A new report details how plea bargaining can hurt defendants and warps the justice system. David McGarry Reason.com A new …

Justice-involved people have higher rates of physical and mental health problems, from hypertension to asthma, cancer, infectious diseases and substance use disorders. Once released from jail or prison, they lose medications for such conditions, and reestablishing prescriptions, supportive care and health coverage is a slow and frustrating process.
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The majority of Americans who cannot vote due to a felony conviction – three out of every four – are living in our communities completing felony probation or parole. These individuals are working and paying taxes. They are caregivers. They raise children.
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Second Chance Month is a time to raise awareness of the many barriers faced by millions of Americans with criminal records and unlock opportunities for them to contribute positively to society.
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Despite the criminal legal system’s purported goal of securing justice for crime victims, survivors of domestic violence and trafficking are instead often arrested, prosecuted, and imprisoned.
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Clean Slate Law in Connecticut
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Research shows that people on probation and parole have high mortality rates: two and three times higher than the public at large.
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An effort to end routine strip searches in Connecticut’s correctional facilities is unlikely to succeed this year as lawmakers have instead opted to gather information on what it would take to implement body scanning technology in the jails and prisons.
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Last month, New Mexico became the latest state to expand ballot access to people with previous felony convictions.
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For four years, while incarcerated in Maryland state prison, Alphonso Taylor, 49, said he was the only deaf man in his unit. And he had no way to call or communicate with his loved ones outside of prison, who used sign language. …read more