#Criminal Justice Reform

Articles (13)

• 🇺🇸 Prosecutors Put Rap Lyrics on Trial. Maryland Is About to Shut It Down — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  A new act signed by the Maryland legislature brings long-overdue limits to how prosecutors weaponize art in the courtroom

  Related: #Free Speech, #Cultural Bias
• 🇺🇸 Louisiana GOP tries to eliminate an elected office won by an exonerated man — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  A man imprisoned for nearly 30 years before being exonerated won a landmark election in New Orleans promising to fix a judicial system that failed him. Now, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and the GOP-cont...

  Related: #Political Power, #Electoral Democracy
• 🇺🇸 Inside Pam Bondi's aggressive push to crack down on animal cruelty crimes — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  A politically connected nonprofit animal shelter helped steer Bondi on DOJ's approach on animal cruelty crimes and their prosecution.

  Related: #Animal Welfare, #Policy Advocacy
• 🇬🇧 Plan to scrap most short jail terms comes into effect — 23/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  The government hopes it will ease the population crisis in prisons.

  Related: #Sentencing Policy
• 🇬🇧 I’m out of prison, but I’ve been given no support to rebuild my life | Letter — 22/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>A former prisoner says that unless the government offers meaningful housing and employment help to those leaving prison, they will end up back there</p><p>I agree with John Podmore’s comments on pr...

  Related: #Social Reintegration
• 🇬🇧 ‘Green shoots’ in drive to cut number of women in England and Wales prisons — 16/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Prisons minister says more women should be diverted away from jail – and new board aims to bring about that change</p><p>Pat had been in trouble with the police before, when she was 16 and had been...

  Related: #Women's Incarceration
• 🇺🇸 A New Lifeline Helps Inmates Transition to Life Outside the Bars — 13/03/2026 [USA]

  Medicaid is now paying for health care in jails and prisons, helping smooth inmates’ return to the community. Corrections and law enforcement officials say they’re all for it.

  Related: #Rehabilitation
• 🇺🇸 The Safer Supervision Act follows Trump's first step toward criminal justice reform — 12/03/2026 [USA]

  The Safer Supervision Act is the natural next step in that strategy.

  Related: #Legislation
• 🇺🇸 The case for a clean slate: States are stepping up — 10/03/2026 [USA]

  A past mistake should not become a lifetime barrier to employment, housing or stability.

  Related: #Employment Policy
• 🇺🇸 Prison abolitionist wins judge primary in North Carolina — 05/03/2026 [USA]

  A prison abolitionist beat out the incumbent judge in a Democratic primary in North Carolina, according to unofficial election results posted by the state's Board of Elections.

  Related: #Judicial Elections
• 🇺🇸 From prison cell to federal reform: A fix for the First Step Act — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  The Bureau of Prisons has failed to properly administer the First Step Act, resulting in tens of thousands of inmates being held for months longer than the law allowed, costing taxpayers billions of d...

  Related: #Government Accountability, #Prison Administration, #Fiscal Responsibility
• 🇬🇧 Police AI chief admits crime-fighting tech will have bias but vows to tackle it — 24/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Exclusive: NCA’s Alex Murray says he hopes new £115m police AI centre can limit unfairness found in tools</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/24/its-not-robocop-uk-p...

  Related: #AI Bias, #Police Technology
• 🇺🇸 They Killed Their Abusers. Should They Spend Their Lives in Prison? — 22/02/2026 [USA]

  A new law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of survivors of domestic violence. Most are still behind bars.

  Related: #Domestic Violence, #Legal System