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portland pilot program gets people charged with low level offenses help, not jail time
The Skanner To lower the number of people entering the criminal justice system, a program called Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion, or LEAD, puts treatment ahead of arrests. In the coming […]
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‘i lost four years with my father’: protesters renew calls to shut down rikers
Rewire Rikers has become a symbol among activists of a rotten prison system, plagued with a history of reported excessive force used against inmates. More than 275 protesters held a […]
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held indefinitely: will anything ever change at rikers island?
City & State New York Last fall, a group of New School students decided to participate in some subway vandalism. After noticing the official MTA subway map didn’t have Rikers […]
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nearly 1,000 people march and rally in queens in action to close rikers island jail complex
For Immediate Release September 26, 2016 Contact: Gabriel Sayegh, 646-335-2264 Valrie Fowler, 347-622-3694 […]
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low-level drug offenders find new source of addiction help
The Ledger SEATTLE — When pondering how to keep low-level drug offenders out of jail, officials in Albany, New York, faced a challenge: How could they pay for a case […]
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how the city of albany is advancing smart criminal justice reform
HuffPost Yesterday marked the launch of Albany’s innovative Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program, making New York’s capital city the first jurisdiction on the East Coast, and only the…
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albany becomes 1st jurisdiction on east coast, 3rd in nation to launch innovative, evidence-based law enforcement assisted diversion (lead) program
For Immediate Release March 31, 2016 Contact: Albany Police Department: Steven Smith (518) 889-9446 Center for Law and Justice: Dr. Alice Green (518) 427-8361 LEAD National Support Bureau: gabriel say…
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city and county of albany’s innovative law enforcement assisted diversion (lead) program will launch april 1st
For Immediate Release March 30, 2016 Contact: Albany Police Department: Steven Smith (518) 889-9446 Center for Law and Justice: Dr. Green (518) 427-8361 LEAD National Support Bureau: gabriel sayegh (6…
