Join ACLU for Town Hall on Update to Probation Senate Bill 913 (4/12)
Dear partners and allies: As you may know, REFORM Alliance began circulating an RFP to directly impacted organizations in March and is...
New Report Highlights the Impact of Fines and Fees in the Criminal Legal System
Read the full report In Philadelphia and nationwide, fines and fees in the criminal legal system burden low-income families and...
How Philly, the Nation’s Most Supervised Big City, Cut Its Probation Numbers by a Third
The Philadelphia Inquirer: Samantha Melamed - April 19, 2021 Three years ago, a national study of probation and parole called out...
Parole Officer ‘Empathy Training’ Leads to a 13% Drop in Offenders Returning to Jail
Good News Network - April 3, 2021 Heavy caseloads, job stress, and biases can negatively affect relations between these officers and...
States Can Safely Cut Probation Terms - The PEW Charitable Trusts
The PEW Charitable Trusts: Jake Horowitz - December 3, 2020 More than 3.5 million, or 1 in 72, adults were on probation in the United...
Recidivism’s Hidden Drivers: ‘Technical Violations’ of Probation or Parole
More than a quarter of the 600,000 Americans who are reincarcerated each year are sent back to prison because they have committed...
City of Philadelphia Hiring Director of Neighborhood Resource Centers
Agency Description Neighborhood Resource Centers: Philadelphia is launching a citywide network of Neighborhood Resource Centers (NRCs),...
Pennsylvania Justice Reinvestment Legislation Signed into Law
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed two long-awaited pieces of criminal justice legislation into law on December 18, 2019: Senate Bill...