Kentucky was an early adopter of risk assessments in an effort to release more people without bail. But the algorithms are reproducing systemic inequities.
— Read on theintercept.com/2020/07/12/risk-assessment-tools-bail-reform/
Tag: Criminal Justice System
Campbell Collection on Policing: Campbell Systematic Reviews
Campbell Collection on Policing: Campbell Systematic Reviews
— Read on onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1002/1891-1803.policing
If You’re New to Abolition: Study Group Guide
This is a new movement that is for the abolition of police and prisons.
If You’re New to Abolition: Study Group Guide
— Read on abolitionjournal.org/studyguide/
Cambridge publishes juvenile diversion manual for municipalities
The newly published “Police-Based Juvenile Diversion” manual is based on the Safety Net Collaborative, which is a partnership between the Cambridge Police Department, Cambridge Public Schools, Cambridge Health Alliance and the Cambridge Department of Human Service Programs that was initially established in 2007. Together, these organizations provide health, mental health and social services to youth and families in Cambridge with the goal of curtailing youth involvement in the juvenile justice system and connecting them to services before issues escalate to potential delinquency
— Read on cambridge.wickedlocal.com/news/20200619/strongcambridge-publishes-juvenile-diversion-manual-for-municipalitiesstrong
The Path to Better Policing | National Review
Valuable reforms can come of this moment.
— Read on www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2020/07/06/the-path-to-better-policing/
How The Police See Issues Of Race And Policing | FiveThirtyEight
One important difference between the protests that have spread across the country for the past nine days and nights and other protest movements is their subject….,
— Read on fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-the-police-see-issues-of-race-and-policing/
Juvenile Court Statistics 2018
Minneapolis Police Missed Reforms Before George Floyd’s Death | The Marshall Project
The department allows officers to use choke holds barred in other cities.
Summer Heat – The New Inquiry
This article talks about abolition of Policing. This concept was first brought up in 2014-15 during the riots then. Summer Heat – The New Inquiry
— Read on thenewinquiry.com/summer-heat/
New Guidance to Protect People Behind Bars from COVID-19
Today, as part of its efforts to protect people most at risk of contracting COVID-19, the Vera Institute of Justice issued a guidance brief urging Attorney General Barr, governors, sheriffs, and corrections administrators to take immediate action to stem the explosion of COVID-19 cases in jails, prisons, and detention centers. Warned for weeks about the impending crisis, people behind bars are now facing the consequences of slow and inadequate government responses. Thousands of lives are at risk.
