Publication
Feb 19, 2021
Clemency Could Correct Injustice
  • Criminal Legal Reform

The Clemency Project: “My family is desperate for me to receive the care I need…”

Officials at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility initially explained away Christopher McIntyre’s extreme pain in his side and back in late 2020 as a muscle sprain. The dismissals continued even as he dropped a shocking 50 pounds.
Publication
Jan 29, 2021
Clemency Could Correct Injustice
  • Criminal Legal Reform

Petition of the Week: January 25th-29th

Publication
Jan 15, 2021
Confessions of an ex-con living in Kansas
  • Criminal Legal Reform

Confessions of an ex-con living in Kansas

Publication
Jan 15, 2021
Governor Kelly’s Commission on Racial Equity and Justice
  • Criminal Legal Reform

Gov’s Commission a good start; let’s be sure to finish

Publication
Dec 10, 2020
We all have stones to catch
  • Criminal Legal Reform

The Stone Catchers

Near the end of the book Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, author and Equal Justice Initiative founder Bryan Stevenson encounters a woman he had often noticed sitting in the courtroom.
Publication
Dec 10, 2020
Stone Catchers Blog
  • Criminal Legal Reform

Miscarriages of Justice

Publication | Report
Dec 12, 2019
probation
  • Criminal Legal Reform

Set Up for Failure: The Impossible Probation System (Sedgwick County)

If Kansas were a country, its incarceration rate would be second only to that of the U.S.1 Kansas faces a significant overcrowding issue in its prisons. A notable contributing factor to the state’s high rate of incarceration is imprisonment due to technical violations of probation.
Publication | Report
Dec 13, 2018
local
  • Voting Rights

All Democracy is Local: The Impact of County Election Officials on Citizen Participation in Elections

Publication
Dec 14, 2017
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2018 Kansas Legislative Priorities