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Target 2020
The 2020 election cycle offers a unique inroad to achieve monumental justice reform policy. Now more than ever, voters around the country and across…
Aug 19, 2020
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Conditions of Confinement
Emphasize the need for transformational change in conditions of confinement. We should create prisons that offer safety to incarcerated people,…
Aug 17, 2020
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Money Injustice
End money injustice. We should end the travesty of money injustice. There are more than 700,000 people in U.S. jails. About two-thirds of them have…
Aug 17, 2020
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Due Process for Immigrants
Address the shocking lack of due process for immigrants facing deportation. We must ensure due process for immigrants facing deportation. Unlike in…
Aug 17, 2020
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Rural Jails
Confront the rural jail crisis by ensuring that plans to support and revitalize rural communities include strategies to reduce rural jail…
Aug 17, 2020
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Policing
Address overpolicing and police violence through accountability to the federal government and required data collection and reporting—and reallocate…
Aug 16, 2020
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Postsecondary Education in Prison
Reinstate Pell Grant eligibility for people pursuing postsecondary education while in prison. We should immediately reinstate federal Pell Grant…
Aug 16, 2020

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Election 2020
By November 3, 2020, hundreds of millions voters will weigh in on a range of critical federal, state, and local issues, including criminal justice…
Aug 14, 2020
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COVID-19
Ensure that the platform entry on COVID-19 includes key components on reform to the criminal justice system. Prisons, jails, policing, community…
Aug 14, 2020
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Ending Police Violence and Ensuring Accountability
George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, Eric Garner, and so many others should be alive today. Instead, their tragic deaths are…
Jun 04, 2020
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