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Reforming justice and discipline in the streets and in the schools – but disparities persist

Pavlyn Jankov June 8, 2015 June 8, 2015Justice, Schools

Ticketing rates were up vs arrests for Chicagoans found in possession of 15 grams or less of marijuana, and the ticketing rate was similar, a little less than 30 percent, across all races, according to the Sun Times. This…

Restorative Practices in Chicago

Carol Caref June 8, 2015 June 9, 2015Justice, Schools

The “School to Prison Pipeline” is a phrase employed to describe harsh measures taken by school administrators in response to student rule infractions. Students are too often subject to zero tolerance policies that mete out draconian punishments for youthful mistakes.…

On Anita Alvarez’s New Drug Policy

Nathan Goldbaum April 29, 2015 June 8, 2015Health, Justice

BYP 100 protest marijuana prosecutions in 2014

As the report A Just Chicago notes, as an alternative to incarceration “drug treatment in the community is twice as effective at curtailing drug use, keeps students from having a parent in prison, and, in Illinois, costs 63% less (Kane-Willis,…

Our Students Deserve Freedom from Judicial Inequities

ajustchicago March 26, 2015 June 28, 2016Justice

A significant factor in constraints on Chicago’s students and their families’ economic opportunities is the phenomenon of mass incarceration. Some students have no interaction with the criminal justice system, while others experience the effects of incarceration at very young ages…

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Reforming justice and discipline in the streets and in the schools – but disparities persist

Restorative Practices in Chicago

On Anita Alvarez’s New Drug Policy

Our Students Deserve Freedom from Judicial Inequities

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