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House Oversight Committee Holds Hearing on Criminal Justice Reform

ACUF Director Pat Nolan Provides Testimony on How to Improve the Federal System FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC, June 29, 2017 – The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held an important hearing on criminal justice reform and recidivism issues. Pat

Pat Nolan Provides Testimony before The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

TESTIMONY OF PAT NOLAN DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE UNION FOUNDATION’S CENTER FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM BEFORE THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM HEARING ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM AND EFFORTS TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM JUNE 28, 2017 ____ Chairman

Pew Analysis Finds No Relationship Between Drug Imprisonment and Drug Problems

Originally posted on PewTrusts.org On June 19, 2017, The Pew Charitable Trusts submitted a letter to the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, outlining an analysis of whether state drug imprisonment rates are linked to the nature

Chuck Grassley: Criminal Justice Reform and Reducing Recidivism

Criminal justice reform and reducing recidivism: Remarks from Senate Committee on the Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA). Followed by a panel discussion featuring Hayne Yoon (Vera Institute of Justice), John Huffington (Living Classrooms Foundation), and Pat Nolan (American Conservative Union

Texas’ newly signed Sandra Bland Act sets example for rest of the nation

Originally published on USAtoday.com On Thursday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed the state’s Sandra Bland Act, named after the black woman who was found dead in a Waller County jail cell, into law. Bland’s case was a controversial one. In

Marcus Bullock: Flikshop and Life After Prison

Facebook LIVE: Marcus Bullock, CEO of Flikshop, sat down with us to talk about re-entry programming in prison, barriers to entering the job market with a criminal record, and his tech start-up working to keep families of the incarcerated in