by Dawn Blagrove | Dec 9, 2018 | CJPC News, Criminal Justice Reform, Mass Incarceration
By Lily Walter, CJPC Intern Prosecutors wield enormous power in the “war against drugs.” They have the ability to widen the net of who is convicted of drug charges in the way they interpret and pursue laws. This ranges from charging mothers addicted to drugs with...
by Dawn Blagrove | Nov 15, 2018 | CJPC News, Criminal Justice Reform, Mass Incarceration
By Lily Walter, CJPC Intern In a series of four podcasts, NPR and the Northwestern University School of Journalism found that female inmates are disciplined disproportionately in prisons. Women get disciplined at higher rates than men, especially with smaller...
by Dawn Blagrove | Nov 15, 2018 | CJPC News, Criminal Justice Reform, Mass Incarceration
By Allison Bunker, CJPC Intern A recent new report from the Prison Policy Initiative provides the first estimate of housing insecurity in the 5 million formerly incarcerated individuals in the US. The report breaks down the prevalence of homelessness by demographic...
by Dawn Blagrove | Oct 17, 2018 | CJPC News, Mass Incarceration
Beginning in 2019, Haywood and Jackson counties will become the first judicial districts in North Carolina to pilot a pretrial release program. The goal of this program is to reduce mass incarceration and recidivism rates. Under the new program, judges will be...
by Dawn Blagrove | Aug 15, 2018 | CJPC News, Mass Incarceration
Recently, a company called JPay signed a contract with the New York Department of Corrections to give the people incarcerated there free tablets. The Prison Policy Initiative decided asked an important question about this contract that the lawmakers didn’t: “What...
by Dawn Blagrove | Aug 13, 2018 | CJPC News, Criminal Justice Reform, Mass Incarceration, Policing
By Mandie Sellars, CJPC Board Member It wasn’t until I saw the coffin-sized metal box above my head with the name Wake County on it that I froze. My body could no longer move, as tears streamed silently down my cheeks. The box bore three simple pieces of data: the...
