.Council on Criminal Justice: 'Further narrowing racial disparities in imprisonment will require investing in violence prevention and ... reducing prison sentences for those convicted of serious violent crimes.' counciloncj.foleon.com/reports/racial…

Gov. Moore, veto Maryland's juvenile justice reform bill | In in this piece for ⁦The Baltimore Sun⁩, ⁦Heather Warnken⁩ & I suggest leading w/ data & not anecdote. baltimoresun.com/2024/04/09/gov…

Former Director Bureau of Justice Statistics under Biden calls on Moore to veto the juvenile justice reform bill, which makes 10-12 year olds eligible for arrest for crimes involving weapons, auto theft, 3rd degree sexual assault and animal abuse.

Today Alex Piquero and I lay out why we must follow facts & best practice, not anecdote. This law will not improve public safety. It will worsen MD's shameful racial disparities and harm Black children. We can and must do better, and it's not too late.

baltimoresun.com/2024/04/09/gov…

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'People in solitary aren’t allowed to go to the prison library... we qualify for one book a week... the librarian always sends a Christian themed book.

In 2018, I asked her, “Why don’t you give me what I request?” She said, “I’m called to save your heathen soul.”'

NPQ's Rebekah Barber speaks with Nazgol Ghandnoosh of The Sentencing Project on the state of #prisonreform and the work that is left to be done to address disparities in incarceration: bit.ly/43HFPwp #massincarceration

Former deputy national security adviser under Obama

This budget defunds the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund, gutting wages for the Black and Brown women who nurture our children during their most formative years.

Child care is the backbone of DC. Defunding it is not an option.

'This was not just a bad luck situation where ‘oops’ we dropped the bomb in the wrong place,' Andres said. 'They were targeting us in a deconflicting zone, in an area controlled by IDF. They knowing that it was our teams moving on that road ... with three cars,' he said

New today from @pewreligion:

How US Jews are experiencing the Israel-Hamas war: pewrsr.ch/4cUfUWz

How US Muslims are experiencing the Israel-Hamas war: pewrsr.ch/3TJQzFF

It begins

We're horrified that Al-Shifa Hospital is in ruins after a 14-day long operation by Israeli forces in and around the facility.

Gaza’s largest hospital is now out of service.

Given the extent of the destruction, people in the north are left with even fewer healthcare options.

It’s easier to get lost among all-white casts? Doesn’t seem like a universal preference.

“And yet something is off, something that makes these stories impossible to get lost in.”

nytimes.com/2024/03/31/mag…

In New Jersey, 25% of Black adults are barred from ever serving on a jury.

“We’re whitewashing a space that’s disproportionately affecting Black and brown communities,” said one lawyer. “Which calls into question: who is getting a jury of one’s peers?”
boltsmag.org/new-jersey-jur…

Following the release of The Sentencing Project's four-part series, One in Five, Nazgol Ghandnoosh talks with NPQ's Rebekah Barber about the work that is left to be done to address disparities in #incarceration : bit.ly/49YlLYR #prisonabolition #abolitionnow