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Could COVID-19 restrictions in jails save $30 million?
As mental health calls increase, Maine police seek and find backup ways to respond
Care, Not Cages: A Big Win for Criminal Justice Reform
Kentucky Jails Made $9.6 Million Off Jail Communication In FY2020
Detroit’s prison population will soon be stuck living next to a toxic site
Biden’s nominees to lead ICE and the Border Patrol are a sharp departure from the Trump era.
After qualifying for sheriff election, Susan Hutson joins council member, reform advocates opposing new jail facility
As The Nation's Courthouses Reopen, They Face Massive Backlogs In Criminal Cases
Ford Foundation and partners announce $250 million commitment to easing the path from prison to workforce
South Dakota corrections officers get lower pay than neighbors
Colorado’s largest jails cut their populations because of coronavirus. Now the numbers are creeping back up.
Retired Prison Doctor Saves Lives Mentoring Children of the Incarcerated
Dream Corps Launches Campaign to Close Federal Prisons
Trauma on top of trauma: why more women are dying in jails
Hundreds of New City Jail Officers for Rikers Put Detainee Advocates on Guard
Hundreds of New City Jail Officers for Rikers Put Detainee Advocates on Guard
Chatham County Jail's backlog costs taxpayers $6.76 million and counting
Education that uses advocacy and social justice offers more possibilities for incarcerated students
Criminal Justice Reform Series [Part II] – BPR Interviews: Sharon Dolovich
Pretrial Detention: Dispelling an Oxymoron with Direct Action
‘Treated worse than animals’: Black women in pretrial detention
Prisoners end hunger strike at SCI Phoenix
Laptops are coming to students in SLCC prison education program
Cuomo Declares Gun Violence State Of Emergency
Press Releases & Testimony
Vera Institute of Justice on White House COVID in Confinement Facilities Guidance
Texas Judge’s DACA Decision Underscores Our End Goal Is Liberation, Not Just Citizenship, In the Fight for Immigration Justice
Vera Institute Partners with Eight New Prosecutors’ Offices to Reduce Racial Disparities in Prosecution by 20 Percent
Statement from Vera Action on the New York City Primary Elections
MEDIA ADVISORY - Vera Institute of Justice to Highlight the Cost of Jails in Kentucky for the Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary
The Movement for Universal Representation Grows Stronger. Vera’s SAFE Initiative Celebrates Another Historic Year
Vera Institute of Justice on Biden-Harris Administration’s Strategy to Ensure Public Safety
Vera Institute of Justice on Juneteenth National Independence Day
Vera Institute of Justice Applauds Restoration of Asylum Protections, Calls on President Biden to Go Further
The Vera Institute of Justice Mourns the Passing of Herb Sturz
North Dakota Partners with Prison Reform Initiative to Champion Healing, Restoration, and Fairness
Incarceration Declined Only Slightly From Fall 2020 to Spring 2021 After an Unprecedented Drop in Incarceration in 2020
Vera Institute of Justice Voices Opposition to “Rocket Docket” Court Proceedings
Vera Institute Reflects a Year After the Murder of George Floyd
Vera Institute of Justice on President Biden’s Expansion of Access to Legal Representation and the Courts
Vera Institute of Justice on the Killing of Mario Arenales Gonzalez
Vera Institute of Justice on the Killing of Andrew Brown, Jr.
Vera Calls on President Biden to Prioritize Immigration and Criminal Justice Issues in First Address to Congress
Vera Institute of Justice on the Killing of 16-Year-Old Ma’Khia Bryant
Statement from Vera President Nicholas Turner on the Confirmation of Vanita Gupta as Associate Attorney General
Vera Institute of Justice on State of Minnesota v. Derek Michael Chauvin
Vera Institute of Justice Issues Statement on the Killing of 13-Year-Old Adam Toledo
Vera Institute of Justice Applauds the California Assembly Human Services and Judiciary Committees for Supporting Unaccompanied Children in California
Vera Institute of Justice Issues Statement on the Killing of Daunte Wright
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