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08/09/2022

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08/09/2022

REFORM Alliance aims to transform probation and parole by changing laws, systems and culture to create real pathways to work and wellbeing.

REFORM’s Legislation in PENNSYLVANIA would create a process for presumptive early termination to effectively limit probation terms at 5 years for felonies and 3 years for misdemeanors.

Survey Link: https://www.eymac.org/glb-story-tellers
Learn More: https://reformalliance.com/

A justice system that holds people accountable and redirects back to work and wellbeing leads to stronger families and safer communities. Instead of keeping people trapped in a revolving door from probation/parole to prison — which costs taxpayers billions of dollars — we’re working to move people from the justice system into stability.

Everyday life shouldn’t be treated like a crime. Join REFORM to Give
Life Back! www.reformalliance.com

08/02/2022

REFORM’s Legislation Would Reduce mandatory minimum probation terms In Iowa by eliminating the mandatory minimum for probation lengths, one year for misdemeanors and two years for felony convictions.

Survey Link: https://www.eymac.org/glb-story-tellers
Learn More: https://reformalliance.com/

REFORM’s mission is to create safe communities by dramatically reducing the number of people trapped by the criminal justice system and expanding real pathways to work and wellbeing

08/01/2022

“Zero Tolerance” proved costly and ineffective at reducing crime. (Opinion)

Over the past two decades, many jurisdictions across the United States have turned to tough-on-crime policies like increased policing, lengthy sentences, and reducing access to social services in response to violence. This “zero tolerance” approach has often proved costly and ineffective at reducing crime.

Three cities — Houston, Boston and Newark, NJ — are leading national reform by implementing comprehensive public safety plans that focus not only on stopping violent crime but also on prioritizing community-driven and public health innovations that break cycles of violence. In all three of these cities, political leaders recognized the need for a radically different approach to crime prevention and committed to diverting resources from incarceration to community-centered solutions.

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/continuing-efforts-to-slow-violent-crime/

In Newark, the “ecosystem” includes the use of predictive policing data, a community-led reentry program for formerly incarcerated citizens and expanded training for law enforcement on issues facing marginalized communities. The city is also inviting youths and adults to participate in an alternative dispute resolution program modeled after restorative justice models used across the country.

Despite their alternative approaches to public safety, each of these cities saw a decrease in violent crime in recent years—a trend that mirrors national trends. For example, the murder rate in Newark dropped 30 percent between 2008-2012 while New York City’s rate fell 14 percent during that same period.

https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2016/03/newark-doj-police/476022/

The network is just one example that shows that justice reinvestment strategies can be successful even in large urban centers.

Houston, Boston, and Newark have improved public safety through violence prevention efforts outside traditional law enforcement.

07/25/2022

Municipal Criminal Justice Reform Campaigns Must Now Build Power.

There are several reasons why we can expect to see future coordination among criminal justice reform campaigns. First, this is the time of local organizing because we can no longer afford to wait for the federal government to change the laws that continue to criminalize entire communities.

Second, as we've seen, there is a groundswell of support for change that has grown in recent years and continues to grow. Once a tipping point is reached, it becomes increasingly difficult for opponents to stop these campaigns.

Third, there is a new generation of organizers taking on these issues, who have new and more strategic ways to mobilize members.

Fourth, we can no longer assume that the tradition of criminal justice reform will be even modest changes in federal policy will be hard to achieve and could turn our communities back toward mass incarceration and drug war policies once more.

Finally, we need to step up our local campaigns by giving more attention to key demographics that can make a difference. For example, voters under the age of 35, who are often marginalized in these campaigns, have a key role to play. We must also recognize that people with formerly incarcerated and other criminal justice histories are important partners as well.

This is a tense time for the country, with many elections and critical decisions ahead. The time to build power. A justice system that holds people accountable and redirects back to work and wellbeing leads to stronger families and safer communities. Instead of keeping people trapped in a revolving door from probation/parole to prison — which costs taxpayers billions of dollars — we’re working to move people from the justice system into stability.

Find more: https://www.eymac.org/

07/21/2022

REFORM’s Give Life Back

National campaign to inform, inspire, and activate people to join our growing movement to transform our nation’s probation and parole system.

Length of Incarceration: 6 years
Conviction/Offense: Federal Possession of A Firearm
Time on supervision before violation: 1 ½ years out

Meet Albert, 54 year old family man and father of 2 from Austin, Texas. Albert was given a Technical Violation for Positive urine analysis (UA) and failed to show up for scheduled office visits. As a consequence of the positive drug tests, his parole officer threatened to reincarcerate Albert.

Just like many folks across America - Albert need help and a opportunity. In view of threatening Albert with incarceration and the possibility that Albert would not be able to provide for his family.

A justice system that holds people accountable and redirects back to work and wellbeing leads to stronger families and safer communities. Instead of keeping people trapped in a revolving door from probation/parole to prison — which costs taxpayers billions of dollars.

