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This letter perfectly captures why it's important to draw the distinction between holding people to account for their actions and categorizing people outright. Applying binary thinking like good v. evil, or "tough on crime" prosecutor v. bad criminal, reinforces punitive tendencies which chip away at people's sense of their humanity and keeps our society extremely unwell. Person is bad = cancel them. Person has a criminal record = they forever deserve disrespect and pain. In a country where 1 in 3 adults have a criminal record, and approx 2 million people are or have been incarcerated, THAT IS A LOT OF PEOPLE in pain. Is that what we want? Large swaths of our community suffering? Or do we want real change, where people can redeem themselves and make right when they’ve done something wrong, and where ALL PEOPLE are capable of experiencing the dignity, opportunity, and possibility this country offers? I commit to the latter. Please read and share the letter!

One of the exceptional features of our work at Texas 2036 is the collaboration between and across policy areas. In this article, Luis Soberon, our director on criminal justice reform, and I discuss the findings from our recent extreme weather report and what it means for Texas' prison system. The interesting thing here is that you have a criminal justice guy (Luis), and a infrastructure and natural resources guy (me), whose policy paths typically rarely cross, talking about our data and what it means for state policy. This is a great example of how we work and collaborate at Texas 2036 for the better. https://lnkd.in/gQEnJuWy

Check out this article about The Intersection between Wrongful Convictions and Prisoner Reentry: A Look at the Challenges Faced by Exonerees Post-Incarceration, written by Jane Miller of University of New Haven: https://lnkd.in/dTJahXNj

"In a world that heralds rehabilitation and second chances as essential components of a just society, it's high time we re-evaluate the role of parole in our criminal justice system." Read more about how we can achieve #ParoleJusticeNY in our latest blog post ??

Check out this article about the intersection between wrongful convictions and prisoner reentry, written by Jane Miller of University of New Haven: https://lnkd.in/dTJahXNj

The First Step Act was a success. Congress should now prioritize its next steps towards a criminal justice system that reduces crime and improves public safety through sensible, humane approaches to punishment and rehabilitation. https://lnkd.in/gNp7D7pK

Curious about how evidence can shape better practices in criminal justice? Georgia Barnett, a researcher with over 22 years of experience, delves into the data and experiences of racially minoritised young adults in our latest blog ??

“In a world that heralds rehabilitation and second chances as essential components of a just society, it's high time we re-evaluate the role of parole in our criminal justice system.” In a recent blog post, grantee partner Common Justice advocates for shifting the focus of parole to an individual's rehabilitation for a more compassionate and effective criminal justice system in New York. Read the full blog post to learn more. https://buff.ly/3UzBUPD #CommonJustice #prisonreform #NYparolesystem