Report - Restorative Justice Diversion: A Better Way to Provide Meaningful Accountability for Youth (via The Sentencing Project)
Restorative justice diversion programs deliver better outcomes for both victims and youth than the traditional juvenile court system—reducing reoffending, increasing victim satisfaction, and promoting meaningful accountability. Yet despite strong evidence, access to these programs remains limited nationwide.
WA lawmakers want to restrict ICE access to schools, health facilities (via Washington State Standard)
A Democratic-backed bill would require judicial warrants or court orders for agents to get into certain areas at places like schools, day cares and emergency rooms.
Report - Detention by Design: The Constitutional Crossroads of Pretrial Justice (via The Bail Project)
The Bail Project released “Detention by Design: The Constitutional Crossroads of Pretrial Justice ” a new report that maps a problematic shift in the pretrial landscape.
Report - Number of Incarcerated Women Over 7x as High as in 1980 (via The Sentencing Project)
Research on female incarceration is critical to understanding the full consequences of mass incarceration and to unraveling the policies and practices that lead to their criminalization. Today, The Sentencing Project released an updated report documenting over a 600% increase in women’s imprisonment in the United States between 1980 and 2023.