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Latino Criminal Justice Priorities

Over the course of a two-day Criminal Justice Convening held January 20th – 21st of 2022, UCLA LPPI brought together advocates to create a shared policy agenda to advance criminal justice reform.


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Over the course of a two-day Criminal Justice Convening held January 20th – 21st of 2022, the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, Drug Policy Alliance, and the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators brought together advocates, academics, and legislators to create the following shared policy agenda that will inform federal, state, and local policy and it campaigns that seek to advance criminal justice reform across five major policy areas:

  1. Alternatives to Incarceration
  2. Crimmigration
  3. Drug Decriminalization and Public Health-Oriented Justice
  4. Reintegration and Reentry
  5. Youth Justice

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