{"id":9353,"date":"2019-12-12T14:43:18","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T19:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/?p=9353"},"modified":"2021-12-15T11:38:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T16:38:31","slug":"winnable-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/2019\/12\/12\/winnable-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"New report: State-level criminal justice reforms that can win in 2020"},"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=\"https:\/\/static.prisonpolicy.org\/reports\/winnable2020.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/static.prisonpolicy.org\/images\/winnable2019_250w.png\" width=\"250\" height=\"324\" class=\"reportcover right thumb250\" alt=\"winnable battles 2019 report cover\"\/><\/a>State legislatures can determine the future of mass incarceration. That&#8217;s why we just published &mdash; as we do every December &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/static.prisonpolicy.org\/reports\/winnable2020.pdf\">a report on 20+ winnable criminal justice reforms<\/a> that state legislators can take on.\n<\/p>\n<p>We publish this report as a PDF with links to more information and model bills, and we&#8217;ll soon send it to state legislators across the country. This year, our list of <b>reforms ripe for legislative victory<\/b> includes:\n<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list\">\n<li><b>Eliminating probation fees<\/b> and regulating privatized probation services<\/li>\n<li>Banning Departments of Corrections taking kickbacks from prison retailers<\/li>\n<li>Decreasing state incarceration rates by <b>reducing jail populations<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Repealing ineffective and harmful &#8220;sentencing enhancement&#8221; zones<\/li>\n<li>Offering <b>medication-assisted opioid treatment<\/b> to reduce deaths in prison<\/li>\n<li>Protecting in-person visits and letters from home in local jails<\/li>\n<li>Ending automatic driver&#8217;s license suspensions for nonpayment of fines and fees, and for drug offenses unrelated to driving<\/li>\n<li><b>Capping maximum probation terms<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Reducing or eliminating <b>jail time for technical violations<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Reducing barriers to housing for formerly incarcerated people<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/static.prisonpolicy.org\/reports\/winnable2020.pdf\">Our full report<\/a> on winnable criminal justice reforms includes more ideas for reducing state prison populations, eliminating burdensome costs for incarcerated people, supporting people leaving prison, and promoting public health and community safety.\n<\/p>\n<p>Will your state be working on any of these reforms? We&#8217;re looking forward to the progress we can make together in 2020!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We list 24 high-impact policy ideas for state legislators looking to reform their criminal justice systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[46],"class_list":["post-9353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9353","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9353"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12991,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9353\/revisions\/12991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9353"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=9353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}