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Reports, testimony & sign-on Letters

This contains posts about reports, testimony and sign-on letters by District advocacy groups and other entities related to District criminal legal system issues.

Posted on October 19, 2022October 6, 2022

The new FBI crime report casts further doubts on national crime statistics

Over the last several months the media narrative has been that crime rates are soaring, both locally and nationally. What’s let’s discussed is the data behind and supporting such statistics–or …

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Posted on August 18, 2022August 16, 2022

Families Against Mandatory Minimums releases national criminal justice survey

Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) has released what it calls the “first-ever national poll on prison oversight.” Survey results show that nearly three-quarters of Americans support reforming the nation’s criminal …

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Posted on July 7, 2022June 15, 2022

New Report Debunks Widespread Myth of Youth-Led Crime Wave

A new analysis from The Sentencing Project debunks the widespread narrative that youth crime exploded during the pandemic. The report finds scarce evidence of a new youth-led crime wave. Rather, …

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Posted on June 2, 2022May 27, 2022

Council for Court Excellence Publishes D.C. Justice Systems Overview

The Council for Court Excellence (CCE) has published a new report offering a look into the significant challenges and innovations in the District ’s adult and youth criminal legal systems …

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Posted on May 25, 2022May 4, 2022

D.C. scores high in Police Data Transparency Index

The Vera Institute of Justice recently published a Police Data Transparency Index to see how locations across the United States are performing in their release of data and how much …

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Posted on May 10, 2022May 4, 2022

A New Toolkit for Equitable Alternatives to Police Response

The Vera Institute of Justice took a look at what an antiracist and equitable community crisis response program might look like. Researchers from Vera interviewed national subject matter experts and …

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Posted on May 5, 2022May 26, 2022

U.S. Justice Department eyes changes to its risk assessment tool

As reported by NPR, the Justice Department (DOJ) is looking to reduce racial disparities in a tool it uses to assess a prisoner’s risk of a return to crime, after …

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Posted on April 27, 2022April 25, 2022

New report endorses ‘Second Look’ process for people serving lengthy sentences

A report recently released by Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) describes the need for second chances for people serving extreme sentences.

Posted on April 8, 2022April 1, 2022

Prison Policy Initiative Report: Mass Incarceration in 2022

Prison Policy Initiative has released a new report titled Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2022. The report seeks to better understand mass incarceration by piecing together the data about this …

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Posted on July 21, 2021July 26, 2021

New Report: Recommendations for improving reentry following long prison terms

The Justice Policy Institute has issued a report titled: Voices for Reform in DC: Recommendations for improving reentry following long prison terms. Since passage by the DC Council of the …

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