Incarceration News
Apellate Judges Seminar in Suffolk County!
PRESS RELEASE New York State Contact: Unified Court System Lucian Chalfen, Public Information Director Arlene Hackel, Deputy Director (212) 428-2500 Hon. Janet DiFiore Chief Judge www.nycourts.gov/press Appellate Judges Across the State to Discuss Legal Trends and Issues at Long Island Seminar Suffolk County, New York – Nearly 60 appellate judges from around the State will…
Read MoreReentry news in the US
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Read MorePanel Discussion The Path to Closing Rikers
What Does it Mean for People with Significant Behavioral Health Needs? The City is taking active steps to close the jails on Rikers Island. Toward this end, government officials are working hard to implement systemic changes that will reduce the number of people entering jail and improve services for those currently incarcerated on Rikers Island.…
Read MoreNYS Parolees are Granted the Right to Vote!
ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced on Wednesday that he intends to restore voting rights to felons on parole, a move that could open the ballot box to more than 35,000 people. The mechanism through which Mr. Cuomo plans to do so is unusual: He would consider pardons for all 35,000 people currently on…
Read MorePennsylvania State court is locking up defendants too poor to pay court fines!
Spotlighting disparities in jail stays over unpaid court fines in Pennsylvania A helpful reader made sure I saw this impressive piece of reporting from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazetteunder the headline “Modern-day debtors’ prisons? The system that sends Pennsylvanians to jail over unpaid court costs and fines.” I have probably not given as much attention here as I should to…
Read MoreFree Bus to Albany this Caucus Weekend-Saturday February 17, 2018
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Read MoreThe Role of Jails in Combating the Opioid Crisis
By Leah Pope A report released today from the Pew Charitable Trusts sheds new light on what has long been true but is often overlooked: local jails play a vital role in our nation’s health care safety net, working often as the default response to people with mental health and substance use disorders. Individuals passing…
Read MoreWestchester DA ends bail for non-violent misdemeanors
WHITE PLAINS – Westchester’s district attorney has announced that there will be no more bail for non-violent misdemeanors. Officials say that the policy could prevent tens of thousands of people from spending time behind bars before they go to trial.
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Innocent and Behind Bars
Why Does Our Justice System Fight So Hard to Keep Innocent People Behind Bars? Mark Godsey was a “prosecutor’s prosecutor” who didn’t think there were any innocent people in prison. Then he began supervising his law school’s Innocence Project, and realized his assumptions were all wrong. By Joshua Holland
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