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‘Renaissance Mayor’ Embraces Reform in Pensacola

Updated: December 8, 2015

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Originally published in the Huffington Post. As last month’s one-year anniversary of the “Ferguson” protest was duly noted, it became difficult to ignore just how little actual reform has been accomplished as old political issues tried to capitalize… Read More

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Tags: Ashton Hayward, Criminal Justice Reform, criminal justice system, Ferguson, Ferguson Protests, Florida, Mayor, municipal, Non-Violent Offenders, Pensacola, Re-Entry, Run Off, War on Drugs

L.A. Moves To Disassemble Part Of ‘School-To-Prison Pipeline’

Posted: August 20, 2014

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As the nation watches racially heated events in Ferguson, Missouri unfold, the city of Los Angeles is going about disassembling what critics have called its “schools-to-prison” pipeline, ending policies that turned school issues into police issues. But the… Read More

Category: Community, Courts Budget

Tags: California Corrections, california court cuts, california courts, California State Budget, Civil Courts, court rationing, criminal justice system, juvenile court, juvenile detention, LA County Juvenile Court, Los Angeles courts, Los Angeles School System, minorities, school reform, school to prison pipeline