Centering Racial Justice in Prosecution Reform
The Vera Institute of Justice and the Institute for Innovation in Prosecution launch Motion for Justice website to redefine role of prosecutors and address racial inequity in criminal legal systems.
At a time of unprecedented challenge, we’re fighting for justice reform built on bedrock American values and grounded in action at the state and local level.
Vera is committed to
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Series: Target 2020
Justice is on the Ballot
We elect federal leaders, district attorneys, mayors, local legislators, and sheriffs—people who shape how our communities ensure public safety and secure justice.
Election Day is in six weeks, but in communities across the United States, voting for the 2020 election is already underway. In every race, from the federal to the state to the local level, it’s clear: Justice is on the ballot. Our votes can help ensure due process for immigrants facing deportation, address overpolicing in communities of color and ...
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Nicholas Turner
What Policing Costs: A Look at Spending in America’s Biggest Cities
Series: Covid-19
Policymakers Must Lift the Veil on COVID-19 in Jails and Prisons
We know the problem is bad, but we don’t know the details, particularly surrounding how COVID-19 in correctional facilities is impacting people of color. Currently, no central government reporting and collection agency, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), tracks the data on COVID-19 in correctional facilities. Nonprofits a ...
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Micah Haskell-Hoehl
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Logan Schmidt