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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May 14, 2018

Google and Facebook Join the Fight Against the Predatory Bail Industry

Apr 25, 2018

18 Years Removed From Prison, and I'm Still a 'Returning Citizen'

Apr 12, 2018

The Lakeith Smith Case Demonstrates the System’s Brokenness

A storage room filled with data boxes from top to bottom

Apr 9, 2018

With AI and Criminal Justice, the Devil Is in the Data

Apr 4, 2018

The Orange County Prosecutor’s Office Ran a Secret, Unconstitutional Jailhouse Informant Scheme for Years

Mar 15, 2018

Chicago's Top Prosecutor Walks the Walk on Transparency

Mar 12, 2018

No Money to Make Bail or Pay for a Lawyer? Too Bad, Say Officials in Glynn County, Georgia

Feb 15, 2018

Take It From a Death Row Exoneree: The Dallas County DA Election Is a Big Deal

Feb 13, 2018

I Sentenced a Teen to Die in Prison. I Regret It.

Feb 12, 2018

9 Major Insurance Companies Are Profiting the Most Off the Broken Bail System