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From NBC News:
Skeptics often argue that abolishing the police and our prison system is impractical.
WASHINGTON (Feb. 24, 2021)—Today, R Street criminal justice and civil liberties scholars Casey Witte and Emily Mooney released a high-level overview of the formal law enforcement-driven youth…
Press release: How to Improve Youth Diversion Programs in Maryland
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Chairman Clippinger, Vice-chair Atterbeary and members of the committee:
My name is Jesse Kelley, and I am a government affairs manager for the criminal justice and civil liberties team at the R…
Press release: Effective Police Reform can be Achieved with Free Market Principles
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WASHINGTON (Feb. 3, 2021)—The murder of George Floyd and other similar, recent events brought police brutality and racial injustice to the attention of the nation. In cities and towns across the…
From HuffPost:
And once police officers are in the building, teachers and principals start to rely on them to handle misbehavior, not just violence, said Emily Mooney, a policy fellow with the R…
This time last year, Americans were living in blissful ignorance of what 2020 would become—a year marred by a deadly pandemic and police violence-inspired civil unrest. There’s hope that…
My name is Jesse Kelley, and I am the Government Affairs Manager for Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties policy at the R Street Institute—a nonprofit, nonpartisan, public policy research…
From Newsy:
R Street’s Arthur Rizer talks with Newsy about whether the Capitol police were prepared for the insurrection that unfolded.