Proposition 36 has failed to deliver on its promises of safety, accountability, and mass treatment, instead fueling incarceration, straining local budgets, and deepening racial disparities across California, according to the Prosecutors Alliance and criminal justice reform advocates.
Vera’s research reveals that ICE is detaining more than 59,000 people across the US, with 17 private facilities holding over 1,000 people per day and 2 facilities exceeding 2,000 people, and the Trump administration has allocated an unprecedented $45 billion for detention and $30 billion for additional enforcement.
The stabbing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light rail train has been used as political capital to push an agenda against bail reform, but experts say the tragedy was due to a lack of meaningful intervention for someone with untreated mental illness.
The Trump administration has reduced the number of immigration judges by one-sixth, loosened hiring qualifications, and begun installing military lawyers as civil immigration judges, raising concerns about civil rights protections and the integrity of the immigration system.
Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig is promoting his controversial “zero bail” study, which has been criticized by reform advocates, as part of President Trump’s push to eliminate cashless bail nationwide.
NEW YORK, NY – The Vera Institute of Justice (VERA), a 64-year-old national justice reform organization, said…
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This week on Everyday Injustice we visit with Akhi Johnson, Director of the Vera Institute of Justice’s…
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