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Death Penalty Alternatives for Arizona (DPAA) is a non-profit educational organization working to inform the public about the injustices surrounding the death penalty and the criminal punishment system. DPAA consists of volunteers from around the State of Arizona organized into the Northern, Central, and Southern regions of the state.

State and local policing budgets have kept a consistent share of public budgets by percentage, but the dollar amounts have grown since 1977.

A nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system.

The emergence of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, is causing great concern due to its rapid spread and high death rates, particularly among vulnerable

List of resources from the Prison Policy Initiative about the criminal justice system and COVID-19.

WHO WE ARE We're people convicted of crime, survivors of crime, and the families and allies of both who advocate and organize for public safety strategies that are more effective and just. Learn More MAKING CHANGE Through a new vision and an aggressive agenda, we’re

The Appeal is a nonprofit news organization dedicated to exposing how the U.S. criminal legal system fails to keep people safe and perpetuates harm. Our work shows the human and economic costs of our expansive carceral system, equips people with the tools to make change, and elevates solutions that seek to create a safer society without clinging to punitive responses.

Common Justice develops and advances solutions to violence that transform the lives of those harmed and foster racial equity without relying on incarceration

"We are rising up against all the ways that the criminal-legal system has harmed and failed to protect Black communities. The current moment requires a solution that fundamentally shifts how we envision community-care and invest in our society. History is clear that we cannot achieve genuine safety and liberation until we abandon police prisons and all punishment paradigms."

"NOBLE has been at the forefront of promoting police accountability since the organization's inception in 1976. NOBLE's mission is to ensure equity in the administration of justice and in the provision of public service to all communities and to serve as the conscience of law enforcement agencies and personnel by being committed to justice by action."

"The ABA Legal Education Police Practices Consortium aims to contribute to the national effort examining and addressing legal issues in policing and public safety including conduct oversight and the evolving nature of police work. The Consortium will leverage the ABA's expertise and that of participating ABA accredited law schools to collaborate on projects to develop and implement better police practices throughout the United States. "

"Oregon is the second state to pass a bill banning police from using deceptive interrogation tactics following Illinois."

"The Innocence Project founded in 1992 by Peter Neufeld and Barry Scheck at Cardozo School of Law exonerates the wrongly convicted through DNA testing and reforms the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice."

"Bryan Stevenson is the founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative a human rights organization in Montgomery Alabama. Under his leadership EJI has won major legal challenges eliminating excessive and unfair sentencing exonerating innocent death row prisoners confronting abuse of the incarcerated and the mentally ill and aiding children prosecuted as adults."

We can live in a world beyond policing.

The official #BlackLivesMatter Global Network builds power to bring justice, healing, and freedom to Black people across the globe.

We are an uprising of rebellious youth fighting for our freedom. We are organizers shaping our collective destinies. We are the next generation of revolutionaries.

Preserving Human Rights & Restoring Justice

THE GATHERING FOR JUSTICE IS A 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN 2005 BY HARRY BELAFONTE AFTER HE WITNESSED A NEWS REPORT OF A 5 YEAR OLD BLACK GIRL BEING HANDCUFFED AND ARRESTED IN HER FLORIDA CLASSROOM FOR “BEING UNRULY”. THE GATHERING FOR JUSTICE’S MISSION IS TO BUILD A MOVEMENT TO END CHILD INCARCERATION WHILE WORKING TO ELIMINATE THE RACIAL INEQUITIES THAT PERMEATE THE JUSTICE SYSTEM.

Premier source of news and information on solitary confinement in U.S. prisons and jails.

The RAND Center for Quality Policing provides research and analysis on contemporary police practice and policy. The Center's work helps law enforcement agencies across the U.S. make better operational decisions and consistently perform at their best.

Illegal discrimination in jury selection.

The Policing Project works to strengthen policing through democratic governance.

Our goal is simple: we will research, develop, test and mandate the use of an effective non-lethal weapon for America’s police

National Police Accountability Project (NPAP) is a non-profit dedicated to ending law enforcement abuse through legal action and educational programming.

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