Sentences with phrase «for justice system reform»

Not exact matches

We must reform our criminal justice system because everyone is safer when there is respect for the law and when everyone is respected by the law.

In an op - ed for The New York Times, Marc Mauer, executive director of the Sentencing Project, and David Cole, a professor of law and public policy at Georgetown University, write that many liberals and conservatives alike acknowledge the US criminal justice system needs reform.

Canadians were told that reforming the justice system was a priority for Jody Wilson - Raybould and the Trudeau government.

Passage of implementing legislation for the Constitution Reform to Mexico's labour justice system has been delayed beyond the February 24 deadline as political parties jockey for advantage in the midst of an election campaign and NAFTA negotiations.

For true reform, we must rethink the approach to the justice system.

What would it look like if we took the same approach to reform of our justice system for those who have broken the law?

For example, one of the great problems of the criminal - justice system is that not enough reform - minded people enter the field.

As we've written about before, more and more advocates are calling for measures to decriminalize marijuana and reform the criminal justice system, as advocates say that not only are the current laws unfair, but they are also expensive and ineffective at stopping crime.

In Britannia Unchained: Global Lessons for Growth and Prosperity, the new New Right skate around the world looking for examples of approaches that will help Britain bring growth to the sluggish economy, reform the education system, boost social mobility and social justice and abolish the slide into mediocrity.

We now have, I hope, an opportunity for a grown up debate on how to make our youth justice system work, for the young people within it and the communities it protects — by examining the root causes of youth offending, what preventative action can be taken, how to most appropriately punish and reform offenders and rehabilitate them back into our society.

In accepting this responsibility on behalf of his colleagues, Speaker Heastie has stepped forward at an incredibly important time for New York as a whole, and I look forward to working with him to enact an aggressive agenda that ensures economic opportunity for all, improves and reforms our education system, ensures justice in perception and in reality, and restores trust in our government.»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo laid out a series of proposals for reforming the state's criminal justice system, in response to heightened tensions over the death of an unarmed Staten Island resident after an encounter with police, as well as the recent murder of two police officers

Governor Cuomo is proposing significant reform of the State's juvenile justice system and greater use of preventive services to generate better outcomes for children and family as well as significant savings.

The Queens District Attorney's Office has resisted any calls for substantive criminal justice system reform, because no elected official dares to stand up to District Attorney Brown or the powerful Democratic Party county committee that supports him.

In his most recent State of the State address, he listed several priorities, including reforming the criminal justice system, holding pharmaceutical distributors responsible for their role in the opioid crisis and fighting the federal government on its tax plan and policies on immigration, abortion, the environment and health care.

At 10:30 a.m., the Assembly will hold a public hearing to examine the need for reforms to the criminal justice system to ensure fairness, improve community / police relations and to protect the safety of law enforcement officers, Assembly Hearing Room 1923, 19th Floor, 250 Broadway, Manhattan.

As a member of the Legal Aid Society's junior board of directors and recent recipient of their Outstanding Advocacy in Defense of the Accused award, Zellnor cares deeply for the reform of our criminal justice system.

«There is an overwhelming need for reform in juvenile justice system, starting with the replacement of Commissioner Gladys Carrion, whose misguided policies and divisive management has put clients and staff at greater risk.

«When Sen. Velmanette Montgomery gives her life and her soul to work on a package of reforms to the juvenile justice system, which we certainly need in this state, and then Ruben Diaz Sr. decides that he's going to vote against it because he's upset the Republicans are debating it too long it's unreasonable and capricious and it's the kind of irrational behavior that we've had to endure for the past eight years,» Parker told me.

However, the debate over reforms to the juvenile justice system proved to be deeply complex and, for now, are being pushed further down the legislative docket.

Clinton said other necessary reforms include proper treatment for the mentally ill and drug addicted who make up an increasingly larger percentage of the prison population, sentencing reform so people with low level offenses do not face long prison terms, and tackling income inequality, which is often at the root of the problem for many people caught in the criminal justice system.

«Change does not happen without an honest conversation in our communities, in our courthouses, at City Hall about how we have real reform in the criminal justice system, real reform in our communities and real relationships between NYPD and the people they serve,» Tina Luongo, attorney - in - chief for Legal Aid Society Criminal Practice, the plaintiff in the court case, said.

For the last four years, the Council was led by Melissa Mark - Viverito, who used the position to push reforms to the criminal justice system and pressure the mayor to back the closing of the Rikers Island jail complex.

«We have a real shot to flip the State Senate this fall so we can build a New York that works for all of us: reforming our broken criminal justice system, fighting climate change and creating good jobs, expanding opportunities for immigrant New Yorkers, fully funding all of our schools and public universities, and taking on big money in politics to expand and protect our democracy.

