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My View: Early Indications Suggest Crime Is Falling Despite Releases and Changes to Charging Low Level Offenses during COVID-19

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 28, 2020
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My View: Early Indications Suggest Crime Is Falling Despite Releases and Changes to Charging Low Level Offenses during COVID-19

The criminal justice reform movement is worried about the consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak hitting t ...

The criminal justice reform movement is worried about the consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak hitting the prisons and jails. The results have been slow—in places like New Jersey, at least 1000 peop ...

March 28, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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California Lawmakers Pass Historic Bill Abolishing Copays in Jails and Prisons

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 10, 2019
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California Lawmakers Pass Historic Bill Abolishing Copays in Jails and Prisons

If signed by the governor, AB 45 would eliminate medical and dental copays for people incarcerated in Cal ...

If signed by the governor, AB 45 would eliminate medical and dental copays for people incarcerated in California jails and prisons Today, the California Senate voted to pass AB 45, state legislation i ...

September 10, 2019
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Elizabeth Warren Unveils Her Comprehensive Criminal Justice Reform Plan

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 21, 2019
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Elizabeth Warren Unveils Her Comprehensive Criminal Justice Reform Plan

Last week Bernie Sanders published his criminal justice reform plan. On Tuesday, Elizabeth Warren publis ...

Last week Bernie Sanders published his criminal justice reform plan. On Tuesday, Elizabeth Warren published hers – on Medium. “The United States makes up 5% of the world’s population, but nearly 20% ...

August 21, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: We Could Re-Open and Be Relatively Safe – but We Won’t Be, the Way People Are Acting

City and County Must Leave Homeless Alone, Orders County Health Officer – Homeless Union Doesn’t ‘Trust’ Officials, Still Plans to File Lawsuit

Guest Commentary: Woodland Police Killed My Brother and I Will Not Be Silenced

Guest Commentary: When a Two-Year Sentence Becomes a Death Sentence

Planning Commission to Examine Measure J Renewal

My View: “I, Walter ‘Arkie’ Barton, am innocent and they are executing an innocent man!”

Guest Commentary: H.R. 40 (Reparations) Is Not a Symbolic Act. It’s a Path to Restorative Justice

Oklahoma Becomes Third in the Nation to Require Statewide Tracking of Jailhouse Informants

Commentary: Why Davis Needs Some Jobs in Davis Itself

Commentary: Another Example of the Media Failing to Do Its Job

My View: Early Indications Suggest Crime Is Falling Despite Releases and Changes to Charging Low Level Offenses during COVID-19

My View: Early Indications Suggest Crime Is Falling Despite Releases and Changes to Charging Low Level Offenses during COVID-19

California Lawmakers Pass Historic Bill Abolishing Copays in Jails and Prisons

California Lawmakers Pass Historic Bill Abolishing Copays in Jails and Prisons

Elizabeth Warren Unveils Her Comprehensive Criminal Justice Reform Plan

Elizabeth Warren Unveils Her Comprehensive Criminal Justice Reform Plan

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