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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Wednesday, September 30, 2020 CONTACT: Ravi Mangla | [email protected] | 585-507-1204 Majority of Likely Voters Support Stopping the Sale of Military Equipment to Police Departments The latest polling from Data for Progress and …

MEDIA CONTACT: [email protected] With the COVID-19 pandemic still wreaking havoc on our national economy, a new survey finds that a majority of voters from both political parties support rationale for a government-backed digital banking platform to facilitate reliable, …

MEDIA CONTACT: [email protected] With federal eviction protections set to expire on July 25 and other more localized moratoria also on the verge of lapsing, new polling finds that a bipartisan majority of American voters support a …

MEDIA CONTACT: [email protected] New data shows large majorities of Americans, including Republicans, support making police disciplinary records public. The data was released today in a report by Data for Progress and The Justice Collaborative Institute that also discussed …

MEDIA CONTACT: [email protected] A report released today observes that most Americans support the US Postal Service providing a banking option for low-income Americans—a goal that could be accomplished through the creation of a Postal Banking …

MEDIA CONTACT: [email protected] A new report from The Justice Collaborative Institute and Data for Progress shows a majority of California voters support the use of overdose prevention programs to promote public health. This finding comes as …

MEDIA CONTACT: [email protected] The federal government can secure the success of large-scale and long-term projects by creating an agency to build public-private partnerships and oversee economic revitalization. A new report from The Justice Collaborative Institute and …

MEDIA CONTACT: [email protected] Sheriffs are not the ones that order evictions, but they do make the final call on whether an eviction moves forward. By wide margins, voters around the country think sheriffs should not evict …

MEDIA CONTACT: [email protected] As states across the country are seeing a resurgence in the spread of COVID-19, it is more imperative than ever that Governors take decisive action to slow the spread of the virus …

MEDIA CONTACT: [email protected] Polling shows that a majority of voters (53%) want to end qualified immunity, a doctrine that protects law enforcement from legal accountability for their actions, even when they’re egregious. Less than a third …

MEDIA CONTACT: [email protected] Polling shows roughly seven in ten voters (68%) support non-law enforcement emergency responder programs. Even more (70%) support a non-police response for when a family member calls 911 because of a mental health …

MEDIA CONTACT: [email protected]cinstitute.com Polling shows roughly four in five voters (78 percent) support violence interruption strategies for reducing violent crime and 65 percent of voters believe violence interruption makes more sense than increasing the number of …

MEDIA CONTACT: [email protected] As protests against police violence and overreach continue across the nation, a report published on Friday details constitutional concerns and broad public opposition to so-called “no knock” warrants, which precipitated the March …

MEDIA CONTACT: [email protected] As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to infect the nation’s homeless population and threatens to trigger a new wave of housing insecurity and displacement, a new report published on Friday finds that cities and jurisdictions across …

MEDIA CONTACT: [email protected] With nearly 80% of New York state restaurant employees out of work, the Justice Collaborative Institute and Data for Progress today released new polling showing bipartisan support among New Yorkers for immediately increasing wages for …

MEDIA CONTACT: [email protected] The Justice Collaborative Institute today released a new report proposing a one-time wealth tax to help the United States tackle the coronavirus crisis. The report, authored by Yale Law’s Professor Daniel Markovits, suggests assessing …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MEDIA CONTACT:[email protected] As the COVID-19 crisis enters its third month and unemployment and other signs of economic instability continue to surge, new polling shows that a majority of voters from both political …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MEDIA CONTACT:[email protected] The Justice Collaborative Institute today released a new report that underscores the critical need to expand the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to combat food insecurity during the coronavirus crisis. The report, …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MEDIA CONTACT:[email protected] New polling published Friday in a report by The Justice Collaborative Institute and Data for Progress finds that most Americans support measures to increase and improve the resources available to …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MEDIA CONTACT:[email protected] As millions of people in California and across the United States face the prospect of losing housing due to the economic effects of COVID-19, new polling published on Monday shows …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MEDIA CONTACT:[email protected] The Justice Collaborative Institute and Data for Progress today released a report highlighting a critical measure state and local officials can take that will save lives: Create and support overdose …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MEDIA CONTACT:[email protected] Millions of people work in the “gig” economy — an expansive business ecosystem that covers freelancers, independent contractors, and project-based “platform” workers such as Uber and Lyft drivers. These workers …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MEDIA CONTACT:[email protected] The strain on the restaurant industry during this pandemic has been extreme: whether forced to close entirely or desperately calling in their staff to meet delivery demands, small businesses in …

With Americans worried about staying alive, the last thing on anyone’s mind should be whether or not they can afford to. And yet the pandemic has laid bare the inequities of America’s troubled healthcare system. …

Even as COVID-19 attacks people’s health, swamping our health care system and creating an unprecedented crisis across America, a second, deeper crisis is brewing behind closed doors: an economic catastrophe that will affect us all, …

As the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic brings California’s housing crisis to the brink of catastrophe, a new report by The Justice Collaborative Institute and Data for Progress finds that a majority of California …

New data analysis published Friday in a report by The Justice Collaborative Institute and Data for Progress finds that rural jails are particularly ill-equipped to handle COVID-19 outbreaks, in part because many of the communities where these …

In a column published today in The Appeal, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) called for the creation of a civilian Emergency First Responders Corps tasked with performing affirmative outreach, knocking on doors, using mobile resource stations, and striving …

As COVID-19 outbreaks proliferate inside California’s jails and prisons, a new statewide survey of state voters shows broad, bipartisan support for elected prosecutors and sheriffs to follow public health guidance and reduce the number of …

Every day, public defenders who are responsible for representing 80% of people charged with a criminal offense in this country, do so against insurmountable odds with insufficient resources and limited public support. Now as the …

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a majority of voters from both political parties support federal income assistance in the form of monthly cash payments and government-backed paycheck guarantees, according to new polling released on …

With unemployment and other forms of financial insecurity skyrocketing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report published Tuesday shows that large majorities of voters from both political parties support halting evictions and foreclosures …

As COVID-19 outbreaks continue to explode in prisons and jails across the United States, a new report published on Tuesday by The Justice Collaborative Institute in collaboration with Data for Progress challenges governors to make …

As COVID-19 continues to spread across California and into the state’s detention facilities, a new statewide survey of voters shows broad support for releasing people from prison—including the elderly, people with medical conditions that place …

As COVID-19 continues to spread and communities rush to protect the most vulnerable — including those confined in jails, prisons, and other detention facilities — new polling shows that a bipartisan majority of voters support …

As large jails in New York City and Chicago struggle to contain a raging outbreak of novel coronavirus among their staff and incarcerated populations, a new report from The Justice Collaborative Institute and Data for …

As COVID-19 continues to spread and communities rush to protect the most vulnerable — including those held in prisons, jails, and immigration detention facilities — new polling shows that a majority of voters, both Democrats …

MEDIA CONTACT: [email protected] As leaders scramble to protect vulnerable populations against the spread of COVID-19, new polling data shows that a broad majority of voters, including Republicans, support measures to provide temporary housing and relief to …

MEDIA CONTACT: [email protected] As cases of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, continue to rise sharply across the United States, new polling data shows that a majority of voters, including those who are “very conservative,” want elected officials to consider …

New report calls for more aggressive government action to reduce vulnerability and help “level the curve” amid the COVID-19 pandemic. MEDIA CONTACT: [email protected] As the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread across the United States, new polling shows that …

First-of-its-kind criminal justice reform polling shows that American voters on both sides of the aisle overwhelmingly support allowing people serving excessive prison terms to seek release and return to their communities, according to a new report from …