“It [the ombudsman’s office] has the potential to bring accountability and transparency to our correctional systems that frankly just hasn’t been there,” she said.
Maryland’s new prison watchdog just got its first leader
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Gov. Wes Moore appointed Yvonne Briley-Wilson as the head of the new state agency that will examine prison conditions.In Baltimore, Black residents tend to be hit the hardest by public health crises, but results from a community survey released Tuesday by Johns Hopkins University show that income level and educational attainment are more powerful than race at predicting whether a Baltimorean has lost someone close to them from a drug overdose.
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"Despite a wave of reforms across America that reduce the use of juvenile life without parole sentences, thousands of youth and emerging adults have been left behind even though their sentences are essentially the same."
Still Cruel and Unusual: Extreme Sentences for Youth and Emerging Adults – The Sentencing Project
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Despite reforms that reduce the use of juvenile life without parole sentences, thousands of youth and emerging adults have been left behind.The criminal legal system views pretrial detention as a necessary sacrifice that prioritizes crime prevention and court attendance over personal liberty. However, detention is demonstrably ineffective on both fronts: when compared to releasing people pretrial, jail counterintuitively worsens these outcomes on day one while making the system decidedly more unjust for those behind bars.
Research roundup: Evidence that a single day in jail causes immediate and long-lasting harms
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Recent research suggests the onset of pretrial detention’s criminal legal system, social, and economic harms is earlier than previously thought.This past legislative session, a bill passed that established an Office of the Correctional Ombudsman, which would provide oversight and serve as an independent watchdog for the Maryland prison system. It’s unclear when that office will get up and running.
"Cruel and unusual punishment:" Maryland's prisons lack A/C
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Several family members of inmates reached out to us during the recent heat wave. Maryland is one of many states that does not have A/C in its prisons' housing units.Comment on Facebook Several family ...
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Clean Slate laws simply automate the process so an individual no longer needs to hire a lawyer, attend judicial hearings, and there is no cost to the individual whose record is expunged.
Setting sail for justice: Clean Slate policy straight ahead - Maryland Matters
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Cannabis pardons are a good step. But Maryland needs to adopt a Clean Slate law to automate the process of expunging criminal convictions without cost or hurdles.The Feds take a lesson from Maryland and other states...
Congress OKs bill overhauling oversight of troubled federal Bureau of Prisons
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Congress has passed legislation overhauling oversight and bringing greater transparency to the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons, following reporting from The Associated Press that exposed syst...Congress Approves Major Overhaul of Federal Bureau of Prisons
Exciting news from Capitol Hill! Congress has just passed a landmark bill aimed at overhauling the oversight of the Federal Bureau of Prisons. This significant legislation is set to bring about crucial reforms to improve transparency, accountability, and the overall functioning of our federal prison system. The bipartisan effort underscores the commitment to ensuring better conditions for inmates and addressing long-standing issues within the Bureau. This is a pivotal step towards a more just and humane correctional system.
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Congress OKs bill overhauling oversight of troubled federal Bureau of Prisons
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Congress has passed legislation overhauling oversight and bringing greater transparency to the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons, following reporting from The Associated Press that exposed syst...www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/baltimore-juvenile-justice-social-work...
Casi O’Neill works at the heart of Maryland’s youth legal system, but she rarely does her job. If she did, the specially trained social worker hired by the Maryland Office of the Public Defender would be assessing the complex needs of children charged with low- to moderate-level crimes.
Meet the only social worker assigned to Baltimore’s youth legal system
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Instead of diverting some of the hundreds of children charged with less serious crimes away from the system the first time they land in trouble, Casi O’Neill spends the bulk of her time triaging tee...
