ACLU Foundation of Maryland, Inc.
On going support for ACLU’s criminal justice project to include efforts around ending the misuse of solitary confinement, expanding parole opportunities for individuals sentenced to life sentences, and encouraging meaningful family and community connections for iincarcerated individuals.
The Justice Policy Institute
The Justice Policy Institute (JPI) is a non-profit research, public policy and communications organization that focuses both locally and nationally on reforms in the juvenile and criminal justice systems. This grant provided funding to continue JPI’s efforts to use the successful reentry of the Unger population to advocate for parole reform and effective reentry services in Maryland.
Association for the Public Defender
The Association for the Public Defender of Maryland was created to support the activities of the Maryland Office of the Public Defender (OPD), an independent state agency that provides legal representation to indigent defendants throughout the state. This grant provides matching funds for an AmeriCorps volunteer who will be placed at OPD in Baltimore City to develop a routinized process for public defenders to include expungement petitions into their process for closing a case. The project year will focus on a pilot cohort of public defenders to develop, implement, and refine a process that can be replicated throughout Baltimore City and ultimately OPD offices statewide.
Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition
In support of legislative and community efforts to establish the implementation of safe consumption sites in Baltimore City.
University of Baltimore Foundation
In support of the Pretrial Justice Clinic at the University of Baltimore School of Law.