An Act relative to criminal justice reform includes a number of changes to the way our criminal justice system treats young adults and juveniles.
Justice
animal welfare, civil law and procedure, criminal law, disability, drug policy, family law, freedom of speech, guardianship, gun violence, housing law, immigration, indigenous agenda, lgbtq rights, policing, privacy, sexual child abuse, terrorism, women's rights
Solitary Confinement in the Criminal Justice Package
There will always be some prisoners who need to remain in segregation, but our legislation, if effectively implemented, should result in fewer admissions and shorter average stays in segregation. Prisoners leaving segregation should also be much better prepared to return to general population or to the street.
Preventing gun suicides
The House and Senate have both now given initial approval to legislation to make it easier to take guns away from people who are a risk of harming themselves or others.
What is net neutrality?
I am really struggling with the issue of “net neutrality”. I would really welcome input from people as to what they think the real problem is.
The CSG package — good time and completion credits
The CSG good time rate and completion credit increases will directly reduce the incarcerated population by 5% or more, while giving inmates stronger incentives to participate in rehabilitative programming.
Jim Brooks Stabilization Act
Recently, the Joint Committee on the Judiciary voted to put the Jim Brooks Stabilization Act to study, which means ending its prospects in this legislative session. While I am concerned about displacement, I voted to put the bill to study because it was flawed in four ways.