California lawmakers are introducing SB 627, the No Secret Police Act, to prohibit law enforcement officers from obscuring their identities during operations, requiring them to wear uniforms and markings clearly identifying their name or badge number, in order to enforce the most basic standard of democratic law enforcement.
Professor Todd Clear, a leading scholar on mass incarceration, discusses his research on the social consequences of incarceration and argues for a reimagining of justice that centers community health and recognizes that risk is not static.
The Defender Association of Philadelphia is condemning the city's police sweeps in Kensington, calling them ineffective and harmful, and is calling for a shift in strategy to focus on stable housing, harm reduction, mental health care, and legal advocacy.
Right on Crime is promoting the Bureau of Prisons' new plan to implement the First Step Act and Second Chance Act, aiming to improve public safety and personal responsibility by allowing offenders to combine earned time credits and reducing delays of referrals.
Labor law scholar Matthew W. Finkin has compared former President Donald Trump's actions to those of Adolf Hitler in his opinion piece, warning of the erosion of democratic governance and the rule of law in the United States.