by Michael Menefee, Didi Nguyen, Shannon Magnuson | Jul 26, 2023 | COVID-19, Criminal Justice, Jail Reduction Efforts, Keeping People Out of the System, Racial Justice
In March 2020, criminal legal agencies across the country were concerned with how the Coronavirus (COVID-19) would disproportionately impact the health of individuals in jail. Many counties implemented emergency policies to reduce their jail populations to protect the...
by Didi Nguyen | Jan 27, 2023 | Criminal Justice, Racial Justice
Criminal legal system agencies are reckoning with how they have contributed to racial and ethnic disparities and upheld structural racism – or the formal and informal policies and practices that systematically create preferences for some groups over others. In...
