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Delaware’s probation system can be traumatizing for individuals returning home after incarceration — especially during the holiday season. Campaign for Smart Justice Manager, Haneef Salaam, talks more about...
Delaware’s probation system can be traumatizing for individuals returning home after incarceration — especially during the holiday season. Campaign for Smart Justice Manager, Haneef Salaam, talks more about...
Sep 17, 2022
Probation Reform is a Ballot Issue
Delaware’s probation system is driving incarceration in the First State. Probation should not be focused on punishment; it should seek to rehabilitate and restore the person on it. However, for many, a...
Delaware’s probation system is driving incarceration in the First State. Probation should not be focused on punishment; it should seek to rehabilitate and restore the person on it. However, for many, a...
While Delaware passed body camera legislation in 2021, the governor and other elected officials have shown no sense of urgency to ensure all departments use body-worn cameras or that body-worn camera...
While Delaware passed body camera legislation in 2021, the governor and other elected officials have shown no sense of urgency to ensure all departments use body-worn cameras or that body-worn camera...
Mar 30, 2022
Dwayne Bensing, Staff Attorney, Argues Clark Case in U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
The late Angelo Clark, who lived with serious mental health issues, was placed in solitary confinement by DOC officials for seven months while he was housed in a Delaware prison. We're fighting to make sure...
The late Angelo Clark, who lived with serious mental health issues, was placed in solitary confinement by DOC officials for seven months while he was housed in a Delaware prison. We're fighting to make sure...
Mar 29, 2022
Opinion: SB 149 Substitute Isn't Reform
Since 2005, Delaware police officers have shot nearly 60 people, killing 32 of them. Last weekend’s shooting in Dewey Beach was only the latest in a long line of shootings by Delaware law enforcement that...
Since 2005, Delaware police officers have shot nearly 60 people, killing 32 of them. Last weekend’s shooting in Dewey Beach was only the latest in a long line of shootings by Delaware law enforcement that...
Mar 7, 2022
What's Next for Clean Slate?
Now that SB 111 and SB 112 have become law in Delaware, people living with a Delaware record will have more of an opportunity for those second chances. So – what comes next for the Clean Slate Delaware...
Now that SB 111 and SB 112 have become law in Delaware, people living with a Delaware record will have more of an opportunity for those second chances. So – what comes next for the Clean Slate Delaware...