Topic: Criminal Justice Reform
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Guest Commentary: Treat Kids in the Juvenile Justice System as … Kids
Two Philadelphia women incarcerated in their mid-teens ask for support for comprehensive juvenile justice reform bill that has lingered too long in Harrisburg
By Aqilah David and Alexandria Rivera![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1920px-Larry_Krasner_Candidate_for_Philadelphia_District_Attorney-791x400.jpg)
Is the Tide Turning on Larry Krasner?
The progressive prosecutor movement is losing momentum. Its poster boy may have to adjust to a new political zeitgeist
By Larry Platt![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Books_Through_Bars_Letter_HED-791x400.jpg)
Sentences for the Sentenced
West Philly non-profit Books Through Bars has provided the incarcerated with books for more than 30 years. Now, with growing inaccessibility, its work is needed more than ever
By Norah Rami![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/philadelphia_city_hall_winter-791x400.jpg)
A “Wake Up Call” on Guns
A District Attorney diversion program is offering a second chance to those with no prior convictions and whose only crime was having an unlicensed gun. It aims to work around a state law that treats Philadelphians more harshly than other Pennsylvanians
By Mensah M. Dean![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Anthony-Kelly-displays-pardon-certificate_Hunter-filming-791x400.jpeg)
The Citizen Recommends: Pardon Me
Shuja Moore’s short film about the benefits — to all of us — of pardons for returning citizens screens Monday in West Philly
By Rachel Wisniewski![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2023_12_07_PC_Robert_Saleem_Holbrook_Sabina_Pierce_-0164-2-1-791x400.jpg)
CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AWARDS: Robert Saleem Holbrook
The A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. Social Justice Champion spent 27 years in prison before a Supreme Court ruling set him free. Now, he teaches about criminal justice at Penn and heads the Abolitionist Law Center
By Jessica Blatt Press![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Tyree-Wallace-Rally-3-791x400.jpg)
Why Is Tyree Wallace Still in Prison?
Despite high-profile efforts of advocates like sports reporter Michael Barkann, the Point Breeze native has spent 26 years imprisoned for a murder witnesses say he didn’t commit. That hasn’t stopped the citizen activist from serving others
By Christina Griffith![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2023_12_07_PC_Robert_Saleem_Holbrook_Sabina_Pierce_-0164-2-1-791x400.jpg)
Guest Commentary: Reform in Name Only
A formerly incarcerated abolitionist and Penn law lecturer responds to a Citizen article and explains opposition to the bipartisan probation reform bill headed for a vote in the state legislature
By Robert Saleem Holbrook