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  • SEPTA quietly decriminalizes jumping turnstiles, lowers fines

    Maura Ewing

    April 03, 2019 |

    WHYY |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania’s Transit Authority, SEPTA, has decriminalized fare evasion, with those who are caught facing a $25 fine. This is down from the prior $300 tickets that were issued in the past. The move toward decriminalization is part of a larger shift in the region for the criminal justice system to be less punitive and more rehabilitative, focusing more on addressing root causes of behavior.

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  • Philly's Gang Violence Strategy Doesn't Work. Here's Why.

    Maura Ewing

    December 21, 2017 |

    The Appeal |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    The "Focused Deterrence" approach to lowering gang violence was hailed as a success in Philly when shootings went down, but is that the whole story? The strategy is also receiving some notable critiques, including the claim that the social services and employment opportunities it claims to provide have been less than forthcoming.

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  • How Prisoners' Family Members Can Assist Overworked Public Defenders

    Maura Ewing

    June 05, 2017 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Norristown, Pennsylvania

    Public defenders' caseloads are too large for them to be able to provide the details that a loved one of an offender can provide in court. Participatory Defense programs train loved ones of the offender to be able to provide a testimony, often resulting in less severe sentences.

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  • Riding Along With Milwaukee's Counselors For Traumatized Youths

    Maura Ewing

    February 09, 2017 |

    Buzzfeed |

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    Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    Police actions at a crime scene often exacerbate the victim’s trauma and trigger a person with mental illness who is going through a crisis. The Trauma-Informed Response Team in Milwaukee, is part of a national trend to train police officers in crisis intervention so they can identify signs of mental illness, and efficiently and safely get someone in crisis into the care of a mental health professional.

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  • Punished for Being Poor

    Maura Ewing

    September 03, 2015 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    When paying bail isn't a realistic ask of a defendant, many times the person will plead guilty to avoid jail time even if it means having a record. To solve the problem of the poor being unfairly punished by small crimes through the setting of a bail amount they can't make, The Bronx Freedom Fund offers charitable bail funds to those with a bail under $2,000.

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  • When Prisons Need to Be More Like Nursing Homes

    Maura Ewing

    August 27, 2015 |

    The Marshall Project |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The U.S. prison population is aging, which is costly because older inmates need more care. Some states have responded by creating special wards, having the young inmates care for the old, or building nursing homes.

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