The singer-songwriter discussed how she started court watching and her work with an organization dedicated to promoting the practice around the country
During this critical legislative session in Maryland, we authored a significant piece of legislation, SB0036, and its corresponding bill, HB0565, titled “Maryland Deaths in Custody Oversight Board.” This pivotal bill is designed to establish an Oversight Board that will introduce a new era of transparency and accountability regarding the unfortunate deaths occurring within Maryland’s correctional facilities. Its purpose is to actively reduce the alarming number of fatalities that persist within our prisons, jails, and detention centers.
A Matter of Life and Death: The Importance of the Death in Custody Reporting Act
is a project of The Leadership Conference Education Fund (The Education Fund) and the Project
on Government Oversight (POGO).
The BioCritical Studies Lab analyzed a sample of 180 deaths in 10 city and county detention centers in The BioCritical Studies Lab analyzed a sample of 180 deaths in 10 city and county detention centers in Maryland between 2008 and 2019. These detention centers are distinct from state correctional facil- Maryland between 2008 and 2019. These detention centers are distinct from state correctional facilities in that they primarily confine persons who are awaiting trial or arraignment.
Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene decried jail conditions in D.C. but remain silent about a settlement in Prince George’s County.
As Black Business Month wraps up, we proudly shine a spotlight on justice-impacted women entrepreneurs who are defying the odds and changing the narrative.
In the U.S., court hearings are generally public. This was intended to ensure that justice was administered in the open…
Chopping it up with Chairman Blumberg and his commissioners today at the parole commission in a 2-hour meeting – trying to free our people through parole.