Many issues that are primary drivers of mass incarceration cannot be remedied through government solutions alone. Issues such as broken families and mental health, both forever altered by over criminalization, cannot be simply be repaired through legislation. Civil Society has the unique capability to address certain social issues that government cannot, or to address them more effectively than government can. This section also addresses issues in which over-policing attempts to fix issues that should be handled through the community.
“Fourteen years after Tim Junkin recounted Kirk Bloodsworth's decades-long legal saga, his ‘creative nonfiction’ book ‘Bloodsworth: The True Story of the First Death Row Inmate Exonerated by DNA Evidence’ is reaching new audiences. ‘Bloodsworth’ was picked to be part of Maryland Humanities' 2018 ‘One Maryland, One Book’ tour representing the theme of justice.“
Herald-Mail Media
October 2, 2018
Read More"The study found that merely seeing militarized units can erode public confidence in law enforcement and give off the impression that a police department is overfunded."
PBS News Hour
August 21, 2018
Read More"In a city whose citizens and police department have a contentious relationship, the militarized rhetoric of a “surge” designed to “disrupt” and “dismantle” will just trap the department in a loop of badly ineffective, biased policing."
The Appeal
June 29, 2018
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