State Senator and Senate Minority Whip Jay Chaudhuri (D-15) made headlines at the beginning of April when he introduced SB 646, a bill that would legalize marijuana for recreational use in North Carolina. The bill is the first of its kind in the state.
Women often face issues that are unique to them in jails and prisons. These issues, such as lack of access to essential medical supplies, are often overlooked. Now, a new bill in Mississippi looks to confront some of the issues with women's incarceration in the
The "Back the Blue Act" received opposition from both civil rights groups and police associations. As a result, lawmakers broke the bill down into a trio of bills. Most of the legislation from SSB 1140 made it into Senate Files 479, 534 and 476. One
On March 11, Rep. Pressley reintroduced the People's Justice Guarantee. With the current wave of justice reform around the country, will the outcome be different this time around? And if it passes, what would that even mean?
Oklahoma might not seem like a likely candidate for a hotbed of prison reform, but a new package of bills suggests that even the reddest of the red states may be ready for change. That change, however, looks a little different from justice reforms in
Previous bills to legalize cannabis in the state have fallen flat. However, some activists say they believe the tide is turning in the country's leading tobacco-producing state.
GOP lawmakers in Georgia have responded to protests by pushing new bills that would protect police budgets, criminalize protests and shifting responsibility for police misconduct onto citizens.
In attempting to improve re-entry issues, Oklahoma is addressing an area of justice reform that often seems to get lost in the shuffle. As states around the country find ways to reduce prison populations, re-entry is an area of growing importance and urgency.
The new law is broad in scope, making it easier for citizens to obtain a remedy if their civil rights are violated by any government agency or employee, not just a law enforcement officer. As a result, it could have significant ramifications for justice movements
Another important element of TRULINCS is privacy, or the lack thereof. All messages that come in or go out through TRULINCS can be monitored. That's true whether they are sent between an incarcerated person and their family or even their attorney.