JOIN REFORM
Your engagement as a Reformer is critical to our shared goal of achieving criminal justice reform. Take action in any way you choose.

https://reformalliance.com/actions/

Join the growing community of Reformers to help transform probation and parole in the U.S. If you or a loved one have experienced parole, probation or Federal Supervision please fill out the survey below

https://www.eymac.org/glb-story-tellers

07/18/2022

Nationwide, two of every three people on probation make less than $20,000 per year, with nearly 40% of those making less than $10,000 annually. For people on parole, the income levels are even lower. Families with children cannot afford to pay for their probation and parole fees; food, housing and healthcare costs can overwhelm them.

Whether or not authorized by state statutes, probation programming fees — for mandatory conditions of probation such as drug testing, mental health treatment, classes, community service participation, or electronic monitoring — are imposed in every state.

(https://finesandfeesjusticecenter.org/2022/05/10/press-release-national-examination-of-probation-parole-fees-finds-widespread-imposition-in-nearly-all-50-states/)

New Jersey has an incarceration rate of 341 per 100,000 people (including prisons, jails, immigration detention, and juvenile justice facilities), meaning that it locks up a higher percentage of its people than almost any democracy on earth. (https://www.prisonpolicy.org/profiles/NJ.html)

Join REFORM

Your engagement as a Reformer is critical to our shared goal of achieving criminal justice reform. Take action in any way you choose.

https://reformalliance.com/actions/

Join the growing community of Reformers to help transform probation and parole in the U.S. If you or a loved one have experienced parole, probation or Federal Supervision please fill out the survey below

https://www.eymac.org/glb-story-tellers

07/14/2022

The number of people on community supervision has grown exponentially over the past 35 years, from about one million to 4.5 million individuals today—New Jersey has 138,000 people on probation and 14,000 on parole.

The state continues to sentence people to onerous mandatory minimums while simultaneously narrowing pathways to release by prohibiting or denying parole in most instances.

As a result, the system is experiencing crisis and stress:

As of 2015, New Jersey’s parole revocation rate was the highest in the nation.

In 2015, two in every three people were being sent back to prison for minor violations. Many of these violations had no direct impact on public safety – such as missing a curfew or misplacing a job application. It’s worth noting that almost none of these people were sent to prison for new crimes.

The number of formerly incarcerated people with serious mental illness has increased by 80% over the past decade and the number of women in custody has increased by 193% between 2000 and 2012.

It is estimated that 80% of people who return to prison are released multiple times before they are incarcerated for the first time. To be clear, the issue goes much beyond New Jersey and the United States. In 2015, more than 25% of all American prisoners were serving time for a probation or parole violation.

This means approximately 480,000 people are incarcerated in the United States for probation or parole violations. The vast majority of people on probation and parole in the United States, over 95% of them, have yet to be convicted of a violent crime and many have never been behind bars. But they are nevertheless jailed because they have violated their probation, or post-release supervision.

In New Jersey, 87% of people on probation are not convicted of a crime. They have violated their terms by missing appointments with their probation officer, failing drug treatment programs, showing up late for class, violating restraining orders among other things.

REFORM Alliance is building on essential reforms by:

Eliminate harmful and wasteful mandatory minimums for several non-violent drug and non-violent property crimes.

Safely reduce mass incarceration, while providing a fair pathway to freedom and a meaningful second chance.

JOIN REFORM

Your engagement as a Reformer is critical to our shared goal of achieving criminal justice reform. Take action in any way you choose.

https://reformalliance.com/actions/

Join the growing community of Reformers to help transform probation and parole in the U.S. If you or a loved one have experienced parole, probation or Federal Supervision please fill out the survey below

https://form.asana.com/?k=IySWbzVOzJ7GUBt94gQtkQ&d=1138858291915663&fbclid=IwAR3LAFkI8LH8pf0PjKRBn9mm-kl0Uf-5fHUbltuRxOgCZg49aAiyPKjRV0U

02/16/2022

Join REFORM for their bi-monthly virtual townhall call on February 24th. Learn about and for 2022. Sign up TODAY: https://bit.ly/3LtQVM2

01/30/2022

Rather than wait for want ads to go unfilled, organizations should rethink, retrain, reorganize and reach out to fill the data science talent gap.

https://www.cio.com/article/220114/6-ways-to-deal-with-the-great-data-scientist-shortage.html

01/28/2022

Partnering with REFORM on their campaign was an easy decision from the outset. Their investment in justice impacted leadership is inspiring and the commitment to driving transformational change is evident.

REFORM Alliance aims to transform probation and parole by changing laws, systems and culture to create real pathways to work and wellbeing.

Ending incarceration for technical violations isn't a heavy lift for lawmakers and parole boards across the country. Codifying debilating instruments like reincarceration for breaking a rule, does nothing to keep our communities safe.

Join us and in to millions of Americans who have had a negative encounter with the American criminal legal system.

https://reformalliance.com/
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