From Prison Policy Initiative:
Today (December 4), we released our annual list of actionable and specific criminal legal system reforms state legislators can pursue as they return for the new legislative session. This sweeping resource offers examples of reform victories that policymakers can emulate to make the criminal legal system fairer without making it bigger.
The 34 reforms focus on eight areas:
Expanding alternatives to criminal legal system responses to social problems;
Protecting the presumption of innocence so people receive a fair shot at justice;
Decreasing the length of prison sentences, and providing pathways for all people to exit prison;
Treating people humanely during incarceration;
Treating people on community supervision fairly, and helping them thrive in their communities;
Setting people up to succeed when they leave prisons and jails;
Giving incarcerated/formerly incarcerated people political representation and voice;
Reducing spending on the criminal legal system while increasing investment in communities.
Read the full report here.
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