Sentencing Project

How North Carolina's "bathroom law" is invigorating the push for #CJreform http://bit.ly/1OAlBWV  via @thinkprogress

20 states have no laws to compensate the wrongly imprisoned: http://nyti.ms/1NyG2se  via @nytimes

.@TheJusticeDept announces it will review North Charleston, S.C.’s police department: http://bit.ly/1NyzBFN  via @postandcourier

Are 3 days in jail enough to wreck a life? @Pretrial advocacy group says yes: http://bit.ly/1Nykfku  via @clevelanddotcom #BailReform

.@POTUS makes push for sentencing reform while honoring police officers: http://bit.ly/1Xkw6V3  via @thehill #NationalPoliceWeek

North Carolina police chief implores officers to stop arresting people suffering from drug addiction: http://bit.ly/1Oyiwqr  @thinkprogress

WATCH: Short film highlights why US bail system is critically flawed & discriminatory against the poor http://bit.ly/1Oy9h9z  #EndMoneyBail

New Orleans considers allowing some formerly incarcerated individuals to reunite with their family in public housinghttp://bit.ly/1Xj7Gex 

MS to close all Adolescent Opportunity Programs which provide community based treatment to justice involved youth:http://bit.ly/1Xjc51h 

Is Rikers' new "Secure Unit" just #solitaryconfinement by another name? http://bit.ly/1Xj5qEc  via @Gothamist

Pharmaceutical giant imposes sweeping controls on distribution to ensure its drugs are not used in lethal injectionshttp://nyti.ms/1XfPDpK 

Voting rights are determined based on citizenship—not character. http://bit.ly/1Ow0XHi  @InsideSourcesDC #felonydisenfranchisement

Louisiana's #raisetheage legislation could impact 5,000 17-year-olds who are arrested each year: http://nyti.ms/1OvZ4up  via @nytimes

.@UCBerkeley honors formerly incarcerated graduates at special graduation ceremony:http://bit.ly/1OvXAAm 

After legalization, marijuana arrests in CO went down for white teens but rose for black and Latino teens: http://bzfd.it/1NrH5dz  @BuzzFeed

Rare federal charges brought against former South Carolina officer who shot and killed Walter Scott http://bit.ly/1NrEAbl  @postandcourier

Incarcerated drug users are 8X more likely to die immediately after release than at other times in their lives: http://n.pr/1Wpc1Oc  @NPR

Formerly incarcerated people lead tours @easternstate on history of incarcerateion & their own experience within it:http://bbc.in/1Wpcvnq 

Obama Administration urges colleges to rethink questions about criminal records, @nytimes reports:http://nyti.ms/1WpcXST 

There's no evidence that enhanced sentences reduce drug availability or the number of people harmed by illicit drugshttp://lat.ms/1Omul2N 

Activists race to register VA's 200K newly eligible voters before election http://wapo.st/1OlXEm6  @washingtonpost #felonydisenfranchisement

Judge rules FL death penalty unconstitutional because jurors are not required to agree unanimously on execution:http://hrld.us/1Wlwvau 

.@POTUS had lunch with Ramona Brant after commuting her life sentence for a nonviolent drug offense. http://www.people.com/article/president-obama-meets-with-woman-granted-clemency … @People

Rehabilitative programs are often too little, too late; we need to intercede early, says @WesternBruce http://bit.ly/21PPREQ  @NewYorker

Only 8 of the 3,487 people known to have hepatitis C in TN prisons are receiving medicine that can cure the disease:http://tnne.ws/21Paykf 

Replacing in-person jail visits with video visitation is inhumane & actually increases violence—but it makes money.http://bit.ly/21OwVpL 

Formerly incarcerated man now helps other people reenter society: http://bit.ly/1r3gadq  via @vicenews

Mothers at the Gate: How a powerful family movement is transforming the youth justice system http://bit.ly/21LieUr  via @IPS_DC

Google helps kids send love letters to moms in prison for Mother's Day http://usat.ly/1Wh9Xb3  via @USATODAY

D.C. abandons plan to pay people with criminal records to stay out of trouble, @washingtonpost reports:http://wapo.st/1Ydxyah 

The only way to get rid of racial bias in death penalty cases is to get rid of the death penalty: http://slate.me/1YdyiMT  via @Slate

Inside death row: 5-part graphic journalism series by @PatChappattehttp://nyti.ms/1YdxZl1 

Should prostitution be a crime? A growing movement is making the decriminalization of sex work a feminist issue:http://nyti.ms/1YdyzPQ 

"Formerly incarcerated" vs "felon"—Why language matters: http://bit.ly/1Ydv5wx  via @RT_com