In case you missed our big announcement, UnCommon Law has released a new, FREE handbook: Challenging Your Parole Denial in California State Court. Here's the challenge we're tackling: thousands of people are denied parole in California every year, and most have no...
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Heated debate over tougher punishment for sex crimes as some worry it could unfairly affect California’s minorities
This is from the L.A. Times: Heated debate over tougher punishment for sex crimes as some worry it could unfairly affect California's minorities By Jazmine Ulloa, Sept. 9, 2016 Outside the Santa Clara County Jail this month, U.S. Senate candidate Loretta Sanchez...
Letter to Governor Brown: Please Sign Assembly Bill 1909 (Lopez)
August 30, 2016 The Honorable Edmund G. Brown Jr. Governor California State Capitol Sacramento, CA 95814 RE: Assembly Bill 1909 (Lopez) Dear Governor Brown: The Fair Chance Project requests your signature on Assembly Bill 1909 (Lopez). This bill creates criminal...
New report by the Justice Policy Institute seeks to rethink America’s approach to violence to combat (over-)incarceration
Defining Violence: reducing incarceration by rethinking America’s approach to violence A report by the Justice Policy Institute (JPI), August 2016 Read the whole report here. SUMMARY From the White House to statehouses around the country, there is more support than...
New report by AFSC highlights
Community Cages: Profitizing community corrections and alternatives to incarceration American Friends Service Committee, August 2016, written by Caroline Isaacs, MSW Read the whole report: CommunityCages EXECUTIVE SUMMARY As states pursue sentencing reform efforts to...
New Study by Sentencing Project about Racial and Ethnic Disparity in State Prisons
The Sentencing Project has published a new report: The Color of Justice: Racial and Ethnic Disparity in State Prisons. Read the press release below: June 14, 2016 [By Marc Mauer, Sentencing Project] I’m pleased to share with you a new study on race and incarceration...
