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A person’s racial or ethnic group, economic background, or native language must not affect sentencing, punishment while in prison, access to education and job opportunities, parole, or re-entry supports.- Doing What Works
Our state’s criminal justice system should be accountable for using the practices that have been shown to reduce the likelihood of crimes and recidivism. For example, we know that family ties and visitors can reduce recidivism, so it is important that people who are incarcerated are assisted to maintain these critical connections with community.- Good Stewardship
Where sensible use of state resources can strengthen our communities to help them prevent crime – for example, through evidence-based programs for at-risk youth – we think this is a better use of our money than lengthy incarceration.- Second Chances
We believe that people can change. Given opportunities and support, people who have been incarcerated can choose to return to their communities and families as productive citizens.- Accountability
The state criminal justice system should maintain the data needed to be accountable to citizens. For example, it should be prepared to report on the racial and ethnic group of people in solitary confinement, the length of solitary confinement, and the alternatives to solitary confinement; the number of incarcerated persons who speak languages other than English and how the system is addressing communication issues; the mental health status of persons incarcerated and the measures taken to assist them in recovery.- Opportunities for Change
Many people involved with the criminal justice system have experienced trauma, are mentally ill, or have become addicted to substances. Others have learning disabilities, have never learned to read, or are developmentally impaired. We believe in access to treatment, in-prison opportunities, and community supports to help individuals turn their lives around.- Community Safety
We believe in safe, healthy communities. We believe all of us are safer when we use evidence-based interventions at every phase of involvement in the criminal justice system. We are all safer when:- sound community programs are available to prevent crime (for example, mentoring programs for at-risk youth);
- first offenders receive evidence-based interventions that help them avoid further involvement (for example, a diversion to treatment or mediation where appropriate);
- those who are incarcerated have opportunities to turn their lives around (for example, through fully funded NA and AA programs and opportunities to learn a skill); and
- returning citizens do not face barriers to finding treatment, jobs, and housing and are fully supported in their transition to community life so they never go back to prison.
Websites of Interest
The Ungers: A Matter of Time
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Life of the Spirit
…our worldview. We each carry within us a heartful of questions – a yearning to make sense of the world and our place in it. There are powerful questions of… Continue reading
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JROB-2017-08
…revising their discharge policies, which would free up more beds. The department expected local community programs to be involved. . Public Safety and Correctional Services (PSCS) Patricia Goins-Johnson, PSCS Patricia… Continue reading
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workgroup-0926
…Independent Business – Maryland Shaina Hernandez, Greater Baltimore Committee Vickie Wilkins (representing Secretary Moyer, Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services) Overview of research on Employment and Occupational Licensing of… Continue reading
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Endorsing Organizations
…every Wednesday from 6:00pm-7:30pm. Please visit our website for more info: www.facebaltimore.org and/or contact us: (410)522-FACE(3223) Gatekeepers MAJR has become a most prominent resource for all who are or have… Continue reading
Focus Groups
…2015 initiatives offer the General Assembly a toolkit to begin repair of our state’s corrections system. Central to those recommendations were several initiatives to reduce low-risk prison populations and repurpose… Continue reading
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certificates
…See, for example, Reentry.net, Serving people from arrest to reintegration: https://www.reentry.net/ The Council of State Governments Justice Center: https://csgjusticecenter.org/projects/integrated-reentry-and-employment-strategies/ The Sentencing Project’s web section on collateral consequences: http://www.sentencingproject.org/issues/collateral-consequences/ The website… Continue reading
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Initiatives – 2015
The Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform proposed several pieces of legislation for the Maryland Assembly 2015 sessions. For an overview see the one-page executive summary. For more information click on… Continue reading
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Education Commission
…overall rehabilitation and reentry plan, along with substance-abuse and mental health programs. The Commission should utilize the extensive research by the RAND Corporation, the Abell Foundation, the Educational Testing Service,… Continue reading
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Survey: Anne Arundel
Anne Colt Leitess Democrat http://www.annearundelanne.com/ In your opinion is there a difference between being “tough on crime” and being “smart on crime”? Please explain. I think that a prosecutor can… Continue reading
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Ralph Jaffe
…research on this question. A simple yes or no given by anyone does not do justice to the question. A plan filled with a lot of jargon and high sounding… Continue reading
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