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As we contemplate the next 50 years, our collective goal should be transforming our punitive criminal legal system. ... our commitment to reshaping the landscape of criminal justice is unwavering.
The criminal justice system is broken. Restorative justice can help fill the gap. Inside a movement that aims to bring accountability and healing to the justice system.
The U.S. operates one of the largest and most punitive criminal justice systems in the world. On any given day, 1.9 million people are incarcerated in more than 6,000 federal, state and local ...
Advocates for a more punitive system focus on strengthening the ... The bureaucratic agencies that make up the U.S. criminal-justice system went from relative political insignificance to a ...
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” Martin Luther King’s words evoke a powerful image, but also leave much to the imagination. What should justice look like ...
Many of the most serious human rights violations in the US occur within the criminal legal system and target people of color. This system is plagued with injustices, including policies that ...
It's a shame that on an issue like paring back the needlessly punitive aspects of the criminal justice system—on which Republicans and Democrats broadly agreed with one another very recently ...
Durham has made strides to mend disparities in the criminal justice system through the Durham Expunction and Restoration (DEAR) program, which provides free legal services for city residents to ...