News & Commentary about Smart Justice

The ACLU Campaign for Smart Justice is an unprecedented, multiyear effort to reduce the U.S. jail and prison population by 50% and to challenge racism in the criminal legal system.

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Oct 11, 2018

Common Wants You To Vote Smart Justice in 2018

Oct 3, 2018

Jeff Sessions Is Fighting Tennessee’s Effort to Make Prosecution More Fair

Sep 25, 2018

Criminal Justice Reform Is on the Midterm Ballot

Sep 11, 2018

Why Are So Many Indigenous People in Montana Incarcerated?

Sep 10, 2018

Is a Florida Chief Judge Taking Cues From a Prosecutor?

Aug 21, 2018

The Nationwide Prison Strike: Why It’s Happening and What It Means for Ending Mass Incarceration

Aug 16, 2018

A Nation in Love With Locking People Up

Aug 13, 2018

US’s Largest Organization of Lawyers Agrees That Courts Must Stop Treating People Like ATMs

Aug 10, 2018

Voters Hold Bob McCulloch Accountable in St. Louis County

Aug 8, 2018

Private Prison Giant CoreCivic Manipulates Montana Into Renewing Its Contract