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Report: Why Cities Should See Housing First as Tool for Decarceration

Posted by Audrey Sawyer
|Date: September 13, 2023
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Report: Why Cities Should See Housing First as Tool for Decarceration

By Audrey Sawyer WASHINGTON, DC - The Prison Policy Initiative examined over 50 studies and reports that ...

By Audrey Sawyer WASHINGTON, DC - The Prison Policy Initiative examined over 50 studies and reports that cover multiple decades of research on housing, health, and incarceration and now concludes endi ...

September 13, 2023
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Studies Show Punitive Measures for Failing to Appear for Court Have Failed to Work

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: August 20, 2023
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Studies Show Punitive Measures for Failing to Appear for Court Have Failed to Work

By Holly Werris EASTHAMPTON, MASS - When a person accused of a crime fails to appear in court, the worst ...

By Holly Werris EASTHAMPTON, MASS - When a person accused of a crime fails to appear in court, the worst of their character is commonly assumed, but fines and arrest warrants used in the name of publi ...

August 20, 2023
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Heat, Floods, Pests, Disease, and Death: What Climate Change Means for People in Prison

Posted by Audrey Sawyer
|Date: July 24, 2023
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Heat, Floods, Pests, Disease, and Death: What Climate Change Means for People in Prison

By Isabella Walker and Audrey Sawyer NORTHHAMPTON, MASS – Extreme weather like heatwaves in states across ...

By Isabella Walker and Audrey Sawyer NORTHHAMPTON, MASS – Extreme weather like heatwaves in states across the South and Southwest, flash floods in the Northeast, also impact prisons and jails but cove ...

July 24, 2023
| by Audrey Sawyer

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Study Conducted by Prison Policy Initiative Finds ‘Releasing People Pretrial Doesn’t Harm Public Safety’

Posted by Caleigh Carlisle
|Date: July 14, 2023
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Study Conducted by Prison Policy Initiative Finds ‘Releasing People Pretrial Doesn’t Harm Public Safety’

By Caleigh Carlisle NORTHAMPTON, MA ‒ A study conducted by the Prison Policy Initiative, a non-profit org ...

By Caleigh Carlisle NORTHAMPTON, MA ‒ A study conducted by the Prison Policy Initiative, a non-profit organization advocating to end mass criminalization, found “releasing people pretrial doesn’t harm ...

July 14, 2023
| by Caleigh Carlisle

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Essie Justice Group, Alameda Public Defender, Assemblymember Call for Attention to Mass Incarceration of Black Women at Oakland ‘National Bail Out’ Rally

Posted by Caleigh Carlisle
|Date: May 13, 2023
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Essie Justice Group, Alameda Public Defender, Assemblymember Call for Attention to Mass Incarceration of Black Women at Oakland ‘National Bail Out’ Rally

By Caleigh Carlisle OAKLAND, CA ‒ The Essie Justice Group, Alameda County Chief Public Defender Brendon W ...

By Caleigh Carlisle OAKLAND, CA ‒ The Essie Justice Group, Alameda County Chief Public Defender Brendon Woods, Assemblymember Mia Bonta and other criminal justice reform advocates gathered Thursday in ...

May 13, 2023
| by Caleigh Carlisle

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Statistics of Incarcerated Individuals with Substance Use Problems Show Only 10% Received Clinical Help

Posted by Emily Saroyan
|Date: March 30, 2023
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Statistics of Incarcerated Individuals with Substance Use Problems Show Only 10% Received Clinical Help

By Emily Saroyan WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. “War on Drugs” has left a massive gap in mental health support ...

By Emily Saroyan WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. “War on Drugs” has left a massive gap in mental health support for recovering incarcerated individuals, tweeted Amy Fettig, executive director of the Sentenc ...

March 30, 2023
| by Emily Saroyan

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Prison Policy Initiative Report Shows U.S. Mass Incarceration Post-Pandemic

Posted by Leslie Acevedo
|Date: March 18, 2023
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Prison Policy Initiative Report Shows U.S. Mass Incarceration Post-Pandemic

By Leslie Acevedo NORTHAMPTON, MA - Prison Policy Initiative published a flagship report, Mass Incarcerat ...

By Leslie Acevedo NORTHAMPTON, MA - Prison Policy Initiative published a flagship report, Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2023, a comprehensive view on mass incarceration this week. The Prison Polic ...

March 18, 2023
| by Leslie Acevedo

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Prison Policy Initiative Researcher Argues Racial Disparity in Diversion Programs

Posted by Leslie Acevedo
|Date: March 12, 2023
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Prison Policy Initiative Researcher Argues Racial Disparity in Diversion Programs

By Leslie Acevedo NORTHAMPTON, MA - Prison Policy Initiative published an argument this week suggesting d ...

By Leslie Acevedo NORTHAMPTON, MA - Prison Policy Initiative published an argument this week suggesting diversion works but is routinely denied to people of color. Leah Wang, a research analyst for th ...

