Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform
06/13/24
This evidence underscores the fact that we don’t have to return to a punitive playbook in the face of recent crime upticks. ... See MoreSee Less
Incarceration and Crime: A Weak Relationship – The Sentencing Project
Crime rates and incarceration levels are not closely related. We don’t need to rely on mass incarceration to promote community safety.- Likes: 2
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Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform
06/05/24
Members serve on seven work groups focused on these topics:
Education, workforce development and economic opportunity;
Prison, jail and detention facility reform;
Promoting successful re-entry and preventing reincarceration;
Criminal law and sentencing reform;
Health and human services;
and law enforcement policies and practices. ... See MoreSee Less
Group making gains on recommendations to reduce mass incarceration - Maryland Matters
The goal is to complete a rough draft of recommendations by August and then a final report by January.Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform
03/03/24
🚨 Maryland faces a critical decision about its partnership with YesCare Corp., a correctional health care provider under fire for alleged malpractice. With a month left to decide, the state weighs its options amidst lawsuits from incarcerated individuals. Get the full story here: www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/yescare-bankruptcy-maryland-prisons-health-...
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Maryland’s prison health care provider could be in big trouble
A proposed settlement in a Texas bankruptcy case with ties to the Maryland prison system is in critical condition.Comment on Facebook A proposed ...
Maryland needs to get rid of YesCare/Corizon. My loved one has cancer and I've been fighting YesCare/Corizon to get the necessary treatment that he needs. I have piles of documentation between myself and the business YesCare. They are not in it to treat, but to make money.
Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform
02/15/24
Eliminating mandatory minimum sentencing laws is essential to creating a more just and equitable criminal justice system. Widespread evidence shows that mandatory minimum sentences produce substantial harm with no overall benefit to crime control. ... See MoreSee Less
Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform
01/21/24
Calls for change to Maryland's prison system Sunday, the Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform outlined their priorities for the legislative session. They want reforms before people are incarcerated, like preventing juveniles from being charged as adults without prior court approval. In addition, the group wants improvements for those already incarcerated, including enhanced prison education to reduce recidivism and to create an ombudsman to address prison assaults by correctional officers and inhumane treatment. ... See MoreSee Less
A justice reform group outline their priorities for this year's legislative session
Calls for change to Maryland's prison system Sunday, the Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform outlined their priorities for the legislative session.Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform
01/19/24
The act’s supporters say all it does is extend rights to children that adults already have in a state that has one of the biggest racial disparities in juvenile incarceration in the country. And that’s why Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland chair, Democratic Delegate Jheanelle Wilkins of Montgomery County, says they’ll defend it fully this year from any attempts to change it. ... See MoreSee Less
Maryland Black lawmakers want no changes to Child Interrogation Protection Act
2022 law extends rights to children, but prosecutors have since claimed that it hurts criminal investigations.Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform
01/09/24
The Right Investment 2.0 examines how concentrated criminal legal involvement in specific neighborhoods coupled with a lack of investment in housing, education, economic development, and public health can devastate communities and lock them into a downward spiral of disadvantage that can seem insurmountable. ... See MoreSee Less
Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform
01/02/24
We have left health care and decisions about what's adequate health care to security people. The party line right now is that all the natural-causes deaths are unavoidable, and we know that to be simply untrue. ... See MoreSee Less
There is little scrutiny of 'natural' deaths behind bars
Autopsies are not required for federal prison deaths that are classified as natural. NPR found cases where medical neglect, poor prison conditions and a lack of resources contributed to these deaths.Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform
12/13/23
The company has been paid hundreds of millions of dollars, even as its care for people in state prisons and the city jail complex has come under fire from an independent monitor and dozens of prisoners who have filed lawsuits over medical malpractice. ... See MoreSee Less
Maryland faces last-minute decision on troubled prison health care provider
A deadline is looming at the end of the year for Maryland to decide whether to keep or replace the troubled, for-profit company that provides medical care in state prisons and the Baltimore City jail ...Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform
11/28/23
“Folks that get out of jail or prison with criminal records, it’s like getting out with the handcuffs still on,” Keith Wallington, the director of advocacy with the Justice Policy Institute, a nonprofit criminal justice research and advocacy group, told Stateline. ... See MoreSee Less
High fees, long waits cast shadow over new criminal expungement laws - Maryland Matters
A clear record helps people seeking employment, housing and education.