criminal justice Archives - Flux https://flux.community/tag/criminal-justice/ A platform for change Sat, 11 Mar 2023 17:51:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Locked up as children, almost two dozen inmates are lost in New Mexico’s prison system https://flux.community/eli-hager/2023/03/locked-up-as-children-almost-two-dozen-inmates-are-lost-in-new-mexicos-prison-system/ Sat, 11 Mar 2023 17:49:59 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12917 The New Mexico Corrections Department has lost track of nearly two dozen prisoners in its custody who are serving life sentences for crimes they committed as children, an error that could keep these “juvenile lifers” from getting a chance at freedom under a bill likely to be passed by the state Legislature within days. As […]

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]]> Illinois becomes first state to completely eliminate cash bail https://flux.community/jessica-corbett/2021/02/illinois-becomes-first-state-completely-eliminate-cash-bail/ Thu, 25 Feb 2021 05:26:56 +0000 https://flux.community/2021/02/illinois-becomes-first-state-completely-eliminate-cash-bail/ The post Illinois becomes first state to completely eliminate cash bail appeared first on Flux.

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