Part 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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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.We found four states, as well as nine cities and counties, where data exist measuring public safety from before and after the adoption of pretrial reforms. All of these jurisdictions saw decreases or negligible increases in crime or re-arrest rates after implementing reforms.
Releasing people pretrial doesn’t harm public safety
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When these states, cities, and counties began releasing more people pretrial, there were no corresponding waves in crime.
