| Ban the Box | Civil Forfeiture |
| Death Penalty | Juvenile Justice |
| Drug Reform | Prison Phone Reform |
| Private Prisons | Public Defender |
| Pre Trial Reform | School to Prison Pipeline |
Reduce the prison population, invest in rehabilitation, and end the failed war on drugs.
The United States has the highest incarceration and recidivism rates of industrialized countries, while our nation’s criminal justice system in general is too often inhumane, ineffective, and prohibitively expensive. With less than five percent of the world’s population, the United States locks up nearly a quarter of the world’s prisoners. Our law enforcement priorities place too much emphasis on drug-related and petty, non-violent crimes, and not enough on prosecution of corporate, white collar, and environmental crime. The majority of prisoners are serving terms for non-violent, minor property and drug addiction crimes, or violations of their conditions of parole or probation, while the poor, the under-educated and various racial and ethnic minorities are over-represented in the prison population.
Source: Green Party Platform – Criminal Justice
The Sentencing Project – Interactive Map of Incarceration Rates
City of Houston, HPD – Positive Interaction Program
The most violent cities in Texas
Wilson Center – Police Reform in Latin America: Observations & Recommendations
Yale Law – Police Reform in Violent Democracies in Latin America
Deadly Force: Police Use of Lethal Force In The United States
U.S. Census – Violent Crimes 1 PER 100,000 POPULATION — 2006
HPD: Murder rate up in 2015, but violent crimes decreasing
Houston crime stats show burglaries down but murder up
The Feasibility of one-officer patrol in New York City
The U.S. must commit to rehabilitate and reform prisoners
Police shortage looms in mayor’s race
Building a Prison-to-Purpose Pipeline for Women
For Men in Prison, Child Support Becomes a Crushing Debt
Bureau of Justice Statistics – What is the difference between probation and parole?
