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The Appeal: Political Report is an editorial project founded in 2018 that probes the local politics of mass incarceration and criminal justice reform. Prosecutors, sheriffs, lawmakers, judges, and other state and local officials have immense power over the criminal legal system and law enforcement, and the political pushback of recent years has upended expectations of what these institutions could be doing. With an eye to providing comprehensive resources to follow these ongoing transformations, the Political Report highlights often-overlooked but highly consequential local elections, the political organizing around key issues tied to criminal justice and adjacent systems, legislative developments, and decisions implemented by prosecutors and other local officials. Source

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To End Solitary Confinement, Advocates Turn Up the Pressure on Sheriffs

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By Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg Verified
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(New York Campaign for Alternatives to Isolated Confinement/Facebook) Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg Jun 30, 2021 Share Political Report Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg Jun 30, 2021 Sheriffs who run county jails bear responsibility for placing people in torturous isolation. This story is part of The Badge, a series on the powers of sheriffs.
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How the Manhattan DA Election May Rock the City's Criminal Justice Status-Quo

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The Political Report Jun 21, 2021 Share Political Report The Political Report Jun 21, 2021 Thirteen policy questions reveal the rifts in tomorrow’s Democratic primary, and the space for criminal justice reforms. On Tuesday, a year after the protests over policing that rocked New York City, voters in Manhattan will set the future of the borough’s criminal legal system.
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How Alvin Bragg Rejects Bill Bratton and Broken Windows Policing

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By Daniel Nichanian
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Alvin Bragg (Campaign account/Facebook) Daniel Nichanian Jun 16, 2021 Share Political Report Daniel Nichanian Jun 16, 2021 The Manhattan DA candidate makes his case that more incarceration does not bolster public safety, one week from the Democratic primary. Alvin Bragg, who recalls being held at gunpoint multiple times in his life by both civilians and police officers, is now challenging the idea that concerns for safety make people turn to tough-on-crime policies.
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Norfolk Elects Prosecutor Who Says Crime Is a "Symptom of Structural Racism"

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By Daniel Nichanian
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Ramin Fatehi (Facebook) Daniel Nichanian Jun 10, 2021 Share Political Report Daniel Nichanian Jun 10, 2021 Virginia’s primaries on Tuesday saw Ramin Fatehi clinch the Democratic nomination for Commonwealth Attorney in Norfolk, the site of a major showdown over reform in 2019. He is unchallenged in November. When the chief prosecutors of Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia, decided to stop prosecuting marijuana possession in early 2019, Portsmouth’s local judges largely went along with that policy.
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Syracuse School Board Elections Heat Up Over Police Debate

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By Rachel Cohen
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A June 2020 Black Lives Matter rally in Syracuse, led by youth activists who are seeking to remove police from schools. (CuseYouthblm Facebook page) Rachel M. Cohen Jun 11, 2021 Share Political Report Rachel M. Cohen Jun 11, 2021 Student activists pushing for police-free schools in Syracuse, New York, are backing Twiggy Billue, a candidate in the June 22 primary who wants to follow school districts across the country that have cut ties with cops.
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