Empower Missouri tiene una larga historia de lucha por la reforma de la justicia penal.
Missouri’s criminal legal system is heavily broken. It continues to rely on outdated judicial precedents and punishes people who are poor. It is largely driven by racial disparities, which directly obstruct and deconstruct our minority communities.
Las personas que viven en la pobreza y las personas de color tienen más probabilidades de ser arrestadas, condenadas y encarceladas que sus pares en Missouri. Y, después del encarcelamiento, es casi imposible salir de un ciclo de pobreza y encarcelamiento debido a las medidas punitivas impuestas por el estado a los ex delincuentes. Debemos abandonar las prácticas que le han fallado a nuestro estado durante décadas y encontrar nuevas formas de abordar el crimen, la pobreza y la epidemia de drogas en nuestro estado.
El Clean Slate Campaign to pass automated expungement in Missouri is a major priority of our criminal justice work in 2023-2024. You can learn more about that initiative on our campaign microsite, at www.MOCleanSlate.org.
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Aprende másJoin a dedicated group of advocates in the Community Justice Coalition.
Aprende másThe Community Justice Coalition (CJC), is a multi-sector team of dedicated advocates who envision a future without mass incarceration. Through deep policy research, field work and legislative advocacy, we battle the harms of mass incarceration in our communities. We work across the five stages of the criminal legal system to elevate specific policy reforms that can put us on the road to ending mass incarceration and the endless cycle of formerly incarcerated people living in poverty. Our current approach isn’t working. Missouri’s mass incarceration rates devastate families and communities, depress local economies, and do not improve public safety. Coalition members share stories and data from their own work and experiences with the criminal justice system to build a collective understanding of current obstacles facing criminal justice reform. The coalition educates the community about the ways our current system is failing us while collaboratively developing & advocating for significant policy reforms with the state legislature. Hacer clic AQUÍ to view our events page to learn when the next Community Justice Coalition meeting will be held. It is staffed by our Criminal Justice Policy Manager, Gwen Smith-Moore.
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