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ACU Commends York County (PA) DA David Sunday for Proactive Measures to Keep Inmates Safe during COVID-19 Outbreak

Contact: David Safavian                                                                                                 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE American Conservative Union                       

Attorney General Barr issues Guidance Prioritizing Home Confinement in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

The SAFER Plan: Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Criminal Justice System

THE SAFER PLAN: PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASE IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM Organizations endorsing SAFER plan Summary CDC recommendations regarding COVID-19 are changing as our understanding of the spread, treatment, and management of the virus evolves. Many of

Take Action: SAFER Plan to combat COVID-19

During these uncertain times we are facing, it may be easy for leaders to overlook our incarcerated citizens, but as you know, our prisons are smaller spaces where people congregate. It makes them very susceptible to the spread of disease.

A 2020 Vision for Criminal Justice Reform

by David Guenthner and David Safavian

We took CPAC inside of a prison–It was Amazing

In November 2019, we hosted a CPAC inside of a medium-security prison in Pennsylvania. The first of its kind, over 400 incarcerated individuals attended the conference where they learned about criminal justice reform efforts, received job training, and learned about