Volunteer Survey

You are receiving this message because you indicated that you wished to volunteer when you signed up as a supporter of the Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform. We now want to give you that opportunity.

MAJR, a volunteer organization, has established three workgroups and two committees to help us focus on the most important issues of the day. MAJR was particularly active in the 2016 legislative session which adopted the Justice Reinvestment Act. Many measures on that Act will become effective in October 2017. MAJR needs to monitor and report on how the Act is being implemented. Each of our committees has a significant role to play in our advocacy

• Executive Committee
  The Executive Committee coordinates the work of the workgroups and other committees and is our primary interface with the legislature:
  • Firm up Legislative Agenda
  • Sponsor MAJR General Meetings
  • Analysis of important legislation
  • Presentations for State Legislators
  • Organize testimony during legislative session

• Front Door Workgroup
  The Front Door Workgroup will consider pretrial detention and bail, alternatives to arrest, diversion to mental health programs, and mediation and other alternatives to incarceration.
  • Pretrial Bail Reform
  • Citations in Lieu of Arrest
  • Pretrial Diversion
  • Court-watch

• Behind-the-Walls Workgroup
  The Behind the Walls Workgroup will make recommendations regarding education within correctional facilities, solitary confinement, preparation for re-entry, parole for lifers, and other issues:
  • Solitary Confinement (IAHR)
  • “Mandela” Prison Standards (CURE)
  • Correctional Education (MCEEA)
  • Restorative Justice – Lifer’s parole
  • Liaison with inmate organizations, and family groups

• Back Door Workgroup
  The Back Door Workgroup will focus on re-entry, collateral consequences, and other issues:
  • Re-entry Matters! 
  • Certificate of Rehabilitation
  • Collateral Consequences

• Networking Committee
  The Networking Committee will organize MAJR supporters throughout Maryland on a geographic basis.
  • Liaison with Advocacy Organizations
  • Listening to Local Communities
  • Local presentations of Legislative Agenda
  • Supporting Local Citizen Efforts

• Communications Committee
  The Communications Committee maintains MAJR’s interface with our supporters, and monitors a variety of meetings, events, and conferences:
  • Website: ma4jr.org
  • Newsletter & mailing list
  • MAJR Facebook page
  • Petition Drives
  • Press Releases
  • Event Monitors and Reporters
    • A subgroup of the Communications Committee, our monitors attend meetings, conferences, and events, and report so we all can know what is happening.

Please join us by taking the following survey:

This brief survey is just a start. We need to hear from you. We need to hear your suggestions. We need to understand better what path the Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform needs to take in the future.

One simple way to contact us and tell us more is to fill out the form at https://www.ma4jr.org/contact-us/

Thanks from all of us at MAJR.