CRIMINAL JUSTICE

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Thank you for your interest in advocating for criminal justice. The Lesniak Institute has recently assisted with the advocacy efforts for the end of solitary confinement and the implementation of Earn Your Way Out, the most significant piece of criminal justice reform in America, in New Jersey.

Help us continue to advance criminal justice as The Lesniak Institute For American Leadership advocates for legislation and promotes criminal justice across New Jersey and America.

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Earn Your Way Out

We have successfully shifted the entire culture of corrections with the Earn Your Way Out Act. This legislation now provides reentry plans for inmates as soon as they enter prison and establishes administrative parole release for certain inmates based on merit.

Background

on January 20, 2020 Bill S761 was signed into law. This bill will provide inmates the support to have a successful reentry into society. Prior to release, there will be a reentry plan implemented for each inmate with services that will cover medical, psychiatric, psychological, educational, vocational, substance abuse, and social rehabilitative services shall be incorporated into a comprehensive reentry plan. With clear expectations of them and the legal system, these rehabilitation programs will help aid the wellbeing of each inmate as they renter society. This bill also provides that parole terms be reduced by parole compliance credits at a rate of five days for each month the person is in compliance with the conditions of parole, and has not committed a serious or persistent infraction.

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S761 turns incarceration into opportunity for people who feel that they have had no choice other than resorting to crime to survive. This system provides inmates a second chance at earning a life as a healthy law-abiding citizen. Earn Your Way Out will finally allow people to receive the help and services needed to keep them from falling into a life of crime. It will educate people on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle and give them alternative ways to survive without crime.

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