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Major gains for family engagement in Indiana’s juvenile justice system
Last year, the Vera Institute of Justice’s Family Justice Program wrapped up a…
Sep 09, 2013
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The costs and benefits of incarcerating low-level drug offenders
This post originally appeared on the blog of the Cost-Benefit Knowledge Bank…
Sep 05, 2013
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Ten years of PREA
Ten years ago today, President George W. Bush signed the Prison Rape…
Sep 03, 2013
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Rebuilding lives, families, and communities through education in prisons
On Thursday, August 22, the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education announced…
Sep 03, 2013
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A monumental call for justice
Just over three years ago, in response to Congress passing the Fair Sentencing…
Aug 28, 2013
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A new vision for victims of crime
Recently, in a seminal speech delivered to the American Bar Association,…
Aug 27, 2013
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FCC lowers rates for interstate phone calls from jails and prisons
Lee G. Petro, lead attorney from Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on a…
Aug 23, 2013
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Sponsoring the Ohio Green Prison Project
This is part two in a multi-part series highlighting Vera’s fiscal sponsorship…
Aug 22, 2013
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A historic step in access to justice for immigrants facing deportation
In New York City, where more than one-third of residents are foreign-born,…
Aug 15, 2013
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United around criminal justice reform
On Monday, Attorney General Eric Holder called for criminal justice reform that…
Aug 15, 2013