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The Sentencing Project Finds Huge Racial Disparities Among Youth, a Wake Up Call for Reform

Posted by Zoey Hou
|Date: July 18, 2021
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The Sentencing Project Finds Huge Racial Disparities Among Youth, a Wake Up Call for Reform

By Zoey Hou and Stacie Guevara WASHINGTON DC – The Sentencing Project has found new racial and ethnic ine ...

By Zoey Hou and Stacie Guevara WASHINGTON DC – The Sentencing Project has found new racial and ethnic inequalities in youth incarceration, as detailed in its latest fact sheets released late this last ...

July 18, 2021
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Report Finds Reoffending Is Relatively Low after Life-Sentence: ‘More Punishment Does Not Lead to Less Crime’

Posted by Angie Madrid
|Date: July 03, 2021
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Report Finds Reoffending Is Relatively Low after Life-Sentence: ‘More Punishment Does Not Lead to Less Crime’

By Angie Madrid WASHINGTON, DC — As the U.S. deals with the issue of mass incarceration, a new report ana ...

By Angie Madrid WASHINGTON, DC — As the U.S. deals with the issue of mass incarceration, a new report analyzed the issue of life sentencing and recidivism—finding those who have committed violent crim ...

July 03, 2021
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REPORT: U.S. Obsession with Increasingly Extreme Prison Sentences

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: February 21, 2021
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REPORT: U.S. Obsession with Increasingly Extreme Prison Sentences

By Alexander Ramirez WASHINGTON D.C. – Research done by The Sentencing Project has shown that the number ...

By Alexander Ramirez WASHINGTON D.C. – Research done by The Sentencing Project has shown that the number of people being sentenced to a life sentence without parole, life sentence with parole, or a vi ...

February 21, 2021
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Possible Solutions to Prediction that Mass Incarceration will Last for 60 Years

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 28, 2021
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Possible Solutions to Prediction that Mass Incarceration will Last for 60 Years

By Avalon Amaral and Mia Machado After a decade of insufficient and incohesive decarceration efforts, the ...

By Avalon Amaral and Mia Machado After a decade of insufficient and incohesive decarceration efforts, the current coronavirus pandemic and its ongoing public health crisis underscore the need for mean ...

January 28, 2021
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Second Look Amendment Act Extends Resentencing Eligibility for Crimes Committed by Felons Before Age 25

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: December 17, 2020
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Second Look Amendment Act Extends Resentencing Eligibility for Crimes Committed by Felons Before Age 25

By Linhchi Nguyen WASHINGTON D.C. - The Council of the District of Columbia overwhelmingly passed the Sec ...

By Linhchi Nguyen WASHINGTON D.C. - The Council of the District of Columbia overwhelmingly passed the Second Look Amendment Act Wednesday, a bill that would allow convicted felons whose crimes occurre ...

December 17, 2020
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Medical, Public Health Experts Urge President-Elect Transition COVID Advisory Board to Reduce Incarcerated Populations

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: December 05, 2020
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Medical, Public Health Experts Urge President-Elect Transition COVID Advisory Board to Reduce Incarcerated Populations

By Carlin Ross WASHINGTON D.C. – Two-hundred experts in the medical and public health community sent a le ...

By Carlin Ross WASHINGTON D.C. – Two-hundred experts in the medical and public health community sent a letter to President-elect Biden and the Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board this week, recommendin ...

December 05, 2020
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Sentencing Project Research Study Reveals Modern Female Incarceration Population Is Seven Times Higher Than 1980

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: November 30, 2020
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Sentencing Project Research Study Reveals Modern Female Incarceration Population Is Seven Times Higher Than 1980

By Macy Lu and Cailin Garcia WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Sentencing Project released a new report titled “Inca ...

By Macy Lu and Cailin Garcia WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Sentencing Project released a new report titled “Incarcerated Women and Girls” just before Thanksgiving that revealed, among other concerns, that th ...

November 30, 2020
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The Sentencing Project Highlights Youth Incarceration During Pandemic

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: November 21, 2020
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The Sentencing Project Highlights Youth Incarceration During Pandemic

By Lauren Smith WASHINGTON D.C. – Josh Rovner, Senior Advocacy Associate at The Sentencing Project, a res ...

By Lauren Smith WASHINGTON D.C. – Josh Rovner, Senior Advocacy Associate at The Sentencing Project, a research and advocacy group advocating for decarceration, hosted a webinar this week discussing yo ...

November 21, 2020
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Life Sentence Survivors Speak on Dismantling Mass Incarceration

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: October 19, 2020
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Life Sentence Survivors Speak on Dismantling Mass Incarceration

By Kelly Moran DETROIT – A virtual panel via Zoom focused on re-evaluating life sentences in U.S. prisons ...

By Kelly Moran DETROIT – A virtual panel via Zoom focused on re-evaluating life sentences in U.S. prisons was hosted by The Sentencing Project in partnership last week with Wayne State University. The ...

