ACLU Report Finds Justice Reinvestment Undermined by Expansion of 'Statehouse-to-Prison Pipeline'
December 18, 2018
December 18, 2018
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 18 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island issued the following news release:
Despite legislation enacted in 2017 aimed at promoting criminal justice reform, the Rhode Island General Assembly's 2018 session took significant steps back from a "smart justice" approach by adding more than a dozen new felonies to the books and increasing sentences for several other crimes.
This expansion of the "Statehouse-to-priso . . .
Despite legislation enacted in 2017 aimed at promoting criminal justice reform, the Rhode Island General Assembly's 2018 session took significant steps back from a "smart justice" approach by adding more than a dozen new felonies to the books and increasing sentences for several other crimes.
This expansion of the "Statehouse-to-priso . . .