This contains posts about reports, testimony and sign-on letters by District advocacy groups and other entities related to District criminal legal system issues.
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 …
Continue reading “The new FBI crime report casts further doubts on national crime statistics”
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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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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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 …
Continue reading “Council for Court Excellence Publishes D.C. Justice Systems Overview”
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 …
Continue reading “D.C. scores high in Police Data Transparency Index”
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 …
Continue reading “A New Toolkit for Equitable Alternatives to Police Response”
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 …
Continue reading “U.S. Justice Department eyes changes to its risk assessment tool”
A report recently released by Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) describes the need for second chances for people serving extreme sentences.
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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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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