Dec 11th 2022 Townhall
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Tag: Criminal Justice Reform
Support For Ending Juvenile Life w/o Parole Sentencing
Michigan Justice Advocacy strongly supports Michigan lawmakers who take bold steps such as Representatives O’Neal, Meerman, LaGrand and Kahle. In numerous ways we codify special protection for juveniles into our state and national laws. These protections recognize that there are differences between young, immature ways…
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A Simple Solution to the MDOC’S Staff Shortage
By Jerry Metcalf Today I read an article in the Detroit Free Press written by Annabel Aguir of the Lansing State Journal, titled: Prisons in Crisis Amid Staffing Shortages. Ms. Aguir reports that the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) currently has 770 prison guard openings,…
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JPAY Update Feb 2022
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Mental Health & Drug Courts
Cost of Incarceration in Michigan
Request a Hearing for SB649
The legislative process can be lengthy, but we can help usher it along. Email Senator Victory today to request a hearing for SB649. You may write your own impassioned email or copy and paste the one we have written below. Respectfully let Senator Victory know…
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Michigan Justice Advocacy’s Statement on The Safer Michigan Act
Michigan Justice Advocacy (MJA) believes that the Safer Michigan Act is a promising piece of legislation to make positive progress toward addressing Michigan’s incarceration issues and therefore is adding its support to passage of the Act. Comprised of House Bills 4670-5, the Safer Michigan Act…
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Good Time Makes Good Legislation Introduced by Senator Irwin
Senator Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor) along with Senators Polehanki, Wojno, Chang, Santana and Geiss on behalf of Michigan Justice Advocacy (MJA), have introduced SB649 to bring a Good Time credit system back to the Michigan Department of Corrections. As a state Michigan currently spends over…
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Research Brief on Parole and Probation Across The Nation
By Cory Fulmer, Kennedy Ann Yurt, Max Bauer, Rajya Matlapudi, and Sarah Haskell The research we began on parole and probation primarily focused on three things: parole/probation population sizes, state budget expenditures on these programs, and the relationship between these things. While we managed to…
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