Criminal Justice Reform /tags/criminal-justice-reform Criminal Justice Reform en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Tue, 24 Jun 2025 15:15:41 GMT Executive director Tricia Rojo Bushnell leaves the Midwest Innocence Project /podcast/up-to-date/2025-06-24/tricia-rojo-bushnell-midwest-innocence-project Tricia Rojo Bushnell spent the past 12 years bringing innocent incarcerated individuals home at the Midwest Innocence Project. Now, she's leaving to be the executive director at the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 15:15:41 GMT /podcast/up-to-date/2025-06-24/tricia-rojo-bushnell-midwest-innocence-project Steve Kraske, Georgia Kerrigan Amid calls to reform bail, judges in St. Louis embrace ankle monitors /law-order/2025-04-10/st-louis-judges-embrace-ankle-monitors-bail-reform Proponents say the devices have helped address inequities in the criminal justice system. But many defendants have experienced unintended consequences. Thu, 10 Apr 2025 09:00:00 GMT /law-order/2025-04-10/st-louis-judges-embrace-ankle-monitors-bail-reform Taylor Tiamoyo Harris ArchCity Defenders pushes to consolidate St. Louis’ municipal court system /government-politics-issues/2024-07-25/archcity-defenders-consolidate-st-louis-municipal-court-system ArchCity Defenders is calling for the consolidation of St. Louis’ municipal court system in a new report. It examines how legislation, litigation and advocacy efforts changed the courts a decade after the killing of Michael Brown Jr. Thu, 25 Jul 2024 14:00:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2024-07-25/archcity-defenders-consolidate-st-louis-municipal-court-system Andrea Y. Henderson ArchCity Defenders offers guides to help St. Louisans with expungement and housing /government-politics-issues/2024-06-24/archcity-defenders-offers-guides-to-help-st-louisans-with-expungement-and-housing ArchCity Defenders plans to help thousands of people in the St. Louis region who are experiencing housing insecurity or need help navigating the justice system. It released a guide to help renters find adequate and safe housing in Missouri and information on expunging criminal records. Mon, 24 Jun 2024 10:00:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2024-06-24/archcity-defenders-offers-guides-to-help-st-louisans-with-expungement-and-housing Andrea Y. Henderson Organization calls for improvements to Missouri’s prison health care conditions /law-order/2024-06-10/reform-group-calls-for-improvements-to-missouris-prison-health-care-conditions Health care services in Missouri prisons are declining, according to a prison reform advocacy group. The nonprofit says providers are leaving, emergency care is getting denied and 66 residents have died this year. Mon, 10 Jun 2024 10:00:00 GMT /law-order/2024-06-10/reform-group-calls-for-improvements-to-missouris-prison-health-care-conditions Madison Holcomb Thousands of Missourians could have criminal records sealed under Clean Slate Initiative /government-politics-issues/2024-03-14/thousands-of-missourians-could-have-criminal-records-sealed-under-clean-slate-initiative The Clean Slate campaign is backing four Missouri bills, which all provide for a more automated expungement process for low-level offenses. Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:00:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2024-03-14/thousands-of-missourians-could-have-criminal-records-sealed-under-clean-slate-initiative Lacretia Wimbley Two St. Louis Detention Oversight members resign in protest /government-politics-issues/2023-12-14/two-st-louis-detention-oversight-members-resign-in-protest Two members of the St. Louis Detention Facilities Oversight Board have resigned. The resignations follow months of criticisms by board members who say the city has stonewalled members from investigating jail complaints. Fri, 15 Dec 2023 00:12:05 GMT /government-politics-issues/2023-12-14/two-st-louis-detention-oversight-members-resign-in-protest Chad Davis St. Louis tech company wins big in national justice reform competition /economy-business/2023-11-28/st-louis-tech-company-wins-big-in-national-justice-reform-competition UnLocked Labs was one of three winners of the Justice Innovation Program, funded by the social justice nonprofit Dream.org. The $250,000 grant equals a quarter of its current annual budget. Tue, 28 Nov 2023 11:00:00 GMT /economy-business/2023-11-28/st-louis-tech-company-wins-big-in-national-justice-reform-competition Rachel Lippmann St. Louis activists demand better jail conditions, policies after deaths of two detainees /government-politics-issues/2023-09-25/st-louis-activists-demand-better-jail-conditions-policies-after-deaths-of-two-detainees St. Louis activists are again calling for the resignation of Corrections Commissioner Jennifer Clemons-Abdullah and for the Detention Facilities Oversight Board to receive access to the jail. Mon, 25 Sep 2023 22:31:14 GMT /government-politics-issues/2023-09-25/st-louis-activists-demand-better-jail-conditions-policies-after-deaths-of-two-detainees Chad Davis St. Louis jail oversight board member removed from jail; city aldermen call for review /government-politics-issues/2023-09-02/st-louis-jail-oversight-board-member-removed-from-jail-city-aldermen-call-for-review St. Louis police officers on Thursday forcibly removed the vice chair of the St. Louis Detention Facilities Oversight Board from the St. Louis City Justice Center. Sat, 02 Sep 2023 11:00:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2023-09-02/st-louis-jail-oversight-board-member-removed-from-jail-city-aldermen-call-for-review Chad Davis