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The collaboration of the Maryland Equitable Justice, an initiative of the Maryland office of the General Prosecutor and the Office of the Public Defender to reduce the masses in the state, has published his first report, in which the historical roots and current drivers of mass liability and the fight against racial differences are given within the criminal legal system.
The 105-page report describes 18 recommendations on the reform of criminal justice and the reduction of racist differences in Maryland's prisons and prisons, which range from changes in law enforcement guidelines and practices to the education and development of the workforce.
The recommendations include reducing unnecessary police interactions with the public, the reduction in the police administration of the police, the expansion of the alternatives to the detention, the termination of unnecessary imprisonment in the advance, the increase in psychological health services in prisons, the increase in access to geriatric and medical probation, the review of the long convictions, the criminalization of behavior in schools and the expansion of the behavior of Justice, in which the judicial training and the judicial training and judicial training and the training and the judicial training and the judicial training and the training and the judicial training and the judicial training and the behavior of the judiciary and the judiciary in the justice base and the behavior of justice bias and the authority and the behavior of the Justice.
“This report contains the devastating and disproportionate tribute that the Black Community has added, and shows a way to the meaningful change,” said Anthony Brown, Attorney General of Maryland, and added that his office will press the complete implementation of the suggestions of cooperation.
According to the mejc, the black population in Maryland accounts for almost 30% of the residents of the state, but black people make up 71% of those in state correctional facilities.
The defender of Maryland, Natasha Dartigue, said the report of the collaboration was “a street map for sensible reforms and measures against injustice”.
“By collecting data, detailing of facts and bulling the findings of a diverse group of stakeholders of the cooperation, the content report and the recommendations for promoting the reform that address the underlying questions of racial justice and justice,” said Dartigue.
Brown and Dartigue have not identified any specific deadlines for the implementation of the 18 recommendations, but emphasized a “feeling of urgency”.
“These are problems for centuries,” said Brown on Thursday during a press conference. “Although there is a feeling of urgency, it is not expected that the problem will be solved in 2025 or even 2026, but the commitment must arise to combat the recommendations.”
While some of the recommendations in the report require legislative measures, others use the training, surveillance and development of various programs.
“The most important thing is that we start to act and that we do this intentionally [and] Definitely, ”said Dartigue.
In October 2023, the Brown and Dartigue offices announced the creation of the MejC, which should also concentrate on relapse and work in order to create an environment for a successful re -entry into society for the previously detained recommendations.
In order to develop the recommendations, the MEJC members took part in working groups from December 2023 in order to build consensus on the most recommended reforms according to Mejc.
In the report, the costs for the implementation of the recommendations are not described, but Brown and Dartigue said that many of the recommendations would save Maryland money, e.g. B. access to geriatric and medical probation and re -entry services.
“These recommendations are not based on who is in the White House, and we certainly do not want to use this as an invented obstacle to the progress that we will do in the further development of these reform measures,” said Brown. “While the Trump administration is many different types in so many different types, they are not an obstacle to the work of cooperation and reform measures that should take place in Maryland.”
The Mejc is worked together with judge Alexander Williams Center for Education, Justice & Ethics at the University of Maryland at College Park and the Bowie State University Institute for Restorative Justice.
