Watch

Joshua Glover Justice Fund Panel Discussion (recorded March 20, 2021)
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul discusses criminal justice reform at the March 9, 2021 Presbytery Gathering

Learn

"George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020" H.R.7120
Justice in Policing Act of 2020 fact sheet for H.R.7120

"80 Percent of Those Who Died of Covid-18 in Texas County Jails were Never Convicted of a Crime" article by Jerusalem Demsas

"Adopt-A-Prison Builds Community and Hope" article by Tammy Warren

Breakdown Whiteness: Criminal Justice Systems website

"The Complexity of the Prison Industrial Complex" article by Mike Ferguson

Get Involved: Help End Over-Incarceration and Excessive Punishment website

"Illinois Poised to Become First State to End Wealth-Based Pre-Trial Detention" article by Kiran Misra

Incarceration Trends in Wisconsin fact sheet from Vera Institute of Justice

​Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color ​book by Andrea J. Ritchie

​Just Mercy book by Bryan Stevenson

"Maryland Bans Life Without Parol for Children" article from Equal Justice Initiative 

The New Jim Crow book by Michelle Alexander

"Our Style and Standards for Reporting on Criminal Justice" email message from The Marshall Project

"The Poor Stay in Jail while the Rich go Free: Rethinking Cash Bail in Wisconsin" article by Emily Hamer & Sheila Cohen

"Presbyterians Address Cash Bail Plight" article by J. Herbert Nelson, II

Racial Disparities in the Massachusetts Criminal System report by the Criminal Justice Policy Program at Harvard Law School

The System email series about how criminal justice really works in America by The Marshall Project
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"Wisconsin's Bail System "Burns the Poor," Opponents Say, as they Call for Reform" article by Karen Madden

Act

Donate to alleviate prolonged pre-conviction incarceration caused by poverty:

Digest the well-researched report of the General Assembly’s Disparities Experienced by Black Women and Girls Task Force Report, change your thinking, and advocate for structural change as recommended.

​Volunteer to help someone re-entering society after incarceration

Advocate for your state, county, city, and businesses to adopt “fair-chance hiring” policies to help formerly incarcerated people get jobs