On April 17, the Council of State Governments gave the Director of the ACU Foundation Center for Criminal Justice Reform, Pat Nolan, its “National Champion Award” in recognition of “His Contributions to Advancing Criminal Justice Reform and Improving Prisoner Reentry…
On May 3, the Center for Policing Equity presented ACUF CCJR Director, Pat Nolan, with its “Architect of Justice Award” for his lifetime of dedication to criminal justice reform. The Center for Policing Equity mentioned how Pat’s work has unified…
At the end of April, the ACUF Center for Criminal Justice Reform team traveled to Grand Rapids, Michigan for ALEC’s Criminal Justice Task Force Meeting. It was there that legislators from all over the country, as well as a multitude…
Originally published on Medium.com in partnership with Change.org Pat Nolan is the Director of the American Conservative Union Foundation’s Center for Criminal Justice Reform. For 15 years, Pat served in the California State Assembly, four of those as the Assembly Republican Leader,…
By Waseem Salahi, Jessica Brand, and Callie Heller Originally published on InJusticeToday.com In January 2016 in San Diego, a SWAT team entered the offices of Med-West, a licensed cannabis manufacturer and distributer. It seized over $300,000 in cash and products valued at hundreds of thousands…
By Gov. Matt Bevin (R-KY) Originally published on FoxNews. During the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, I participated in a national panel on criminal justice reform with like-minded, conservative governors Nathan Deal of Georgia and Mary Fallin of Oklahoma. It…