Support The Campaign For Corrective Clemency
The Campaign for Corrective Clemency seeks to convince Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker to exercise his executive clemency powers in an expansive manner to
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Black Lives Matter
Defend The Pretrial Fairness Act
January is quickly approaching and after years of organizing, Illinois is set to end money bond and reduce pretrial jailing in 2023 with
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ABA Provides 10 Principles For Ending Mass Incarceration And Lengthy Prison Sentences
The House of Delegates took aim at mass incarceration in two separate resolutions at the ABA Annual Meeting in Chicago on Monday. Resolution
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Alternatives To Police And Prisons: Activists Share How To Better Address Violence
I wish people recognized that harming people in the name of justice is not only morally inconsistent — it’s also ineffective. Punitive systems
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The Claims Of Abuses Against Prisoners In A St. Louis Jail Are Horrific. They’re Also Not Unique.
When he was 17, in March of 2021, Eric had been confined to his cell at the St. Louis City Justice Center in
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The Hidden Billion-Dollar Cost Of Repeated Police Misconduct
More than $1.5 billion has been spent to settle claims of police misconduct on behalf of thousands of officers repeatedly accused of wrongdoing.
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The Prosecutor Problem
I became a prosecutor because I don’t like bullies. I stopped being a prosecutor because I don’t like bullies. CLICK
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Data: People With Incarcerated Loved Ones
Locking up the most medically vulnerable people in our society has created a public health crisis not just inside prison walls, but in the
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The Chains Of Slavery Still Exist In Mass Incarceration
Echoes of slavery—and the white supremacy that fueled it—continue to reverberate through the U.S. criminal legal system. The 13th Amendment may have outlawed
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To Celebrate Juneteenth, Focus On Ending Mass Incarceration
Every year on June 19, Americans have the opportunity to commemorate Juneteenth—the day in 1865 when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to
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