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• How We Heal: Reframing responses to violent crime
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2022-05-19
• Updated charts provides insights on racial disparities, correctional control, jail suicides, and more
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2022-05-19
• Oversight Hearing on Clemency and the Office of the Pardon Attorney
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2022-05-19
• Behind ‘Facing Life’
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2022-05-10
• WEBINAR: Can We Stop Over-Incarcerating Our Youth?
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2022-05-10
• Working in “a meat grinder”: A research roundup showing prison and jail jobs aren’t all that states promise they will be
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2022-05-09
• Prisons and jails will separate millions of mothers from their children in 2022
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2022-05-04
• Insufficient funds: How prison and jail “release cards” perpetuate the cycle of poverty
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2022-05-03
• Artist In Residence Fellowship
  Source: CivilRightsCorps.org Published on 2022-04-29
• Prisons are a daily environmental injustice
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2022-04-20
• #SecondChanceMonth: Unlock the Vote
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2022-04-14
• New report, Beyond the Count, uses demographic data to show the social disadvantage of people locked up in state prisons
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2022-04-13
• Legislating Freedom: The Importance of a Second Look
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2022-04-06
• National Action Network Convention 2022
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2022-04-06
• Letter Opposing the PROTECT Act of 2022
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2022-04-05
• What the Survey of Prison Inmates tells us about trans people in state prison
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2022-03-31
• Deputy Director of Litigation
  Source: CivilRightsCorps.org Published on 2022-03-29
• Chief Executive Officer
  Source: CivilRightsCorps.org Published on 2022-03-29
• Attorney/Senior Attorney
  Source: CivilRightsCorps.org Published on 2022-03-29
• Litigation Support Fellow
  Source: CivilRightsCorps.org Published on 2022-03-29
• Investigator-Paralegal
  Source: CivilRightsCorps.org Published on 2022-03-29
• Project Manager for Policing Project
  Source: CivilRightsCorps.org Published on 2022-03-29
• Senior Investigator-Paralegal
  Source: CivilRightsCorps.org Published on 2022-03-29
• California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans – Criminal Justice Panel
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2022-03-29
• What does successful bail reform look like? To start, look to Harris County, Texas.
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2022-03-28
• Untangling why prison & jail populations dropped early in the pandemic
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2022-03-24
• Prison Policy Initiative General Counsel Explains the Cycle of Exploitation that Incarcerated People and their Loved Ones are Subjected to
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2022-03-23
• Felony Murder: An On-Ramp for Extreme Sentencing
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2022-03-23
• Opinion: Nearly 60 years after Voting Rights Act, some voter protections still undermined
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2022-03-17
• Too Many Locked Doors
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2022-03-15
• New report Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2022 provides the most comprehensive look at U.S. incarceration since the start of the pandemic
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2022-03-14
• The prison context itself undermines public health and vaccination efforts
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2022-03-09
• Sign-on Letter: Ensure Fair Process for “Old Law” People in Federal Process
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2022-03-07
• A new toolkit for advocates working to end mass incarceration
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2022-03-02
• Vermont Must End Life Without Parole
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2022-03-01
• Race & Justice News: Biased Criminalization of Gun Possession
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2022-02-25
• 28th Annual Paul Robeson Conference
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2022-02-24
• Can COVID-19 Teach Us How to End Mass Incarceration?
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2022-02-22
• Letter to Justice Department on Appointment of Bureau of Prisons Director
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2022-02-14
• State prisons and local jails appear indifferent to COVID outbreaks, refuse to depopulate dangerous facilities
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2022-02-10
• Expanding Justice & Repairing Harm: The First Report on Prosecutor-Initiated Resentencing
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2022-02-09
• Drop LWOP Video Release: Special Circumstances & The Other Death Penalty
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2022-02-09
• Universal Suffrage: Restoration of Voting Rights for Persons Convicted of a Felony and Presently Incarcerated
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2022-02-09
• State Action to Narrow the School-to-Prison Pipeline
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2022-02-09
• New data on formerly incarcerated people’s employment reveal labor market injustices
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2022-02-08
• The Impact of COVID-19 on Youth Justice in Wisconsin
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2022-02-03
• Criminal Appeals from the Federal Public Defender's Perspective | Matthew Wright
  Source: Texas Appellate Law Podcast Published on 2022-02-03
• COVID looks like it may stay. That means prison medical copays must go.
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2022-02-01
• Testimony in Support of Maryland Bill to End Automatic Transfer of Youth to Adult Court
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2022-01-26
• Testimony in Support of Nebraska’s Racial Impact Statement Legislation
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2022-01-26
• Let’s Talk About Senate Bill 828: Voting in Prison
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2022-01-20
• New data: The changes in prisons, jails, probation, and parole in the first year of the pandemic
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2022-01-11
• Prison Policy Initiative asks FCC to reject prison phone company’s request for special treatment to peddle “subscription” phone plans
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2022-01-10
• Advancing Criminal Justice Reform Through a 21st Century Latinx Lens (Part 2)
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2022-01-07
• BreakFree Fellowship Informational Chat
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2022-01-05
• State Voting Rights Briefs
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2022-01-04
• Research roundup: The positive impacts of family contact for incarcerated people and their families
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2021-12-21
• Calling on the FCC to regulate video-calling technology in prisons and jails
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2021-12-20
• 11 of our most important reports of 2021
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2021-12-20
• Since you asked: What information is available about COVID-19 and vaccinations in prison now?
