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Reducing Incarceration & Scaling Back the Criminal Justice System: A...
By: Natacia CatonJPI InternNearly a week after President Obama stood before Congress and addressed the Nation at the 2015 State of the Union Address, a speech in which he urged Democrats and...
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Adjusting Police Attitudes
By Tatiana LaingJPI InternThis month, I had the opportunity to attend two events on policing. They had different focuses, but a common tone, and left me sure of one thing: We need to reform the way we...
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Bringing an End to the Incarceration Generation
By Marc SchindlerThis blog post originally appeared on The Huffington Post's Crime Blog In the not so distant past, election cycles inevitably saw a political race to incarcerate where candidates...
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Labor Pains: Banning shackling during childbirth isn’t enough
BY Daniel LandsmanFormer JPI InternIn November 2008, Jennifer Farrar was arrested for cashing fake payroll checks and booked into Cook County Jail in Chicago, Illinois. Farrar went into labor during a...
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A national agenda for criminal justice reform: Not just second chances, but a...
By Marc SchindlerExecutive Director of JPIOriginally Posted on Huffington Post's Crime BlogDuring a powerful speech to the NAACP convention on Tuesday, President Obama outlined sweeping reforms to...
View ArticleHelp Young Adults Succeed: Create Alternatives to the Justice System
By Marcus BullockGuest BloggerOn October 2nd, the Washington Post published “Why 21 year-old offenders should be tried in family court”. As I read the op-ed, I was reminded of the young guys that I...
View ArticleThe Reflections of a Hypocrite
By Leo KimGuest BloggerWhat happens when you learn that you’re a hypocrite?That was the thought bouncing around my head as I fumbled around a row of black trash bags lining the street, dealing with the...
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Justice Reform in 2015 and Beyond
By Marc SchindlerExecutive Director of JPIOriginally Posted on Huffington Post's Crime BlogScout J. Photography via Getty ImagesCriminal justice reform is enjoying a moment of mainstream support: Mass...
View ArticlePrison Labor: Trauma as a “marketable job skill”
By Jacqueline ConnGuest BloggerThe fields on the William P. Hobby unit in Marlin, TX had watermelons, green onions, okra, sweet potatoes—and I’m sure other crops that I don’t remember because they...
View ArticleWhat Mass Incarceration Means For Families
By Wendy PachecoJPI InternSince I could remember, my life has been shaped by courts, cops, and jails. My grandmother and I used to walk hand in hand through the East Los Angeles Civic Center toward the...
View ArticleWhat I really want for Father’s Day: Stop Solitary for Kids
By Marc SchindlerExecutive Director of JPIOriginally Posted on Huffington Post's BlogAs Father’s Day approached, and I watched my kids excitedly make plans to celebrate, I couldn’t help but reflect on...
View ArticleHow We Can Stop Solitary For Kids
By Ned LoughranExecutive Director of The Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators.Guest BloggerIs it possible to end the use of isolation for punishment and administrative convenience in youth...
View ArticleAmerica Can’t Reduce Incarceration Without Addressing Violent Crime
Marc SchindlerJPI Executive DirectorThis piece originally appeared on Open Society Foundations' blog. Recently, I had the privilege of spending time with three men who had served a total of over 100...
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How “Raising the Age” Is Transforming Youth Justice
By Marcy Mistrett and Marc SchindlerCampaign for Youth Justice CEO and JPI Executive DirectorThis piece originally appeared on Open Society Foundations' blog. Over the past decade, advocates have...
View ArticleShining a Light on the Crisis of Indigent Defense
By Marc SchindlerJPI Executive DirectorThis week 60 Minutes featured a storydetailing the crisis in indigent defense in New Orleans, Louisiana. In a city where public defenders have been...
View ArticlePor el Amor de Nuestra Madre
By Marcia Rincon-GallardoJPI Guest BloggerThis Mother’s Day, we must honor our mothers who have children locked up somewhere in the system –whether it’s a daughter or a son, a niece or a nephew,...
View ArticleThis Father’s Day, Think About the Empty Seats
By Keith WallingtonJPI State Based StrategistRemember your first great achievement as a child? Was it your first talent show or dance recital? First little league hit, basket made, or goal scored?...
View ArticleRethinking the School to Prison Pipeline
By Michelle MannoJPI Guest BloggerLast year’s civil rights survey by the Department of Education revealed some disturbing trends: Out-of-school suspensions for black students are common for...
View ArticleRisk Takers: How did the justice system change to meet the needs of the youth...
This blog is a part of a series dedicated to celebrate JPI’s 20th Anniversary. Bart Lubow’s piece is excerpted from comments he delivered at the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s JuvenileDetention...
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Mass Incarceration Starts Young - Podcast"The United States locks up more people than any country in the world. That starts young: Roughly a million kids a year get caught up in the criminal justice...
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Upcoming Event: 6th Annual Baltimore Back to the Neighborhood Expungement Clinic
Join us for the 6th Annual Baltimore Back to the Neighborhood Expungement Clinic July 25th 9am-1pm at American Brewery, 1701 N. Gay Street, for free legal assistance with expungements, voter...
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Upcoming Event: Ending Incarceration of Women and Girls: How We Get There -...
Upcoming event - this Saturday, July 21, there will be a “Ending Incarceration of Women and Girls: How We Get There” town hall event in Baltimore. This event is to raise awareness about the current...
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New Resource: Abell Foundation Report
The Abell Foundation has released a new report, “Fact Check: A Survey of Available Data on Juvenile Crime in Baltimore City,”collecting and analyzing available data on trends in juvenile crime rates,...
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TODAY, October 17, at 6 PM, tune in to WPFW's "Led By Love" segment to hear our Executive Director Marc Schindler, along with National Center for Victims of Crime's Executive Director Mai Fernandez,...
View ArticleMother's Day in Prison
Thanks to JPI Intern Madeline Titus for both authoring this blog post and creating an incredible podcast, Mothers in Prison, where she interviews three women all deeply connected to this issue.While...
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