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Breonna Taylor Memorial Louisville Kentucky

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Banning No-Knock Warrants Is an Important First Step in Addressing Police Violence Through Demilitarization

Since the killing of Breonna Taylor by police in March during a drug investigation, public officials, community organizations and advocates...

Carmen Mitchell | December 18, 2020

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Waiver to Provide Substance Use Disorder Treatment to Incarcerated People Shouldn’t Increase Incarceration

KyPolicy submitted the following comments on the 1115 Waiver Amendment – SUD Incarceration Services to the DMS Commissioner's office on November 6, 2020. You can read them in PDF form...

Carmen Mitchell | November 10, 2020

Analysis

IDs Are a Necessity for Successful Reentry

When people who have been incarcerated are released from jail and prison, support services such as housing and mental health can help them get back on their feet and avoid...

Carmen Mitchell | October 1, 2020

Analysis

Kentucky Must Continue Momentum Reducing Jail and Prison Population

As we enter the seventh month of the COVID-19 pandemic, jails and prisons have been among the top “hotspots” for COVID-19 at the same time incarcerated individuals are among the...

Ashley Spalding, Dustin Pugel, Pam Thomas and Carmen Mitchell | September 3, 2020

Analysis

Kentucky’s Largest Cities Spend a Quarter of Their Budgets on Police

Amid growing attention to harmful overpolicing of Black communities, many are calling on cities to begin shifting public resources away from policing toward social services, mental health, affordable housing and...

Dustin Pugel and Pam Thomas | June 11, 2020

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Policy Changes to Address Police Violence

With the recent police killings of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and David McAtee – in a long history of state-sanctioned violence against Americans who are Black – protests are occurring...

Jessica Klein and Anna Baumann | June 11, 2020

Analysis

To Protect Kentuckians from COVID-19, State Needs to Build on Already Significant Declines in Incarceration

In recent weeks, important steps have been taken to address the public health crisis posed by incarceration in Kentucky’s jails and prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in historic declines...

Ashley Spalding and Pam Thomas | May 1, 2020

Analysis

Despite Some Progress, There Is Still an Urgent Need for Kentucky to Do More to Address the Potential Spread of COVID-19 in Jails and Prisons

Reducing the number of people in jails and prisons is increasingly a focus of state, local and also nationwide efforts to protect public health during the COVID-19 crisis. However, despite...

Ashley Spalding and Dustin Pugel | March 31, 2020

Analysis

SB 1 Would Harm Kentucky Kids, Economy

After receiving a second reading on the House floor yesterday, Senate Bill 1 (SB 1) continues to advance in the House, despite the harms to Kentucky kids and our economy...

Anna Baumann | March 19, 2020

Analysis

HB 424’s Reformed Felony Threshold Would Reduce Incarceration for Low-Level Theft

Today the Senate Judiciary committee will hear a House-passed bill that would reduce incarceration – especially important as the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to make Kentucky’s current jail overcrowding even more...

Ashley Spalding | March 19, 2020

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Criminal Justice News

1 KY Jailer Concerned Over Proposed Budget Cuts, Policy Expert Weighs In

2 Criminal Justice Reform Coalition Pushing for Changes in 2021 Legislative Session

3 Federal Ruling Allows Inmates to Get a COVID-19 Stimulus Check. But Time Is Running Out.

4 State’s Incarceration Rate Remains Among Highest: Group

5 Meet the Groups Bailing Louisville Protesters and Others From Jail. What They Want Is Reform

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The Experts

Banning No-Knock Warrants Is an Important First Step in Addressing Police Violence Through Demilitarization

Carmen Mitchell

Defeating the Pandemic and Building a Robust Recovery: A Preview of the Budget of the Commonwealth

Ashley Spalding

Any Action on Proliferating Slot Machines Must Raise Artificially Low Tax Rate

Pam Thomas

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