News & Commentary

Police misconduct and abuse of power is a systemic failure. Here are our demands for police accountability and transparency, as well as some common myths about the Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights (LEOBOR) and the facts behind them.

The ACLU of Delaware seeks a dynamic and experienced organizer to lead the organization’s Smart Justice program, seeking to reduce the state’s prison population and racial disparities in the justice system.

This new report breaks down the way Delaware's broken probation system fuels mass incarceration, and what we can do to fix it. It's time to focus on people, not probation.

If you do the crime, then do your time, you should be able to move on with your life, right? Not exactly.

Despite a mid-session lull in criminal justice reform activity, the push for Smart Justice persevered—we passed 11 meaningful criminal justice reform bills this half of session!

This post is part of our Spring 2019 issue of Connection, our quarterly newsletter.

On February 18, 2019, Attorney General Kathleen Jennings took an important step toward making Delaware’s criminal prosecution system more fair and just.

The Coalition for Smart Justice is a group of organizations and individuals who advocate for a criminal justice system that fosters public safety by reducing mass incarceration, recidivism and racial disparities.

This post is part of our Winter 2018 issue of Connection, our quarterly newsletter. To read the whole newsletter, click here.