{"id":5109,"date":"2016-12-28T15:17:56","date_gmt":"2016-12-28T19:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/?p=5109"},"modified":"2021-12-15T11:37:06","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T16:37:06","slug":"reform-ideas-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/28\/reform-ideas-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnable justice reform ideas for 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"updated\">This report has been updated with a <a href=\"\/reports\/winnable2022.html\">new version for 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/static.prisonpolicy.org\/reports\/winnable2017.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/images\/reportthumbs\/winnable2017_250w.png\" width=\"250\" height=\"324\" class=\"reportcover right thumb250\" \/><\/a>With the 2017 legislative sessions about to start, it&#8217;s time to unveil our fourth annual list of <a href=\"\/reports\/winnable2017.pdf\">under-discussed but winnable criminal justice reforms<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The list is published as a briefing with links to more information and model bills, and it was recently sent to reform-minded state legislators across the country. The reform topics we think are ripe for legislative victory are:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list\">\n<li>Ending prison gerrymandering<\/li>\n<li>Lowering the cost of calls home from prison or jail<\/li>\n<li>Repealing or reforming ineffective and harmful sentencing enhancement zones<\/li>\n<li>Protecting in-person family visits from the video visitation industry<\/li>\n<li>Stopping automatic driver&#8217;s license suspensions for drug offenses unrelated to driving<\/li>\n<li>Protecting letters from home in local jails<\/li>\n<li>Requiring racial impact statements for criminal justice bills<\/li>\n<li>Repealing &#8220;Truth in Sentencing&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Creating a safety valve for mandatory minimum sentences<\/li>\n<li>Immediately eliminating &#8220;pay only&#8221; probation and regulating privatized probation services<\/li>\n<li>Reducing pretrial detention<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let us know what you think of this year&#8217;s list. We look forward to working together to make 2017 a year of great progress for justice reform!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eleven ideas for criminal justice reforms that are ripe for legislative victory in 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[11],"class_list":["post-5109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5109"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12986,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5109\/revisions\/12986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5109"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=5109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}