Criminal Justice topics on the ballot

This is exactly the type of programs, policy, and laws that are an example of the impact of the Criminal Justice System on a Community.

Think about how these proposals would impact the community.

Are the proposals based on political rhetoric or evidence based practices?

The report from The Marshall Project that discusses several different Criminal Justice initiatives that can be decided at the Ballot box.   See the report HERE

Pretrial Detention and Bail

Here are a news article and a website on “Mass Bailout” and a publication on pretrial detention.

Ex-NYC Probation Chief: Why I Joined the ‘Mass Bailout’ https://thecrimereport.org/2018/10/05/why-i-helped-bail-someone-out-this-week/#

 Mass Bail out of women and youth https://rfkhumanrights.org/news/rfk-bail-action

 Research pretrial detention https://www.arnoldfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/LJAF-Pretrial-CJ-Research-brief_FNL.pdf