The Choice is Yours (TCY) is a felony diversion program in Philadelphia that channels young people arrested for drug possession with intent to distribute away from jail and into education and job training services. Alberta LLoyd, TCY career training and life skills instructor, and Marta Buechler, TCY case manager, discuss some of the numerous life challenges faced by TCY participants.
Seventeen people have died in county jails so far this year.
How are people dying?It typically takes months for Los Angeles County to publicly issue causes of death for people who have died in LA County jails. And even once autopsy reports are finalized, they don’t tell the whole story. When the coroner rules that a death is the result of “natural causes,” jail conditions can still be to blame. Researchers h ...
After sweeping grant cancellations, justice organizations have scaled back or shut down, disrupting proven programs and leaving lasting damage.
One year ago, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) abruptly terminated roughly $500 million in federal grants to more than 200 organizations and state and tribal governments working on safety and justice issues, devastating the criminal justice field and harming countless vital programs across the country. After a year of delays, uncertain ...
California voters passed Proposition 36 in 2024 in response to concerns about homelessness, public substance use, and retail theft. Proponents promised: “Proposition 36 is NOT about going back to an era of mass incarceration. This is about creating a new era of mass treatment.” However, the Vera Institute of Justice (Vera)'s analysis shows that in ...