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 21, 2021

My Life Was Derailed By a Traffic Ticket

Oct 8, 2021

What the Supreme Court Can and Can't Do About Mass Incarceration in the Current Term

Sep 17, 2021

Public Trust in Artificial Intelligence Starts With Institutional Reform

Jul 30, 2021

Our Leaders Can Save Lives With the Stroke of a Pen

Clean lawn and tidy oak trees in front of an apartment complex

Jul 14, 2021

How America Disguised 65,000 Prison Beds

An empty cell block in a prison with tables and blue doors.

Jun 21, 2021

President Biden Can Prevent Over 4,000 People From Being Sent Back to Prison

Mar 22, 2021

Sheriff Kristin Graziano and the New Movement for Public Safety

Nalya Rodriguez of the Youth Justice Coalition in Los Angeles

Mar 10, 2021

Meet the Activists Fighting to Free People from LA Jails

ACLU legal observers sit by a "Vote Here" sign outside a polling place in Georgia on Election Day.

Feb 25, 2021

Breaking Down Systemic Racism Through Collective Action in the South

Feb 5, 2021

What It’s Like to Face a Deadly Pandemic Behind Bars