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Yesterday we shared our first 5 ways to defund the police and make America safer at the same time. Today, we conclude with the final 5 ideas.

Alex Vitale is one of my favorite scholars in the country on how and why we must defund the police. He recently listed 10 ways we can do that safely. Today I’ll break down the …

MEDIA CONTACT: media@tjcinstitute.com 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, …

The CARES Act eviction moratorium expires today, as the U.S. House and Senate are yet to engage in discussions how to support renters in the protracted economic downturn amid rising Covid-19 cases. The end of …

The federal moratorium on evictions signed into law in March as part of the CARES Act is set to expire Friday night at midnight, setting up the potential for a wave of evictions in the …

MEDIA CONTACT: media@tjcinstitute.com 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 …

In a world seemingly dominated by shiny startups and flashier brands, the United States Postal Service may seem like a dusty institution. But what if your local post office could do much more than sell …

Over 25% of all people killed by American police were having a mental health emergency. In some states, it’s over 50%. Every study out shows that a super-majority of Americans want somebody other than police …

SAN JOSE — The Bay Area News Group has sued the San Jose Police Department to force the release of dozens of files on officer misconduct and use of force, more than 18 months after …

A California bill that would legalize “safe consumption sites” in San Francisco and Oakland — facilities where people can use drugs under medical supervision — is back on the agenda in the state capitol after …

A recent political ad, sponsored by the conservative State Government Leadership Foundation, imagines the hellscape of a post-police Minneapolis. A terrified white woman jolts awake at 2 am during a home invasion. She alerts her husband. …

MEDIA CONTACT: media@tjcinstitute.com 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: media@tjcinstitute.com 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: media@tjcinstitute.com 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 …

Last week, the Biden-Sanders unity task force released policy recommendations across the spectrum. One of the big planks was in criminal justice, calling for protecting communities by reforming the criminal justice system. “Our criminal justice …

Republican senators could pay a political price for opposing a $3 trillion Democratic coronavirus relief proposal, with three-quarters of voters in Senate battleground states supporting the legislation, according to a new poll from two progressive …

MEDIA CONTACT: media@tjcinstitute.com 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 …

The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office doesn’t track how many no-knock warrants county prosecutors or state judges greenlight every year, or what alleged crimes authorities invoke to obtain them.

MEDIA CONTACT: media@tjcinstitute.com 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: media@tjcinstitute.com 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: media@tjcinstitute.com 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: media@tjcinstitute.com 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: media@tjcinstitute.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 …

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — No-knock search warrants have been banned in Louisville after a unanimous vote of the Metro Council on Thursday night. The new ordinance is called Breonna’s Law, named after 26-year-old Breonna Taylor, an unarmed black …

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A national criminal justice reform group is calling for an end to all no-knock search warrants in the wake of the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor. The Justice Collaborative Institute, an advocacy and …

IN THE WAKE of unprecedented civil action across the country after the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, more than 200 people representing civil rights organizations, community organizers, elected officials, and public defenders sent letters …

MEDIA CONTACT: media@tjcinstitute.com 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: media@tjcinstitute.com 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 …

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to devastate the U.S. economy, many lawmakers are advocating for monthly $2,000 payments to help Americans stay on their feet. Senator Bernie Sanders was one of the earliest people to …

MEDIA CONTACT: media@tjcinstitute.com 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 …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MEDIA CONTACT:media@tjcinstitute.com 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 …

As the COVID-19 pandemic swept into Montana, it spread into the Marias Heritage Center assisted living facility, then flowed into the nearby 21-bed hospital. Toole County quickly became the state’s hot spot for COVID-19 deaths, …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MEDIA CONTACT:media@tjcinstitute.com 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, …

I have been wondering what to say about the horror of Covid-19 behind bars. Much has already been written about the scale of the crisis, the moral argument for freeing people from prisons and jails, and …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MEDIA CONTACT:media@tjcinstitute.com 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:media@tjcinstitute.com 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 …

IN THIS EPISODE of Crooked Media: Abdul looks at recent studies on people infected with coronavirus, and then talks about people who are among those most at risk for the disease. He’ll talk with Dr. …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MEDIA CONTACT:media@tjcinstitute.com 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 …

On Feb. 29, a funeral for 64-year-old Andrew Jerome Mitchell in the small rural town of Albany, Georgia, unknowingly became what health experts call a “super spreading event” for the coronavirus. In the days and weeks …

THERE IS A fundamental flaw in the models that Trump administration officials have used to project the curve of the coronavirus outbreak as it rips across the United States. Those models were based on other countries’ …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MEDIA CONTACT:media@tjcinstitute.com 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 …

Before the coronavirus shutdown, 24-year-old Alexa Lewis resided happily with four roommates in a spacious Richmond District flat for which she and her housemates paid $4,900 a month. Then April came, and all hell broke …

“I thought Universal Basic Income was a good idea in the absence of this crisis, but it’s more urgent than ever. It’s literally life or death,” former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang said during a recent live …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MEDIA CONTACT:media@tjcinstitute.com 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. …

On Feb. 29, a funeral for 64-year-old Andrew Jerome Mitchell in the small rural town of Albany, Georgia, unknowingly became what health experts call a “super spreading event” for the coronavirus. In the days and weeks …

Rachel Barkow, vice dean and professor at New York University’s School of Law, discusses how Governors can use clemency powers to slow the spread of COVID-19 in prison and jail populations, as well as, slow …

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has been praised for his swift action to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The governor’s March 19 statewide shelter-in-place order appears to have spared his constituents the fate of those in hot …

When Bay Area counties imposed stay-at-home orders to limit the COVID-19 epidemic, Richmond resident Blanca Retano lost her job as a parent educator at an elementary school. Her husband, a chef, had his hours cut …

