Against Mass Incarceration

It was the clearest signal to date that Californians are fed up with the growing costs and ineffectivenes ...

It was the clearest signal to date that Californians are fed up with the growing costs and ineffectiveness of mass incarceration. Following the passage of Prop. 36 in 2012, which reduced third strike ...

November 05, 2014
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Lessons California Can Learn From Red States on Crime and Punishment

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 04, 2014
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Lessons California Can Learn From Red States on Crime and Punishment

Politics makes for strange bedfellows and back in September, the LA Times published an op-ed from former ...

Politics makes for strange bedfellows and back in September, the LA Times published an op-ed from former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and California businessman B. Wayne Hughes JR, founder and chairman ...

November 04, 2014
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Analysis: Perspectives on Proposition 47

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 29, 2014
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Analysis: Perspectives on Proposition 47

On Monday, the Vanguard ran a column called “Scare Tactics and Prop. 47.” We noted that, while it reduces ...

On Monday, the Vanguard ran a column called “Scare Tactics and Prop. 47.” We noted that, while it reduces over-incarceration for largely petty and non-violent offenses, there are concerns, particularl ...

October 29, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Eye on the Courts: Scare Tactics and Prop. 47

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 27, 2014
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Eye on the Courts: Scare Tactics and Prop. 47

Most campaign claims have an element of truth surrounded by a world of gray and ambiguity. That is the ca ...

Most campaign claims have an element of truth surrounded by a world of gray and ambiguity. That is the case of Prop. 47 – a well-intentioned proposal that would end felony incarceration for a host of ...

October 27, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Eye on the Courts: Is Prop 47 The End of Safe Neighborhoods or Critical Prison Reform?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 20, 2014
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Eye on the Courts: Is Prop 47 The End of Safe Neighborhoods or Critical Prison Reform?

Under Proposition 47, the state would reduce to misdemeanors offenses for drug possession, petty theft, r ...

Under Proposition 47, the state would reduce to misdemeanors offenses for drug possession, petty theft, receiving stolen property or writing bad checks, when the amount involved is less than $950. It ...

October 20, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Prop 47: Needed Reform or Does It Go Too Far?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 10, 2014
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Prop 47: Needed Reform or Does It Go Too Far?

Under Proposition 47, the state would reduce, to misdemeanors, offenses for drug possession, petty theft, ...

Under Proposition 47, the state would reduce, to misdemeanors, offenses for drug possession, petty theft, receiving stolen property or writing bad checks, when the amount involved is less than $950. I ...

October 10, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Eye on the Courts: Charging Policies in a Time of Mass Incarceration

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 01, 2014
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Eye on the Courts: Charging Policies in a Time of Mass Incarceration

The story of the MRAP – one that the Vanguard broke and has been reported across the country – interestin ...

The story of the MRAP – one that the Vanguard broke and has been reported across the country – interestingly enough is not the first time a story broken by the Vanguard has been covered nationwide. In ...

September 01, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Report to Committee on Elimination of Racial Disparities in US Criminal Justice System

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 12, 2014
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Report to Committee on Elimination of Racial Disparities in US Criminal Justice System

Established in 1986, The Sentencing Project works for a fair and effective U.S. criminal justice system b ...

Established in 1986, The Sentencing Project works for a fair and effective U.S. criminal justice system by promoting reforms in sentencing policy, addressing unjust racial disparities and practices, a ...

July 12, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Court Watch: Statewide Reforms on Solitary Confinement and Bail

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 17, 2014
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Court Watch: Statewide Reforms on Solitary Confinement and Bail

Senator Yee Introduces Bill to Ban Solitary Confinement for Children Last week, Senator Leland Yee (D-San ...

Senator Yee Introduces Bill to Ban Solitary Confinement for Children Last week, Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) introduced SB 970, which would define and limit the use of solitary confinement on ...

February 17, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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