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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In Baltimore, Black residents tend to be hit the hardest by public health crises. But results from a community survey released on Tuesday by Johns Hopkins University show that income level and educ…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;
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and law enforcement policies and practices.
Group making gains on recommendations to reduce mass incarceration - Maryland Matters
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The goal is to complete a rough draft of recommendations by August and then a final report by January.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.
A justice reform group outline their priorities for this year's legislative session
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Calls for change to Maryland's prison system Sunday, the Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform outlined their priorities for the legislative session.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.
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Justice Policy Institute is dedicated to reducing use of incarceration and the justice system by promoting fair and effective policies.“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.
High fees, long waits cast shadow over new criminal expungement laws - Maryland Matters
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A clear record helps people seeking employment, housing and education."Under the bill, the money saved by shortening sentences of qualifying inmates would be split evenly between the Department of Corrections and the Department of Higher Education to continue facilitating higher education programs in prisons." Maryland could do this too!!
Colorado bill would reduce prison sentences for inmates pursuing higher education
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Colorado has among the worst recidivism rates in the country, with over 50% of people released from prison ending up back behind bars within three years. Lawmakers want to change
