When policymakers abandon the idea that these problems can be addressed as narrow recruitment and human resources issues, and instead move away from mass criminalization and incarceration, we will finally see real movement on these issues and real relief for workers and incarcerated people alike.
Why jails and prisons can’t recruit their way out of the understaffing crisis
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Jails and prisons across the country have record-high vacancies, creating bad working conditions for corrections staff and nightmarish living conditions for incarcerated people. Why haven’t ...The 18 recommendations from the Maryland Equitable Justice Collaborative (MEJC) aim to fix the imbalance in state sentencings: Black residents accounted for 32% of Maryland’s population in 2023, but about 71% of those incarcerated in the state’s correctional facilities, the group notes.
Group tackling mass incarceration in Maryland releases recommendations - Maryland Matters
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History Made: Maryland Equitable Justice Collaborative (MEJC)
Passes Recommendations to Address Mass Incarceration of Black
Marylanders in State Prisons and Jails
Today’s 18 recommendations are designed to tackle long-seeded issues that have contributed to Maryland’s high incarceration rates and racial disparities throughout the legal system. They are the culmination of a pioneering partnership between Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown and Maryland Public Defender Natasha Dartigue. who, together, established the MEJC in October 2023.
A detailed analysis of news coverage at six media outlets in the Baltimore area during the first half of 2024 finds that they have been providing their audiences with skewed and misleading information about youth crime.
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The Sentencing Project found that major Baltimore media outlets presented a deeply misleading portrait of Baltimore’s youth crime situation.A newly released audit says Maryland has failed to properly manage contracts with private companies that provide medical and mental health care to prisoners in state-run detention facilities
Health care for Maryland prisoners was compromised by poor oversight, audit finds
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A newly released audit says Maryland has failed to properly manage contracts with private companies that provide medical and mental health care to prisoners in state-run detention facilitiesPart of Desmond Haneef-Perry's job is to explain to judges why an incarcerated individual at a pretrial hearing not only needs services to overcome possible substance abuse or mental health issues, but also a second chance at life when eventually released from jail.
Justice reform advocates hoping for a second chance for Second Look Act - Maryland Matters
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Criminal justice reform advocates are hoping for a better outcome next year for teh Second Look Act, which would let long-serving prison inmates petition for a sentence reduction. The bill passed the ...Comment on Facebook Criminal justice ...
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Maryland is among the worst states in the nation when it comes to the number of prison inmates who began their time behind bars for crimes they committed as children, according to a report set to be released Wednesday.
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Maryland is among the worst states in the nation when it comes to the number of prison inmates who began their time behind bars for crimes they committed as children, according to a report set to be r...
