“Mayor Bowser’s latest proposed legislation appears to rely on the same failed policies that exploded mass incarceration in D.C. and have devastated D.C. residents and families for years – without making anyone safer. Increasing incarceration is a failed approach that undermines public safety, while imposing an extraordinary cost on District residents.

“We urge D.C.’s elected leaders to look to decades of research to guide evidence-based policymaking that will truly make our communities safer.”