A high-speed police chase needlessly puts DC residents at risk.

From social media mining to drones, DC police are watching residents, but who is watching them?

Arrest and conviction records are lifetime barriers to employment and housing.

Decriminalizing sex work is a matter of health, safety, and survival.

Mandatory arrest laws deter some victims from reporting crimes.

Reparations have the potential to reduce the racial wealth gap and increase public safety.

Jump-outs are DC’s scarier version of stop and frisk.

Crime prevention has a stronger return on investment than jail or police spending.

DC prosecutors face few sanctions when they withhold evidence that could prove someone’s innocence or impact the severity of the punishment.

Jury service is a key civic duty – peremptory challenges prevent Black people from serving.

Unnecessary arrests make us less safe.

A judge, not a prosecutor, should decide whether a child should be charged as an adult.

Without statehood, DC cannot deliver the prevention over punishment approach that residents deserve to be truly safe.

Consent searches are never consensual when compliance is a survival tactic.

Mandatory minimums are extreme sentences that DC residents and victims want eliminated.

A failing crime lab means innocent people are convicted of crimes, and victims do not receive justice.

The US Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings on solitary confinement – DC’s Judiciary and Public Safety Committee has not.

Halfway houses were supposed to help people prepare for a future in the community, but their residents say they felt like they were still in prison.

Qualified immunity emboldens police violence and impedes accountability.

People with criminal records lack core protections from the systemic discrimination they face.

Even the United States Parole Commission doesn’t want to be the body deciding whether to deny parole to people convicted of DC Code offenses or send people back to jail.

Unhealthy food makes every sentence a life sentence.

DC’s public health plans to reduce gun violence were not fully implemented – and gun homicides increased.

Every mother and child should bond in a safe and healthy environment–not be handcuffed and separated at birth in custody.

Cosmetologists have more specialized training than armed special police officers in DC.

If fully implemented, restorative justice would help end the cycle of trauma and violence in schools.

Invasive body searches strip people of their dignity, privacy, and cause trauma.

Giving more rewards than sanctions achieves the best results for people under supervision.

DC’s current discovery rules are like “trial by ambush.”

If DC Council members can't hear directly from people residing at DC Jail, they can't meaningfully exercise any oversight.

Diversion is an “off-ramp” from the harms of the justice system, but in DC, there are only a few ways off the highway.

Capping probation terms would save DC taxpayers millions of dollars in jail costs.

In DC, you can demand a jury trial of your peers if you face a lawsuit for $20 or more, but not if you face 180 days in jail.

Registries increase homelessness and joblessness and don’t increase safety.

Pre-charge case screening by prosecutors can avoid the negative consequences of an arrest.

Reducing repeat arrests by expanding treatment would increase safety and reduce harm.