Criminal Justice Reform

Memphis critic says Juvenile Court Judge’s resistance to reforms has ‘emasculated’ Department of Justice

The decision was unanimous.

When we talk about the United States being the “incarceration nation,” the facts back it up. A higher percentage of our citizens are in jail or prison than any other nation in the world. How we got there is complicated, but at the root of it all is the over-criminalization of people for things that shouldn’t be criminal.

Activists in New York City are engaging in profound acts of resistance against over-policing in the subways. Politicians are listening, but are they really hearing them?

District attorneys want to keep an outdated system alive.