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John,
The United States is the world leader in incarceration. This year marked 50 years of the mass incarceration crisis, with the prison population having grown nearly 500% since 1973.
Top Trends in Criminal Justice Reform, 2023 [[link removed]] describes key changes formerly incarcerated activists, lawmakers, and advocates took to challenge mass incarceration in at least 10 states. Highlights include:
*
Decarceration
Reforms:
State
lawmakers
passed
reforms
to
reduce
prison
admissions
and
adjust
penalties
to
criminal
sentences
to
more
fairly
hold
persons
convicted
of
certain
crimes
accountable.
During
2023,
policymakers
and
voters
adopted
modified
compassionate
release
policies,
drug
policy
changes,
and
second
look
mechanisms.


*
Guaranteeing
Voting
Rights
:
While
over
4.6
million
citizens
are
ineligible
to
vote
because
of
a
felony
conviction,
voting
rights
reforms
have
expanded
the
vote
to
over
two
million
people
since
1997.
This
year,
officials
expanded
voting
rights
to
people
after
incarceration
and
authorized
automatic
voter
registration
for
people
released
from
prison.


*
Youth
Justice:
Lawmakers
adopted
policies
that
demonstrated
a
commitment
to
supporting
young
defendants
and
expanding
release
options
for
people
sentenced
in
their
youth.
The full briefing paper, which includes details on the authorized legislation, can be found online here [[link removed]] .
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