We wanted to make sure you saw Senator Cory Booker’s (D-NJ) recently-released policy brief on the CARES Act Home Confinement Program, highlighting the overwhelming success of this policy for individuals, families, and communities. The Home Confinement Program is an evidence-based approach to reducing the federal prison population… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. – FWD.us D.C. Director for Criminal Justice Reform Dawit Getachew issued the following statement after Councilmember Brooke Pinto introduced emergency legislation that includes several of the harmful pro-mass incarceration policies from the Safer Stronger D.C. Amendment Act (SSDC) that will fail to improve public safety:… Read More
We wanted to make sure you’d seen highlights from the D.C. Council’s Judiciary & Public Safety Hearing on the “Safer Stronger Amendment Act of 2023” (SSDC), where a broad range of community members, youth and justice advocates, survivors of crime, and elected leaders voiced extremely strong opposition to the bill on the… Read More
