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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 199: A Masters Program for Incarcerated People

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|Date: May 08, 2023
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 199: A Masters Program for Incarcerated People

https://youtu.be/jqyDOG177z0 The recidivism rate for those who get a masters while incarcerated is zero. ...

https://youtu.be/jqyDOG177z0 The recidivism rate for those who get a masters while incarcerated is zero. For years, in an effort to become more punitive, prisons have cut back on programming includin ...

May 08, 2023
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Texas Governor Takes Aim at Cortese Bill after Vowing to Pardon a Man Convicted of Murdering a Protester

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 14, 2023
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Texas Governor Takes Aim at Cortese Bill after Vowing to Pardon a Man Convicted of Murdering a Protester

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor This week Governor Greg Abbott of Texas injected himself into a Ca ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor This week Governor Greg Abbott of Texas injected himself into a California legislative proposal that would allow judges to resentence people who have spent at le ...

April 14, 2023
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‘First Step Act’ – GAO Reports on Federal Efforts to Help Reduce Recidivism and Re-Entry to Federal Prisons

Posted by Belen Avelar
|Date: March 24, 2023
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‘First Step Act’ – GAO Reports on Federal Efforts to Help Reduce Recidivism and Re-Entry to Federal Prisons

By Belen Avelar and Vaiva Utaraite WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) this ...

By Belen Avelar and Vaiva Utaraite WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) this week released the latest report on the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Priso ...

March 24, 2023
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Report Findings Suggest New York’s Reform Law Impacts Recidivism

Posted by Leslie Acevedo
|Date: March 21, 2023
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Report Findings Suggest New York’s Reform Law Impacts Recidivism

By Leslie Acevedo ALBANY, NY - Rene Ropac and Michal Rempel published a report investigating New York’s b ...

By Leslie Acevedo ALBANY, NY - Rene Ropac and Michal Rempel published a report investigating New York’s bail reform law, and how it impacts - or not - recidivism, Ropac and Rempel with support from ...

March 21, 2023
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San Quentin to Be Reimagined As ‘San Quentin Rehabilitation Center’ Prioritizing Rehabilitation and Education Programs to Strengthen Public Safety

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 18, 2023
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San Quentin to Be Reimagined As ‘San Quentin Rehabilitation Center’ Prioritizing Rehabilitation and Education Programs to Strengthen Public Safety

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Quentin – Governor Newsom, alongside state legislators, surviv ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Quentin – Governor Newsom, alongside state legislators, survivors of crime and victim advocates, and civil rights leaders, announced that San Quentin State P ...

March 18, 2023
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Leaked Documents Show Alameda DA Price Planning to Reduce Reliance on Sentencing Enhancements

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 06, 2023
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Leaked Documents Show Alameda DA Price Planning to Reduce Reliance on Sentencing Enhancements

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oakland, CA - An internal and interim memo from Alameda DA Pamela ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oakland, CA - An internal and interim memo from Alameda DA Pamela Price sought comments on a new policy that aims to reduce “reliance on sentencing enhancements ...

March 06, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Media Uncritically Evaluates Reisig’s Bail Claims

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 20, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Media Uncritically Evaluates Reisig’s Bail Claims

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Ever since zero bail was initiated in Yolo County—w ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Ever since zero bail was initiated in Yolo County—with the consent of DA Jeff Reisig—Reisig and his offense has been attacking it. In early Februa ...

February 20, 2023
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New CA Bill Introduced to Reduce Recidivism by Providing Therapy in Prisons

Posted by Sunny Zhou
|Date: February 20, 2023
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New CA Bill Introduced to Reduce Recidivism by Providing Therapy in Prisons

By Sunny Zhou SACRAMENTO, CA - Legislation was introduced here last week designed to reduce California’s ...

By Sunny Zhou SACRAMENTO, CA - Legislation was introduced here last week designed to reduce California’s high recidivism rate by expanding access to therapy to all incarcerated Californians, regardles ...

February 20, 2023
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Commentary: Why DA Reisig’s Zero Bail Study Is Flawed and Uncompelling

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: February 16, 2023
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Commentary: Why DA Reisig’s Zero Bail Study Is Flawed and Uncompelling

By Robert J Hansen Woodland, CA - The Yolo County District Attorney’s office released an expanded study o ...

By Robert J Hansen Woodland, CA - The Yolo County District Attorney’s office released an expanded study on Zero Bail on Tuesday which claims the policy resulted in 163 percent more crime and 200 perce ...

February 16, 2023
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No Evidence Zero Bail Contributed to More Crime or Lowered Unsentenced Jail Population, Report Finds

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: January 30, 2023
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No Evidence Zero Bail Contributed to More Crime or Lowered Unsentenced Jail Population, Report Finds

By Robert J Hansen Woodland, CA - Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig, along with most California p ...

