Long Prison Terms Deserve a Second Look and ‘a Little Humanity,’ Judge Argues nytimes.com/2024/09/09/us/…

Youth incarceration has decreased significantly in recent years, but racial & ethnic disparities persist. A new The Sentencing Project analysis found Black youth are 4.7x more likely to be placed in juvenile facilities than white youth. Explore the stats here: bit.ly/4dZIZiL

🧵Joseph Sanchez, a writer incarcerated at Sullivan Correctional Facility, published a moving op-ed this week in the New York Times in support of #CommunitiesNotCages' Second Look Act. Read his piece here: nyti.ms/3XhBPzH

OP-ED: The Michigan legislature should pass the Second Look Sentencing Act, instead of exacerbating the staffing crisis in prisons & diverting resources that can actually build safer communities, writes Greg Wines of the MI State Appellate Defender Office. bit.ly/3MEXfCb

"A wave of reforms since 2010 has changed the trajectory of punishment for young people by substantially limiting the use of juvenile life without parole (JLWOP) sentences...Since reforms began, most sentence recipients have at least been afforded... buff.ly/3MKnIy6

Oklahoma is the latest state to pass domestic violence survivor justice legislation. Criminalized survivors say they are "finally seeing some hope" under the new law that could reduce their sentences. to.pbs.org/3ZleJuD

VIRTUAL EVENT: Join us for our third Marc Mauer Racial Justice Awards Ceremony, where we will honor justice reform champions, Sam Lewis of Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC) and Shaka Senghor. 📅 September 24 at 1PM (ET) Register: bit.ly/3MrQh3g

WATCH: Our Senior Research Fellow Richard Mendel joined The Fortune Society's monthly TV show, "Both Sides of the Bars," to discuss why youth incarceration fails and what to do about it. bit.ly/3zraQK3

Our Community Safety Action Fund supports research and advocacy aimed at reducing our reliance on incarceration and reallocating resources toward effective solutions that truly enhance safety. Together, we can build a stronger, safer future: bit.ly/3B9g0uZ

Join us for the Marc Mauer Racial Justice Awards Ceremony, where we will honor justice reform champions, Sam Lewis of Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC) and Shaka Senghor. 📅 September 24 at 1PM (ET) RSVP for the virtual event: bit.ly/3MrQh3g

Great piece on why all eligible California voters — including those in local jails — should have access to the ballot by Antoinette Ratcliffe of Initiate Justice. California can take a step towards that goal when Gov. Gavin Newsom signs AB 544. sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/…

Less than three weeks after the Oklahoma Survivors' Justice Act went into effect, prosecutors in one of the state’s most populous counties are considering a plan to exclude potential candidates from sentencing relief. #SurvivorsDeserveRealJustice huffpost.com/entry/tulsa-co…

The United States is an outlier nation in that it strips voting rights from millions of citizens solely on the basis of a criminal conviction. nonprofitquarterly.org/should-you-los…

As of 2022, an estimated 4.4 million people in the U.S. had lost their right to vote due to felony convictions ... equivalent to the population of Kentucky or Oregon, according to a report published ... by Human Rights Watch, The Sentencing Project, and the ACLU Voting Rights Project #unlockthevote

What to do with a closed youth detention center? “It is politically possible to reuse these closed detention centers for other uses, particularly as community assets,” says Nicole Porter of grantee The Sentencing Project. fastcompany.com/91186996/youth…

Join us Tuesday, September 24 at 1PM (ET) for our third Marc Mauer Racial Justice Awards Ceremony, where we will honor justice reform champions, Sam Lewis and Shaka Senghor. Register here: bit.ly/3MrQh3g