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"For incarcerated people experiencing menopause, the harm is exponential. As the country ages, so too does the incarcerated population, at rates even faster. In California, the share of those over age 50 increased five-fold in the span of less than a decade; today, they comprise nearly a quarter of all people in prison there. In recent… Continue Reading The Real Menopause Movement Is Behind Bars
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OAKLAND, CA – Today, Impact Justice announces the launch of Growing Justice. This first-of-a-kind initiative will expand access to fresh, healthy food in prison and in the community while preparing incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people for employment in the rapidly expanding business of indoor (aka vertical) farming, expected to become a $155.6 billion global industry… Continue Reading New Project Uses Indoor Farming to Give People in Prison and the Formerly Incarcerated a Real Second ChanceÂ
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This week the Homecoming Project placed its 100th participant with a host family. On Monday, Aug. 7, Surmiche Vaughn and her husband Scott Patterson welcomed Philippe Kelly into their Oakland home. It’s Philippe’s first real home after many years in prison, the last several years spent at San Quentin where he focused on helping people prepare for… Continue Reading Successful Airbnb-like project for formerly incarcerated people reaches milestone and expands
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CA legislature earmarks $15m to support IJ innovations Continue Reading California Legislature earmarks $15 million to bring the Homecoming Project to Los Angeles and fund other Impact Justice innovations
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A conversation with Los Angeles County DA George Gascón, Prosecutors Alliance of California Executive Director Cristine Soto DeBerry, and Impact Justice President Alex Busansky. Introduced by Impact Justice Director of Innovation Programs, Aishatu Yusuf. Across the nation, progressive prosecutors are committed to reimagining the criminal legal system and helping make our communities safer. Prosecutors have… Continue Reading Resisting Reform: How progressive prosecutors navigate police union pushback
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Jason Jones didn’t anticipate how much the Homecoming Project would help him succeed when he was released from San Quentin State Prison. But the home he found with hosts Tamiko Panzella and Joe Klein has become more than a stable place to sleep. He also found good friends and a community who have supported his… Continue Reading NPR highlights the innovative solutions of the Homecoming Project
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We’re at an important crossroads on how law enforcement agencies and courts are using big data and new technologies. Will they be used to reduce incarceration rates or to exacerbate unjust, biased enforcement patterns in policing? This is the moment to ask hard questions about how these systems are developed and what kinds of checks… Continue Reading Impact/Ideas panel on the role of big data and new technologies in policing and the courts