The Political Dynamics of Justice Reform in The U.S.
The Political Dynamics of Justice Reform in The U.S.
The Political Dynamics of Justice Reform in The U.S.
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CALIFORNIA: EPICENTER<br />
OF MASS INCARCERATION REFORM<br />
bY NEWS BEAT June 4, 2019<br />
California has positioned itself at the epicenter <strong>of</strong> a grow<strong>in</strong>g movement to reform the<br />
crim<strong>in</strong>al justice system, represent<strong>in</strong>g a seismic shift for a state that spent previous<br />
decades exponentially <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g its prison population.<br />
What began as a response to court <strong>in</strong>tervention, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g a U.S. Supreme Court<br />
mandate to substantially reduce prison overcrowd<strong>in</strong>g, has morphed <strong>in</strong>to a wide-rang<strong>in</strong>g<br />
set <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>itiatives address<strong>in</strong>g everyth<strong>in</strong>g from police accountability to mass <strong>in</strong>carceration.<br />
California is hardly alone <strong>in</strong> such an undertak<strong>in</strong>g. Still, its legislative ambitions,<br />
comb<strong>in</strong>ed with contentious issues confronted by lawmakers and smaller municipalities,<br />
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