Guest Commentary: Reform – Not Crime – Was the Winning Message in 2022
By Miriam Krinsky and Alyssa Kress Despite months of campaign ads bombarding voters with bodybag imagery, grainy…
Report Examines the Role of Race in Wrongful Convictions
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The National Registry of Exonerations, as of August 8, had identified…
Researchers Studying California Life Sentence Parole Hearing Data Find Significant Racial Disparities in Outcomes May Be Caused by Inclusion of Professional Assessments
By Talia Kruger and Rena Abdusalam SACRAMENTO, CA — A study conducted in 2021 by Kathryne M….
New Report Finds Inequality of Court Diversion within U.S. Juvenile System
By Daniella Espinoza WASHINTON, DC – A new report here appears to demonstrate that in the U.S….
DA Raven Discusses Racial Disparities in Yolo County
By Robert J Hansen Woodland, CA – Racial Disparity was the subject of this month’s Commons Town…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 159: Tamisha Discusses Safe Return Project
Tamisha Walker is a founding member and Executive Director of Safe Return Project, a campaign to secure…
My View: Reisig Sees Transparency As Reform, but Is It?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig has on the…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 153: Olinda Moyd and the Racial Disparity of Parole
This week on Everyday Injustice we have Howard University Law Professor Olinda Moyd discussing an under-acknowledged problem…
ACLU Reports Call on Sacramento and Merced DAs to Halt Costly, Ineffective Policies that Fuel Mass Incarceration
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Last week, ACLU of Northern California released…
Letter to AG: Request for an Investigation into the Orange County District Attorney’s Office
Dear Attorney General Bonta, The ACLU Foundation of Southern California and the undersigned organizations request that you…
Sunday Commentary: Yolo Always Falls with Tough-on-Crime Prosecutors
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig has done a…
Committee Recommends Ending Three Strikes, LWOP in California
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA -For nearly two years, the Committee on Revision of…
Foundation Report: 250,000 Youth Tried, Incarcerated Yearly – 10,000 Held in Adult Jails Daily
By Ankita Joshi BALTIMORE, MD – The Annie E. Casey Foundation presented an infographic this week that…
Review of Charleston County Prosecution Rates Reveals Blacks Arrested at Rate 4 Times More Than Whites
By Alexander Ramirez CHARLESTON, SC – In a series of reports regarding racial disparities in Charleston County’s…
STUDY: Racist Policies Lead to Major Racial Disparities in Prisons Nationwide
By Angelina Sang and Sonam Hundal WASHINGTON D.C. – The Sentencing Project has released a staggering new…
Commentary: Is Reisig Attacking Racial Inequities in the Right Place?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – In 2018 report submitted to the UN by…
Guest Commentary: How Face Recognition Fuels Racist Systems of Policing and Immigration — And Why Congress Must Act Now
When used by police and immigration enforcement, biometric surveillance technology can perpetuate an already dangerous racist system….
A Year after Attack on Public Defender, DA’s Office Making Changes in Effort to Decrease Racial Disparities
By David M. Greenwald Woodland, CA – Tuesday marked the one year anniversary of the Yolo County…
Sunday Commentary: Officer-Involved Killings Are Bad, but They Actually Undercount the Problem
By David M. Greenwald Earlier this week we covered the story of a 73-year-old woman with dementia…
Traffic Stop ‘Assessment’ by NYU Law in Nashville May be Applicable to Other U.S. Cities
By Esha Kher NASHVILLE, TN – The Policing Project at the New York University School of Law…