By Robert J Hansen Woodland, CA - Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig, along with most California prosecutors, have not made a secret of their disapproval of the emergency zero-dollar bail polic ...

January 30, 2023
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Guest Commentary: DA Jenkins’ Shocking Decision To Prosecute Children As Adults

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 18, 2023
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Guest Commentary: DA Jenkins’ Shocking Decision To Prosecute Children As Adults

By Nghiep “Ke'' Lam and Borey (“Peejay”) Ai As formerly incarcerated community leaders, we (Peejay Ai and ...

By Nghiep “Ke'' Lam and Borey (“Peejay”) Ai As formerly incarcerated community leaders, we (Peejay Ai and Nghiep Ke Lam) were shocked to hear San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins’ plans to p ...

January 18, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: What Is Yolo Doing Wrong on Bail and Recidivism?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 16, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: What Is Yolo Doing Wrong on Bail and Recidivism?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA - Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig has attempted for the la ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA - Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig has attempted for the last several years to thread a needle. On the one hand, appearing to support reform policies aim ...

January 16, 2023
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Prop. 57 Releases Have Lowest Recidivism Rate in Ten Years, Yolo District Attorney Data Shows

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|Date: January 09, 2023
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Prop. 57 Releases Have Lowest Recidivism Rate in Ten Years, Yolo District Attorney Data Shows

By Robert J Hansen Woodland, CA - Over ten years ago, a federal court ordered California to reduce its pr ...

By Robert J Hansen Woodland, CA - Over ten years ago, a federal court ordered California to reduce its prison population due to overcrowding, which led to several measures put into place resulting in ...

January 09, 2023
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My View: Yolo Sheriff Refers to ‘Bad Folks in Jail’ – It’s a Simplistic, Dangerous View

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 07, 2023
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My View: Yolo Sheriff Refers to ‘Bad Folks in Jail’ – It’s a Simplistic, Dangerous View

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – This was the week where we swore in new and reelect ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – This was the week where we swore in new and reelected officials in Yolo County and elsewhere. Yolo County Sheriff Tom Lopez reminded us that Calif ...

January 07, 2023
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 174: UCSB Underground Scholar Program for Formerly Incarcerated

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|Date: November 14, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 174: UCSB Underground Scholar Program for Formerly Incarcerated

https://youtu.be/bk_uuhy2ZwA One of the important ways to disrupt mass incarceration is to get formerly i ...

https://youtu.be/bk_uuhy2ZwA One of the important ways to disrupt mass incarceration is to get formerly incarcerated people to get college and graduate degrees. Such programs help to greatly reduce r ...

November 14, 2022
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Commentary: The Housing Insecurity to Prison Pipeline

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 02, 2022
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Commentary: The Housing Insecurity to Prison Pipeline

By Davis M. Greenwald People often ask me how it is I focus on issues such as housing and land use on the ...

By Davis M. Greenwald People often ask me how it is I focus on issues such as housing and land use on the one hand and criminal justice reform on the other. The basic answer is that the two are actua ...

November 02, 2022
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My View: Reisig Takes to Fox News Attacking Zero Bail

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 03, 2022
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My View: Reisig Takes to Fox News Attacking Zero Bail

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – It has been just over a week since Yolo County DA J ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – It has been just over a week since Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig released his report on the impact of zero bail. As the Vanguard noted last week, th ...

September 03, 2022
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Commentary: NRA Touts Reisig’s Zero Bail Analysis as an Argument against Bail Reform

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 30, 2022
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Commentary: NRA Touts Reisig’s Zero Bail Analysis as an Argument against Bail Reform

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Last week, we criticized Yolo DA Jeff Reisig’s analysis of zero ba ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Last week, we criticized Yolo DA Jeff Reisig’s analysis of zero bail, noting among other things that the DA’s office failed to baseline the data—which meant that ...

August 30, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Why Prison Doesn’t Work – In One Graphic

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 25, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Why Prison Doesn’t Work – In One Graphic

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor They say a picture is worth one thousand words—a good graphic migh ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor They say a picture is worth one thousand words—a good graphic might be worth even more than that. I pulled this graphic from CDCR because it shows the breakdown ...

July 25, 2022
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Commentary: The New DA Has So Far Been Long on Safety and Short on Criminal Justice Reform

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 22, 2022
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Commentary: The New DA Has So Far Been Long on Safety and Short on Criminal Justice Reform

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – In her first actions as DA, Brooke Jenkins fir ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – In her first actions as DA, Brooke Jenkins fired 16 people in her department—all of them former Chesa Boudin hires. Of her first four hires, ...

July 22, 2022
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