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Take, for example, someone with a criminal record who received a 20 year sentence in Maryland. On average, 12.6 of those years were added to an initial sentence because of their record.
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States are re-punishing people for past convictions, adding years or even decades to already long prison terms because of old convictions.“This practice fails to protect communities. Instead, it disproportionately impacts children of color, diverts resources away from critical services for children and families, places children in dangerous environments that more often result in subsequent violent or general criminal behavior,” says the report.
Juvenile justice commission wants to stop automatically charging youth as adults - Maryland Matters
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A Maryland commission is recommending that the state do away with its practice of automatically charging youth as adults for certain crimes, saying it doesn't improve public safety and can harm the yo...Maryland mislabeled 41 homicides involving police restraint, audit finds
Maryland mislabeled 41 homicides involving police restraint, audit finds
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State officials say the audit reveals a pattern of racial and pro-police bias.marylandmatters.org/2025/03/14/maryland-equitable-justice-collaborative-returns-to-reiterate-its-...
Maryland Equitable Justice Collaborative returns to reiterate its points - Maryland Matters
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The Maryland Equitable Justice Collaborative released a report on racial disparities in the criminal justice system -- just months after an initial report that led to legislation. Advocates said they'...Bartlett, vice chair of the House Judiciary Committee, was speaking about the Youth Equity and Safety Act, or the YES Act. Not only would it end the practice of charging some youths as adults, but it would also make sure they’re housed in juvenile facilities.
Black Caucus lays out legislative priorities for 2025 session - Maryland Matters
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The Legislative Black Caucus unveiled a sweeping agenda Thursday that includes a number of issues that are back after they were debated in previous sessions but didn't pass. Caucus members said the me...The 18 recommendations from the Maryland Equitable Justice Collaborative (MEJC) aim to fix the imbalance in state sentencings: Black residents accounted for 32% of Maryland’s population in 2023, but about 71% of those incarcerated in the state’s correctional facilities, the group notes.
Group tackling mass incarceration in Maryland releases recommendations - Maryland Matters
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A group tackling mass incarceration in Maryland released recommendations Thursday and plans to produce a report by next month, in time for the General Assembly to possibly take them up as legislation ...History Made: Maryland Equitable Justice Collaborative (MEJC)
Passes Recommendations to Address Mass Incarceration of Black
Marylanders in State Prisons and Jails
Today’s 18 recommendations are designed to tackle long-seeded issues that have contributed to Maryland’s high incarceration rates and racial disparities throughout the legal system. They are the culmination of a pioneering partnership between Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown and Maryland Public Defender Natasha Dartigue. who, together, established the MEJC in October 2023.
In Baltimore, Black residents tend to be hit the hardest by public health crises, but results from a community survey released Tuesday by Johns Hopkins University show that income level and educational attainment are more powerful than race at predicting whether a Baltimorean has lost someone close to them from a drug overdose.
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In Baltimore, Black residents tend to be hit the hardest by public health crises. But results from a community survey released on Tuesday by Johns Hopkins University show that income level and educ…As pandemic eases, share of Black inmates in Maryland prisons peaks - Maryland Matters
As pandemic eases, share of Black inmates in Maryland prisons peaks - Maryland Matters
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'The liquor store was open during COVID, but not the reentry programs,' an advocate notes.Comment on Facebook 'The liquor store ...
The coronavirus pandemic caused a historic drop in Maryland’s prison population. But after the state of emergency ended and prisons filled again, the share of Black incarcerated people reached a five-year-high late last year, a Capital News Service data analysis has found.
