The Greene County Coalition for Compassionate Justice (GCCCJ) was originally founded to oppose the creation of a 500-bed jail. After the proposal was defeated in early 2020, the coalition recognized that ...
In response to our nation's overreliance on jails, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation launched the national Safety and Justice Challenge (SJC), a multiyear initiative to safely reduce jail ...
From the press release: More than a year after the first calls to release people from jails and prisons as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the People in Jail and Prison in Spring 2021 report ...
From the report: The Humphrey decision has the potential to dramatically change pretrial justice in California. In San Francisco, the decision shifted how people charged with a new crime were released ...
From the article, published in the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Magazine, Spring 2021 edition: Pretrial reforms have traditionally focused on improving court appearance and public safety. ...