Patricia Mendoza lost her job with a non-emergency medical transport service after nursing homes placed restrictions on people coming in and out amid the coronavirus crisis. Now the mother of two is out of work …

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 …

The population of rural jails is under grave risk from COVID-19, says a study released Friday. “Rural jails are frequently located in counties that lack hospital capacity to handle the coronavirus pandemic,” said The Justice …

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 …

Josh interviews Lara Bazelon and Kyle Barry about their new paper on releases from prisons and jails in California. Laura bazelon is a professor of law and director of the criminal justice clinic and racial …

On Friday, April 17, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) introduced a bill that would essentially cancel rent and mortgage as the Coronavirus continues to wage its war on the nation. After unveiling the bill, a poll from Data …

New polling from the think tank Data for Progress shows that a majority of Americans across the political spectrum support canceling rent payments and suspending home mortgage payments during the coronavirus pandemic — results that …

The first inmate at a state prison has died of COVID-19 complications. He was incarcerated at the California Institution for Men in Chino. The state prison system says the unidentified inmate died at an outside …

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced last month that he would commit $150 million to addressing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic. Project RoomKey, in collaboration with local efforts, aims to shelter 50,000 of the state’s more than 150,000 homeless people …

COVID-19 continues to spread across the nation into jails and prisons. A report published by The Justice Collaborative Institute in collaboration with Data for Progress challenges governors to make full use of their executive power to release …

Today, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (MI-13) and Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA-7) unveiled the Automatic BOOST to Communities (ABC) Act legislation to immediately provide a $2,000 payment using BOOST debit cards to every person in America as …

U.S. Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-13th District) and Pramila Jayapal (D-Washington) unveiled the Automatic BOOST to Communities (ABC) Act, legislation to immediately provide a $2,000 payment using BOOST debit cards to every person in America as …

A Congresswoman from Michigan has a plan to get more money to Americans dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib introduced a bill to continue stimulus payments — on monthly basis. “Our country …

In early April, state correctional officials said they were trying to figure out the origin of COVID-19 infections that had begun to appear at the California Institution for Men, a state prison in Chino. At the time, …

A plurality of all respondents cited a wealth tax as their preferred way to pay for the program. A majority of Americans—including over half of Republican respondents—support a monthly $2,000 universal basic income check to …

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 …

A majority of Americans—including over half of Republican respondents—support a monthly $2,000 universal basic income check to help defray the effects of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak on the U.S. economy, according to new polling from …

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 …

If the current pandemic has shown us anything, it is our interconnectedness. We might think our professions and addresses and politics insulated us, but COVID-19 has moved ghost-like through all of those barriers, turning our …

As of April 11, the California Department of Corrections reported that the CDCR’s COVID-19 stats jumped again, with 55 incarcerated persons who have tested positive for the virus, and 77 CDCR staff members who had also tested positive, for …

Right now, jails & prisons in the United States have the highest documented infection rates of covid-19 in the world. On today’s episode, Shaun explains the concept of jail churn and breaks down how it …

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 …

Once white conservatives in Wisconsin learned that the coronavirus was mainly impacting Black communities, they had no problem forcing the elections there today. Virtually every public health official and every mayor in Wisconsin begged the …

As we learn that Black people and communities are being hit the hardest from the coronavirus, watch as white conservatives check out and stop caring. It’s happening now in Wisconsin.

In the weeks before the United States became the global leader in confirmed cases of COVID-19, President Donald Trump repeatedly squandered opportunities to demonstrate basic competence, much less principled leadership. At first, he confidently predicted it would …

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 …

On Friday March 27, 2020, PEN America’s Prison and Justice Writing Program intern Kate Cammell had a chance to speak with Fair and Just Prosecution’s Executive Director Miriam Krinsky and Research and Policy Associate Scarlet …

Yesterday Shaun spoke with a man incarcerated at Rikers. Today he not only shares what he learned from that conversation, but describes the willful neglect at jails nationwide as a form of genocide. On the …

As the coronavirus made its way into prisons and jails this week and threatened to make them the ultimate hotspots, local governments across the country scrambled to release thousands before it was too late. Many called …

America is facing an unprecedented public health crisis which will soon become an unprecedented economic and housing crisis.

There are no good reasons for the president to keep vulnerable people behind bars any longer.

The governor signed another executive order to help get “thousands and thousands” additional health care workers into facilities treating coronavirus patients. The executive order gives state officials power to let medical professionals do a wider range of …

MEDIA CONTACT: media@tjcinstitute.com 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 …

Jails and prisons will inevitably prolong the COVID–19 outbreak and increase the rate of infection. Any rational response to the crisis must include a coordinated national effort to get as many people out of jail …

Citing serious public health risks due to the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley and Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Friday urged President Donald Trump to reduce the number of people in federal custody to help prevent …

The new coronavirus is the topic on everyone’s minds these days, and pollsters are stepping up to tell us what people are thinking about it. Since the end of last week, pollsters have released over …

MEDIA CONTACT: media@tjcinstitute.com 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 …

“Epidemic diseases are not random events that afflict societies capriciously and without warning,” writes historian Frank M. Snowden in his most recent book, “Epidemics and Society: From the Black Death to the Present.” To the contrary, …

Strong majorities of U.S. voters across the political spectrum support an array of progressive policy proposals that would provide immediate relief to those affected by the coronavirus outbreak, including two weeks of paid sick leave, …

New report calls for more aggressive government action to reduce vulnerability and help “level the curve” amid the COVID-19 pandemic. MEDIA CONTACT: media@tjcinstitute.com 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 …