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2021-12-16
• Youth in Adult Courts, Jails, and Prisons
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2021-12-16
• Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Headed: America’s Justice Reform Policies
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2021-12-14
• Amicus Brief in Support of Ending Extreme Sentences for Youth in Maryland
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2021-12-13
• Recent studies shed light on what reproductive “choice” looks like in prisons and jails
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2021-12-08
• For the poorest people in prison, it’s a struggle to access even basic necessities
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2021-11-18
• Show me the money: Tracking the companies that have a lock on sending funds to incarcerated people
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2021-11-09
• A Different Kind of Advocacy | Amy & Steve Bresnen
  Source: Texas Appellate Law Podcast Published on 2021-10-21
• A Texas Legislative Postmortem | Jerry Bullard
  Source: Texas Appellate Law Podcast Published on 2021-10-14
• Extraordinary Writs in Criminal Cases | Michael Falkenberg
  Source: Texas Appellate Law Podcast Published on 2021-10-07
• Four Decades of Appellate Practice | Luther Munford
  Source: Texas Appellate Law Podcast Published on 2021-09-30
• Technology and the Future of Law Practice | Jake Heller
  Source: Texas Appellate Law Podcast Published on 2021-09-16
• Attorney
  Source: CivilRightsCorps.org Published on 2021-09-13
• Handling Oil & Gas Issues in Trial and Appellate Courts | Wesley Lloyd
  Source: Texas Appellate Law Podcast Published on 2021-09-02
• A Judicial Perspective on Using Technology at Oral Argument | Judge John Owens
  Source: Texas Appellate Law Podcast Published on 2021-08-19
• Court of Appeals Reversals from a Criminal Perspective | Jim Huggler
  Source: Texas Appellate Law Podcast Published on 2021-08-12
• Legal Fellow/Entry-Level Attorney
  Source: CivilRightsCorps.org Published on 2021-08-08
• The Evolution of Legal Publishing | Jason Wilson
  Source: Texas Appellate Law Podcast Published on 2021-08-05
• Handling the Texas Supreme Court's Public Information | Osler McCarthy
  Source: Texas Appellate Law Podcast Published on 2021-07-29
• From the Trial Bench to the Court of Criminal Appeals | Judge Bert Richardson
  Source: Texas Appellate Law Podcast Published on 2021-07-22
• Disruption and Increasing Access to Justice | Chief Justice Bridget McCormack
  Source: Texas Appellate Law Podcast Published on 2021-07-15
• Black Music Black Movement
  Source: CivilRightsCorps.org Published on 2021-07-15
• Leveraging Technology to Improve Legal Writing | Ross Guberman
  Source: Texas Appellate Law Podcast Published on 2021-07-08
• Psycholinguistics and Legal Writing | Judge Robert Bacharach
  Source: Texas Appellate Law Podcast Published on 2021-07-01
• Original Proceedings and Emergency Relief in the Courts of Appeals | Kirk Cooper
  Source: Texas Appellate Law Podcast Published on 2021-06-24
• Using AI to Improve the Briefing Process | Jacqueline Schafer
  Source: Texas Appellate Law Podcast Published on 2021-06-17
• The National Registry of Exonerations Releases Grim, Eye-Opening Report
  Source: WrongfulConvictionsBlog.org Published on 2021-06-14
• Stare Decisis and Advocacy in the Court of Criminal Appeals | Judge David Newell
  Source: Texas Appellate Law Podcast Published on 2021-06-10
• Helping the Court Decide Your Case | Justice April Farris
  Source: Texas Appellate Law Podcast Published on 2021-06-03
• Nontraditional Paths to a Career in Appellate Law | Mia Lorick
  Source: Texas Appellate Law Podcast Published on 2021-05-27
• Appellate Practice Perspectives: Criminal Defense | Naomi Howard
  Source: Texas Appellate Law Podcast Published on 2021-05-20
• Why Judges Should Be on Social Media | Judge Stephen Dillard
  Source: Texas Appellate Law Podcast Published on 2021-05-13
• Perfecting the Remote Jury Trial | Judge Karin Crump
  Source: Texas Appellate Law Podcast Published on 2021-05-06
• Paths to Texas Judicial Selection Reform | Chief Justice Tom Phillips
  Source: Texas Appellate Law Podcast Published on 2021-04-29
• Promoting Diversity in Appellate Practice | Juvaria Khan
  Source: Texas Appellate Law Podcast Published on 2021-04-22
• Building Credibility as an Appellate Advocate | Rachel Stinson
  Source: Texas Appellate Law Podcast Published on 2021-04-15
• Appellate Practice Perspectives: Representing the State | John Messinger
  Source: Texas Appellate Law Podcast Published on 2021-04-08
• A Trial Lawyer's Perspective on Appellate Practice | Carlos Soltero
  Source: Texas Appellate Law Podcast Published on 2021-04-01
• Prosecutorial and Police Misconduct – A Continuing Travesty
  Source: WrongfulConvictionsBlog.org Published on 2021-02-16
• Training the Next Generation of Appellate Lawyers | M.C. Sungaila
  Source: Texas Appellate Law Podcast Published on 2021-02-11
• A Red River Crossover | Gabe Bass & Jana Knott
  Source: Texas Appellate Law Podcast Published on 2021-02-04