«Despite the progress outlined in this tentative deal there is clearly a lot of work ahead of us, including stronger criminal justice reforms; full funding for our state's public education system; ensuring affordable college for all New Yorkers, including DREAMers; additional support for Planned Parenthood; and ethics and voting reforms,» said Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins.

The government is to build 8,000 more prison places and introduce tougher sentences for the most dangerous criminals under reforms of the criminal justice system unveiled today.

ABI have led the way through radical reforms to savings and retirement, modernised the civil justice system, campaigned for solutions fit for our future and much more.

Just as he couched his education reforms in arguments of ensuring access to top schooling for all children regardless of background, Gove sees his central mission as closing the gap between the experiences of those at opposite ends of the justice system.

There's still some leg to reveal: Cuomo is yet to outline his specific plans for education, detail what infrastructure projects he'd like to spend the remaining windfall surplus on, or unveil his proposals to reform the state's criminal justice system.

When Michael Gove took over at the Ministry of Justice after the election it was seen as his opportunity to introduce to the legal system some of the reforming zeal clearly demonstrated at the Department for Education.

Speaking the day after talking with victims of crime in Bristol, the prime minister called for a «national debate» about how the criminal justice system could be reformed which required a reassessment of where its priorities should be.

Obama returned to his roots at the Harvard Law Review, penning an article about progress his administration made in reforming the criminal justice system — and the challenges that remain for the next administration.

The Government published a new Adopters» Charter in October 2011, setting out clear guidance for both adoption agencies and prospective adopters and called for «radical reform» of the family justice system, which was taking 13 months on average to process a child's case through the family courts.

On criminal justice and asylum, the Lib Dems give a different weight to rights and responsibilities, and they favour more proportional voting systems, although with Labour's support for a referendum on the alternative vote this is now a debate about the nature rather than the principle of reform.

With juvenile offenders having a recidivism rate of 90 percent Cuomo pushed for major reforms to the justice system, including focusing on alternative punishment and treatment.

She also called for reform of the criminal justice system and marijuana laws.

Other announcements expected include reform of the system for diagnosing and helping children with special educational needs to give parents more choice in how they are schooled; reforms to the family justice system to speed up care proceedings so no cases take more than six months; and promised changes to the adoption system to make sure parents and children are matched more quickly.

«The Criminal Justice Reform Act of 2016 is a bold step towards reforming a system which for too long has disproportionately punished low - level, nonviolent offenses,» she said in a statement.

To facilitate fruitful exchange of reform experiences and sharing of applicable good practices, the JUSTPAL Network has organized its activities under (currently) five Communities of Practice (COPs): (i) Budgeting for the Justice Sector; (ii) Information Systems for Justice Services; (iii) Justice Sector Physical Infrastructure; (iv) Court Management and Administration; and (v) Prosecution and Anti-Corruption Agencies.

«This set of reforms helps to move the criminal «justice» system closer to actual justice and away from an overreliance on arrests, prosecution and jail for low - level offenses,» said Tina Luongo, the attorney in charge of the criminal defense practice at the Legal Aid Society.

«The only way the criminal justice system can truly hold officers accountable is through the creation of a special prosecutor,» read a statement from Priscilla Gonzalez, organizing director of Communities United for Police Reform.

According to SERAP, «Rather than proposing amnesty for suspected looters of our commonwealth, the House of Representatives under your leadership should be promoting laws that would lead to the comprehensive and radical reform of the criminal justice system to ensure that those accused of grand corruption are not allowed to profit from their alleged crimes.»

«For years, Senate Republicans have been one of the main obstacles to progress on some of the issues working families care most about, like fair elections, the DREAM Act, reforming our broken criminal justice system, and fighting climate change,» the email states.

«The justice system worked today... The convictions of former Speaker Silver and former Majority Leader Skelos should be a wakeup call for the Legislature and it must stop standing in the way of needed reforms,» he said in a statement.

«It is my family's hope that stories like Kalief's are made into a command for reform of the criminal justice system,» said Akeem Browder.

«Governor Bello has said that apart from ongoing infrastructural development in the state, long lasting institutional reforms that will be the bedrock of an organised and functional system are ongoing to put in place a system which runs on principles of equity, fairness, justice, and one which rewards for merit and diligence.

The Governor also renewed his call for all Californians to conserve water, laid out the key elements of the state's long - term water plan and noted the work ahead to fight climate change and build on historic reforms to the state's school funding and criminal justice systems.

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo's effort to hold the attention of the people of New York and its lawmakers continued into its second week on Monday with two more detailed presentations on elements of his «Opportunity Agenda»: reforms to the juvenile justice system and the proposed creation of a commission to decide on salary increases for lawmakers and top state officials.

He again called for reforms to the state justice and electoral systems and promised to push for $ 650 million to fund a life sciences initiative.