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Red States Are Reversing Criminal Justice Reform
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoIllustration: Joanna Andreasson; Source images: iStock It was impossible to avoid the "strange bedfellows" cliché when reading about the criminal justice...
More than $2 million in Justice Reinvestment Initiative Treatment Supervision Grant awards announced...
WVNS Bluefield via Yahoo News· 2 months agoCHARLESTON, WV (WVNS) — More than $2 million in grant funds were awarded by Governor Justice for...
Louisiana saves nearly $153,000,000 by releasing incarcerated people held for nonviolent crimes,...
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 3 months agoSome of the money saved with a reinvestment initiative went toward crime prevention, as intended....
Violent Crime Task Force offers glimpse of future showdowns over criminal justice reform
Shreveport Times | The Times via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe newly seated Violent Crime Task Force met for the first time Tuesday. Its members convened for...
Lane County commissioners' plan to keep parole, reentry programs afloat
The Register-Guard via Yahoo News· 7 months agoLane County Commissioners, faced with a projected shortfall, have thrown their support behind...
Louisiana Legislature Advances Bills To Roll Back Criminal Justice Reforms
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 3 months agoPhotographer Lev Radin/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom The Louisiana Legislature is advancing a package of bills...
Family Focus: Does the perception of crime match reality?
WVLA Baton Rouge via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoBATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – Crime in the capital city appears to be rising compared to the first...
Governor vetoes bill that extended prison terms for people convicted of four nonviolent crimes
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDemocratic Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards vetoed new legislation this week he said would have...
Opioid settlement funding supports Floyd County JRAC program
The Evening News and The Tribune, Jeffersonville, Ind. via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAug. 10—FLOYD COUNTY — A Floyd County program is expanding efforts in the community to connect those in the criminal justice system to needed resources. In February, the Floyd County Commissioners ...
More than $2.2 million awarded to fight domestic violence
The Sentinel Echo, London, Ky. via Yahoo News· 5 months agoJan. 19—FRANKFORT — Gov. Andy Beshear recently awarded $2,233,948 to 32 organizations across the commonwealth that work to combat domestic violence as well as support and seek justice for survivors ...
