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At a time of unprecedented challenge, we’re fighting for justice reform built on bedrock American values and grounded in action at the state and local level.
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Young Adult Prison Reform Initiative Expands to Three New States
Restoring Promise will transform prison living and working conditions statewide in North Dakota, Colorado, and Idaho by centering human dignity.
NEW YORK, NY – Today, Restoring Promise, an initiative from the Vera Institute of Justice and MILPA, announced the expansion of its work to disrupt and transform the living and working conditions inside American prisons and jails. The addition of three new states are North Dakota, Colorado, and Idaho – marks the growth of a reform movement already ...
Governors Should Embrace—Not Hinder—Reform-Minded Prosecutors
Decades of these policies failed our communities and our nation. From 1970 onward, decisions made to sharply increase the use of jail and prison throughout the country—and to impose harsher sentences for many criminal convictions—are now commonly referred to as the era of mass incarceration. Today, nearly 2.3 million people are behind bars. Mass in...
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Jamila Hodge
Statement from Vera on Today’s City Council Vote to Begin Closing Rikers Island
NEW YORK, NY – On October 17, New York’s City Council, in a historic vote, approved the construction of four new jails to replace the decrepit, decaying facilities that currently exist in the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan—a critical first step in the decades-long battle to close Rikers Island. Driven by demands from advocates, reformers, a...