March 12, 2023
| by Leslie Acevedo

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Reform Efforts Implemented by States to Address Family Separation Due to Incarceration

Posted by Cynthia Hoang-Duong
|Date: March 04, 2023
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Reform Efforts Implemented by States to Address Family Separation Due to Incarceration

By Cynthia Hoang-Duong EASTHAMPTON, MA - Writing for the Prison Policy Initiative, Emma Williams, a consu ...

By Cynthia Hoang-Duong EASTHAMPTON, MA - Writing for the Prison Policy Initiative, Emma Williams, a consultant at the organization, examined the adverse impacts of incarceration on the family unit and ...

March 04, 2023
| by Cynthia Hoang-Duong

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Prison Policy Initiative Report: Reducing Housing Barriers for Those with Criminal Records

Posted by Michael McCutcheon
|Date: February 19, 2023
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Prison Policy Initiative Report: Reducing Housing Barriers for Those with Criminal Records

By Michael McCutcheon EASTHAMPTON, MASS - A new report published by the Prison Policy Initiative insists ...

By Michael McCutcheon EASTHAMPTON, MASS - A new report published by the Prison Policy Initiative insists housing is a human right “recognized by international law, including the Universal Declaration ...

February 19, 2023
| by Michael McCutcheon

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Exhaustive 50-State Report Analyzes True Cost of Prison and Jail Phone Calls

Posted by Audrey Sawyer
|Date: December 17, 2022
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Exhaustive 50-State Report Analyzes True Cost of Prison and Jail Phone Calls

By Audrey Sawyer EASTHAMPSON, MA – Although the average cost of a phone call is closing in on zero, this ...

By Audrey Sawyer EASTHAMPSON, MA – Although the average cost of a phone call is closing in on zero, this is not the reality for families of those desiring to reach incarcerated loved ones - a few com ...

December 17, 2022
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Correctional Officers Across U.S. Refusing to Accept COVID-19 Vaccine

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 15, 2021
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Correctional Officers Across U.S. Refusing to Accept COVID-19 Vaccine

By Alexander Ramirez LOS ANGELES – Although having been eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine for mont ...

By Alexander Ramirez LOS ANGELES – Although having been eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine for months now, correctional officers in facilities across the U.S. have refused to be vaccinated. Stat ...

May 15, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Further Illustration Provided about the Challenges for Davis to Dig Out of Housing Crisis

Activists Decry Governor’s Veto of HOME Act

Group Finds Newsom’s Brief in SF Homeless Case ‘Profoundly Disappointing’

Two UC Davis-Connected Jurists – Cantil-Sakauye and Reynoso – Have California Courthouses Named for Them

NEW DATA: Count of Youth in Confinement Fell Again in 2021

Report to Reduce Intergenerational Poverty Released by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine

Commentary: Bomb Threats Are a Form of Terrorism, but WILL NOT Succeed

Guest Commentary: RICO and Domestic Terrorism Charges against Cop City Activists Send a Chilling Message

City Claims Successful Start to ‘Inclusive Parks, Inclusive Hearts’ Program

Internal Los Angeles Police Report Finds Officers Misusing Body Cameras More than LAPD Admitted

Report: Why Cities Should See Housing First as Tool for Decarceration

Report: Why Cities Should See Housing First as Tool for Decarceration

Studies Show Punitive Measures for Failing to Appear for Court Have Failed to Work

Studies Show Punitive Measures for Failing to Appear for Court Have Failed to Work

Study Conducted by Prison Policy Initiative Finds ‘Releasing People Pretrial Doesn’t Harm Public Safety’

Study Conducted by Prison Policy Initiative Finds ‘Releasing People Pretrial Doesn’t Harm Public Safety’

Essie Justice Group, Alameda Public Defender, Assemblymember Call for Attention to Mass Incarceration of Black Women at Oakland ‘National Bail Out’ Rally

Essie Justice Group, Alameda Public Defender, Assemblymember Call for Attention to Mass Incarceration of Black Women at Oakland ‘National Bail Out’ Rally

Statistics of Incarcerated Individuals with Substance Use Problems Show Only 10% Received Clinical Help

Statistics of Incarcerated Individuals with Substance Use Problems Show Only 10% Received Clinical Help

Prison Policy Initiative Report Shows U.S. Mass Incarceration Post-Pandemic

Prison Policy Initiative Report Shows U.S. Mass Incarceration Post-Pandemic

Prison Policy Initiative Researcher Argues Racial Disparity in Diversion Programs

Prison Policy Initiative Researcher Argues Racial Disparity in Diversion Programs

Reform Efforts Implemented by States to Address Family Separation Due to Incarceration

Reform Efforts Implemented by States to Address Family Separation Due to Incarceration

Prison Policy Initiative Report: Reducing Housing Barriers for Those with Criminal Records

Prison Policy Initiative Report: Reducing Housing Barriers for Those with Criminal Records

Exhaustive 50-State Report Analyzes True Cost of Prison and Jail Phone Calls

Exhaustive 50-State Report Analyzes True Cost of Prison and Jail Phone Calls

Correctional Officers Across U.S. Refusing to Accept COVID-19 Vaccine

Correctional Officers Across U.S. Refusing to Accept COVID-19 Vaccine

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