October 19, 2020
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Felony Disenfranchisement Report Reveals Millions Prevented from Voting

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: October 18, 2020
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Felony Disenfranchisement Report Reveals Millions Prevented from Voting

By Kelsea Valerio WASHINGTON, DC – The Sentencing Project’s “Locked out 2020” report revealed Friday an e ...

By Kelsea Valerio WASHINGTON, DC – The Sentencing Project’s “Locked out 2020” report revealed Friday an estimated 5.2 million people – primarily people of color – will be prohibited from voting in the ...

October 18, 2020
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Disenfranchisement Finds New Victim in Southern States: The Latinx Community

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: October 16, 2020
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Disenfranchisement Finds New Victim in Southern States: The Latinx Community

By Pavan Potti WASHINGTON D.C. – Recent studies released by the Sentencing Project—designed to calculate ...

By Pavan Potti WASHINGTON D.C. – Recent studies released by the Sentencing Project—designed to calculate the scope of disenfranchisement—estimated that approximately 5.2 million people will be prohibi ...

October 16, 2020
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Iowa Governor Restores Right to Vote for Those Convicted of Felonies

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: August 07, 2020
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Iowa Governor Restores Right to Vote for Those Convicted of Felonies

By Ayanna Gandhi IOWA - Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds Wednesday signed an executive order automatically rest ...

By Ayanna Gandhi IOWA - Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds Wednesday signed an executive order automatically restoring the right to vote for people with felony convictions once they complete the terms of thei ...

August 07, 2020
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Sentencing Project Talks Strategies on Reducing Incarceration during COVID-19

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: May 15, 2020
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Sentencing Project Talks Strategies on Reducing Incarceration during COVID-19

By Metyia Phillips The Sentencing Project recently hosted a Zoom talk about current COVID-19 decarceratio ...

By Metyia Phillips The Sentencing Project recently hosted a Zoom talk about current COVID-19 decarceration strategies used across the nation, ranging from mobilizing jail releases to providing persona ...

May 15, 2020
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Bipartisan Coalition Calls on President Trump to Commute Federal Prison Sentences for Populations Most Vulnerable to Coronavirus

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 25, 2020
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Bipartisan Coalition Calls on President Trump to Commute Federal Prison Sentences for Populations Most Vulnerable to Coronavirus

(The following is a letter from a group of criminal justice reform groups seeking the President to Commut ...

(The following is a letter from a group of criminal justice reform groups seeking the President to Commute Federal sentences for vulnerable federal prison populations - signers at the end). On behalf ...

March 25, 2020
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Reconsidering Who Is Kept In Prison: Considering Second Look Legislation

Posted by Danielle Silva
|Date: December 12, 2019
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Reconsidering Who Is Kept In Prison: Considering Second Look Legislation

By Danielle Silva The Justice Collaborative hosted a webinar on Second Look Legislation, methods that off ...

By Danielle Silva The Justice Collaborative hosted a webinar on Second Look Legislation, methods that offer alternatives to incarceration early or later on in prison sentences. Second Look Legislation ...

December 12, 2019
| by Danielle Silva

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The Way Forward against Death by Incarceration in Pennsylvania

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 19, 2019
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The Way Forward against Death by Incarceration in Pennsylvania

by Vaidya Gullapalli Yesterday, the Philadelphia Inquirer editorial board looked at two overlapping injus ...

by Vaidya Gullapalli Yesterday, the Philadelphia Inquirer editorial board looked at two overlapping injustices in Pennsylvania: the large number of people sentenced to die in prison and the use of thi ...

November 19, 2019
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Racial Impact Statements Help Prevent Regressive Criminal Justice Reform

Posted by Danielle Silva
|Date: October 27, 2019
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Racial Impact Statements Help Prevent Regressive Criminal Justice Reform

By Danielle Eden Silva While criminal justice reform is usually associated with being progressive, some l ...

By Danielle Eden Silva While criminal justice reform is usually associated with being progressive, some laws continue to add to racial disparity and mass incarceration in the prison system. Racial imp ...

October 27, 2019
| by Danielle Silva

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Latino Youth 65% More Likely than Whites to be Incarcerated

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 14, 2017
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Latino Youth 65% More Likely than Whites to be Incarcerated

A new fact sheet from The Sentencing Project highlights the persistence of incarceration disparities amon ...

A new fact sheet from The Sentencing Project highlights the persistence of incarceration disparities among youth of color. Latino youth are 65 percent more likely than white youth to be detained or c ...

October 14, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Jeff Sessions Wants a New War on Drugs – It Won’t Work

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 24, 2017
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Jeff Sessions Wants a New War on Drugs – It Won’t Work

By David Cole and Marc Mauer Attorney General Jeff Sessions is right to be concerned about recent increas ...

By David Cole and Marc Mauer Attorney General Jeff Sessions is right to be concerned about recent increases in violent crime in some of our nation’s largest cities, as well as a tragic rise in drug ov ...

June 24, 2017
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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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