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Mar 6, 2024 · House Judiciary Committee Chair Luke Clippinger (D-Baltimore City) on the House floor March 5, 2024. Photo by Bryan P. Sears. Now that Maryland lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved juvenile justice reform measures, members of each chamber must determine how to resolve differences in separate bills. House Bill 814 and Senate Bill 744 have ...
Jan 2, 2024 · Most recently, he spent seven years covering Prince George’s County, some Maryland politics and other local news in the D.C. area for the Washington Informer. While at the paper, Ford received reporting awards from the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association and was finalist for beat reporting in 2021 and a 2019 award winner for beat ...
Correctional Ombudsman. Prisons in Maryland are dangerous and unhealthy. Incarcerated individuals are often subjected to acts of violence and other abuse, sometimes by staff. In the past 11 years, Maryland’s state correctional institutions have had at least 6 major criminal scandals. Incarcerated people often have trouble.
2024 Legislative Priorities for Criminal Justice Reform in Maryland. Maryland has opportunities in 2024 to remedy serious problems with its correctional system—thereby reducing incarceration, saving taxpayer funds, improving public safety, and mitigating injustice. “FRONT DOOR” policies determine involvement in our criminal justice system.
Apr 17, 2024 · The Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform (MAJR) is a nonpartisan, all-volunteer organization of more than 2000 Marylanders who advocate for evidence-based legislative and policy changes in Maryland’s correctional practices to support effective alternatives to incarceration, address inequities, and allow citizens returning from prison to lead productive lives.
Mar 1, 2024 · ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland House approved a measure on Friday designed to improve accountability and rehabilitation in the juvenile justice system in response to an increase in some crimes like auto theft and handgun violations in parts of the state.
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Feb 1, 2024 · “We need to increase probation when kids need more time to benefit from rehabilitation,” Moore said. A major part of the bill would expand the jurisdiction of the Maryland Department of ...
