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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Feb 9, 2018
Making a Life After Incarceration Shouldn’t Be Impossible
Feb 7, 2018
When You're in Prison No One Prepares You for Coming Home
Feb 5, 2018
San Francisco’s D.A. Is Clearing Thousands of Marijuana Convictions. Others Around the Country Should Do the Same.
Jan 31, 2018
A Father Abuses His Children but Somehow Their Mother Goes to Prison for 30 Years
Jan 26, 2018
Wyomingites Say No to For-Profit Prison Looking to Settle in the State
Jan 23, 2018
Dallas County Violates People’s Rights by Keeping Them in Jail for Being Poor
Jan 16, 2018
Big Corporations Make Millions by Selling People a Chance to Get Out of Jail
Jan 15, 2018
Ending Mass Incarceration Is a Winner for Politicians