After the 2024 elections, who will run each state’s government? Bolts sums it up in one graph: image
Data shows that California property crime rates are at historic lows. But “people's perception of how at risk they are has changed over the last four years,” one researcher noted, in large part due to shoplifting videos that have gone viral on social media.
Percy Glover first worked as a volunteer boosting civic engagement in Flint’s county jail. Now, he’s hired full-time to ensure the people incarcerated there know their voting rights: “Percy made us part of the process,” says one.
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With no reentry support, Phillip Vance Smith was released from prison into homelessness. His story echoes thousands of others, writing in Bolts that 1 in 6 people left North Carolina prisons last year “as hopelessly as I did” with nowhere to turn.
The ‘no’ to repealing ranked-choice voting in Alaska did well in blue areas, while outpacing Kamala Harris’ share of the vote by nearly 9 percentage points statewide. It did best relative to Harris in areas with large Native populations.
In New Jersey, 25% of Black adults are barred from ever serving on a jury. “We’re whitewashing a space that’s disproportionately affecting Black and brown communities,” said one lawyer. “Which calls into question: who is getting a jury of one’s peers?”
Despite accusations of neglect and abuse by Wexford Health Sources, Illinois inked a 5-year, $4 billion contract with the prison healthcare company, raising fresh questions about the state’s commitment to improving quality of care for incarcerated people.
With a conservative hold on federal courts, state supreme courts are now where voting rights, abortion, and other critical issues will be fought. @npub1skvn...dfdf explains how last week's elections set the stage:
California voters last week ousted two of the boldest reform DAs to hold office since the “progressive prosecutor” movement began: George Gascón in LA and Pamela Price in Alameda County.