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Two Texas bills look to reform bail in the state but take different approaches to get there.

28 Apr A Tale of Two Bills: Lawmakers Move On Bail Reform in Texas

Posted at 10:00h in Cash Bail

Two bills, one from each major party, take radically different approaches to reforming bail practices in the Lone Star State.

Incarcerated women often get left behind in justice reform conversations.

28 Apr Incarcerated Women Get Left Out Of Most Justice Reform Conversations

Posted at 10:00h in Ending Mass Incarceration

Despite a growing population, criminal justice reform rarely targets the needs of incarcerated women. Even initiatives spearheaded by women in Congress ignore the specific needs of women in prison.

27 Apr The Justice System’s Approach to Domestic Violence May Be Harmful

Posted at 10:00h in Ending Mass Incarceration

Dual arrests have not shown to help make things safe for victims of domestic abuse. In many cases, it can make it more difficult to report domestic violence. That can lead to perpetuating cycles of abuse. The cycle of domestic violence victims feeling trapped by

27 Apr Biden Administration Looks to Shorten Family Detention, Not End It

Posted at 10:00h in Ending Mass Incarceration

President Biden called for an end to family detention centers on the campaign trail. He's taking the first step to make that happen.

Andrew Brown Jr. was killed by sheriff's deputies in Elizabeth City, NC.

26 Apr 4/28: What We Know About the Andrew Brown Jr. Case and Elizabeth City

Posted at 17:05h in Death Sentences

Andrew Brown was shot to death by a police officer in Elizabeth City, NC just one day after Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter. In the days that followed, protests have emerged in Elizabeth City and in Raleigh, the state's capital.

26 Apr Daunte Wright Killing Calls for Shift to Unarmed Traffic Stops

Posted at 10:00h in Ending Mass Incarceration

Citizens saw a successful prosecution of a police killing in the Chauvin trial. Since the incident, Minneapolis City Council voted on a plan to make its traffic unit separate from the police department. The unit will implement traffic stops while unarmed.

Justice reform in Nevada is taking on the high cost of phone calls.

23 Apr Nevada Adds Limiting Cost of Phone Calls to Justice Reform Package

Posted at 16:00h in Prisons

The personal economics of incarceration doesn't seem to garner the attention that issues like the use of force and hate crimes do. But the high cost of communication affects nearly every justice-impacted family.

School resource officers may not actually make schools safer.

22 Apr Presence of School Resource Officers May Not Make Kids Safer

Posted at 12:59h in Ending Mass Incarceration

The presence of armed School Resource Officers grew tremendously over the last two decades. Now some districts are cutting them out.

A New Orleans artist has painted a mural address cash bail reform.

22 Apr New Orleans Artist Takes Aim at Cash Bail Reform

Posted at 12:15h in Cash Bail

Allen used her artistic voice to comment on the injustice tied to cash bail policies. The artwork helps humanize an issue that prosecutors and lawmakers have been targeting with more urgency over the past twelve months.

21 Apr Can Tishaura Jones Bring Criminal Justice Reform to St. Louis?

Posted at 15:03h in Ending Mass Incarceration

On April 6, Tishaura Jones was elected as the first Black female mayor of St. Louis, Missouri. Jones was already active in the community through education, politics and volunteering. As she steps into the mayor's office in St. Louis, she faces increased pressure to pass