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Republican Party Leading The Effort On Criminal Justice Reform
The Republican National Committee has passed a resolution calling for reducing the number of nonviolent offenders in prison, among other criminal justice reforms. If the resolution is again approved at the Republican National Convention, criminal…
Teresa Robertson: A bipartisan sentencing reform bill
Last October, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced S. 2123, the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015, with 11 bipartisan cosponsors. With more than one-third of senators now signed onto this bill, it should be…
State Viewpoints: Now Is The Time To Pass The Sentencing Reform And Corrections Act
New York Times Editorial: “In Congress, however, some recalcitrant lawmakers still cling to outdated or incorrect beliefs about crime and punishment in America. They need to pay close attention to the ingenuity and the record…
States Lead the Way on Justice Reform
In New Jersey, voters and lawmakers gave judges more power to release low-risk defendants who can’t afford bail, letting them go home rather than sit in jail while they await trial. In Idaho, a new…
Editorial: Put 17-year-olds in juvenile justice system
It’s time to protect our children and give them the best chance to turn their lives around. We urge state legislators to support SB 324, a bill proposed by Sen. J.P. Morrell, D-New Orleans, that would…
Criminal justice reform sees real progress
Years of progress reforming Louisiana’s criminal justice system is bringing real results, and we are now on the precipice of true systematic change to our justice system that could make Louisiana a model for the…
Sentencing reform needed for nonviolent offenders
As someone who worked nearly my entire career as a correctional officer in Dauphin County prison, I saw first hand the effects of mandatory minimums and recidivism based upon an inability for many individuals to…
Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act is smart justice
The bipartisan Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015, of which Sen. Bill Nelson is a co-sponsor, is an important step in making federal sentencing guidelines fit crimes. The federal government has a duty to…
Dear Sen. Cotton, America does not have an “under-incarceration” problem
Our criminal justice system is broken. We regularly send people to jail for unnecessarily long periods of time for nonviolent, largely drug related, crimes. These sentences cause lasting damage even after a prisoner is released.…
Political, Faith Leaders Call for Criminal Justice Reform
If there’s one political topic that doesn’t seem to be driving a wedge between Americans in this heated election cycle, it’s criminal justice reform. The issue has received attention from the president, federal lawmakers, and…
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