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Activists Press LA Supes To Stick With Timeline To Close Men’s Central Jail
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Opinion: Bail reform did not spike crime
Hays County doesn’t have a public defenders office — but it will soon
Vera Institute proposes additional spending on prevention, rather than arrests and prosecution, to tackle violent crime
Activists Press LA Supes To Stick With Timeline To Close Men’s Central Jail
Asylum-Seekers Forced To Wait In Mexico Face Horrid Conditions In Shelters, Legal Aid Groups Say
With more rollbacks looming, here's how New York's bail reform has evolved
Local jails are helping drive America’s mass incarceration problem
Prison Education Programs: What to Know
‘Constantly afraid’: immigrants on life under the US government’s eye
Mayor Adams Guns for Bail Reform
Shifting narrative on report on traffic stops
Confinement Should Not Be ‘Just Freezing’
Hawkeye Community College program helps people in correctional system access education, career services
Hawkeye Community College program helps people in correctional system access education, career services
Flingai: Racism in traffic stops is real, and the data backs it up
Experts: Inadequate mental health resources, policies contribute to Louisville jail suicides
Opinion: NY Can Address Immigration Court Backlog by Funding Legal Services
Why Is New York’s Bail Reform So Controversial?
Bragging rights: The new Manhattan district attorney is not emptying the jails as promised
Headless Body: Adams’ Key Criminal Justice Office Has No Leader
‘Paying ransom for freedom’: How cash bail is keeping Black mothers stuck in prisons
Drivers are getting fewer tickets even as WA traffic goes back to normal. Why?
A Notorious Prison Tech Giant Is Poised to Cash In on Pell Grants for Incarcerated People
Adams pushes for major changes to bail reform in NY as crime spikes
Press Releases & Testimony
Criminal legal system, racial justice, and progressive advocates statement on recall of San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin
Report - The Criminalization of Poverty In Tennessee - Details How Criminal Justice Policies And Policing Make Being Poor A Crime And Shares a Different Vision For Community Safety
Vera Institute of Justice Applauds White House Criminal Legal Reform Actions
Over 100 Immigrants’ Rights Organizations, Legal Providers, and Elected Officials Call on Congress to Guarantee Legal Representation for People Facing Deportation
The Vera Institute of Justice on the Supreme Court Hearing on Migrant Protection Protocols
Vera Institute of Justice Applauds U.S. Department of Education Expansion of Second Chance Pell
New Report Analyzes the Criminalization of Poverty in Tennessee
Vera Institute’s John Bae Receives the U.S. Department of Justice Second Chance Fellowship
Vera Institute of Justice and NYIC on Passage of the New York State Budget
Vera Institute Statement on the End of “Title 42”
Vera Institute Calls on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to Close Men’s Central Jail
Vera Institute of Justice on Biden’s Federal Budget
Vera Institute and NYIC On New York State Legislature’s One-House Budget Resolutions
Vera Institute of Justice on the Anniversary of the “Care First, Jails Last” Alternatives to Incarceration Report
Prison Populations Declined Only 1.1% In 2021, With 19 States And The Federal Government Increasing Prison Incarceration
Vera Institute of Justice on the President’s State of the Union Address
Vera’s Shaina Aber Joins Acacia Center for Justice as its Inaugural Executive Director
Vera Institute’s Black Women Lead on President Biden’s Nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson
Savannah District Attorney Announces New Diversion Program to Address Young Adult Firearms Possession Charges, in Partnership with Feed the Hungry and Vera Institute’s Motion for Justice Campaign
Vera Institute of Justice’s In Our Backyards Initiative Statement on Indiana State Senate Bills
Greater Justice New York on Governor Hochul’s Executive Budget Proposal
Vera Institute’s SAFE Initiative Statement on Governor Hochul’s Executive Budget Proposal for New York State
Vera Institute’s SAFE Initiative Statement on NY Governor Kathy Hochul’s State of the State
Vera Institute’s Greater Justice New York Program on this year’s State of the State
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