Tag: Criminal Justice Reform
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May 23, 2023
‘Where has this training been all my life?’: How healing trauma could actually reform policing
This approach isn’t a panacea to stopping police violence. There isn’t one. But we believe this is part of the solution.
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November 2, 2017
18-year-olds can barely rent cars. Are they old enough for jail?
In February of 2012, just a few months after his 18th birthday, Daniel Almodovar got high and, with his stepbrother, made a terrible decision: The two of them attempted a…
From: The Boston Globe
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October 26, 2017
OP-ED by Molly Baldwin and Gregg Croteau: Criminal justice bill can be game changer for young adults
The Commonwealth’s criminal justice reform efforts offer a unique opportunity to achieve a triple impact: improve public safety, reduce public spending on crime prevention, and redefine futures for our…
From: Commonwealth Magazine
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June 20, 2017
19-year-olds don’t belong in adult prisons
Governor Baker introduced a criminal justice bill in February to great fanfare. Designed to give prisoners incarcerated on mandatory minimum sentences access to good-time credit to hasten their release and to provide reentry programming, it received…
From: The Boston Globe
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June 7, 2017
Raise the Age
Much has been written about the important campaign to raise the age of juvenile court jurisdiction to include 18-, 19-, and 20-year-olds. There are four bills filed by…
From: Jean Trounstine
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June 5, 2017
Roca Testimony- Raise the Age
Roca testified at the Massachusetts State House before the Joint Commission on the Judiciary on supporting legislation to raise the age of the juvenile court jurisdiction to include 18,19, and 20 year olds.
From: Roca
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June 5, 2017
Bill Seeks Mass. Delinquency Raise From 18 to 21
Proposals have been offered in Massachusetts to raise the age limit for young people to have their criminal cases heard in juvenile court.
From: NECN
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February 28, 2017
Accounting for Violence
How to Increase Safety and Break Our Failed Reliance on Mass Incarceration
From: The Vera Institute of Justice
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February 8, 2017
Op-Ed: Think outside box to deal with young adult criminals
Massachusetts has long been recognized as a leader in juvenile justice reform for youth who commit crimes prior to age 18…
From: Boston Herald
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February 6, 2017
Massachusetts lawmakers to consider raising court age from 18 to 21
A bill that would raise the age for the juvenile court system one year at a time for the next three years was sponsored by State Sens…
From: MassLive
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February 3, 2016
Pioneers in Young Adult Justice
Roca took a look at programs, world wide that are Pioneers in Young Adult Justice.
By Yotam Ziera and Molly Baldwin
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December 18, 2014
Cognoscenti: Improving the Massachusetts Criminal Justice System
From: WBUR
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April 2, 2014
Tackling Mass Incarceration
From: NYT