Support SB 4: Pass Probation Reform Now

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The United States incarcerates its citizens at a rate higher than any other country in the world. Delaware’s incarceration rate, while dropping, is still higher than all of its neighboring states, including Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.

Senate Bill 4, sponsored by Sen. Marie Pinkney and Rep. Melissa Minor-Brown, aims to eliminate systemic barriers that prevent those recently released from prison from successfully rejoining society. Over 10,000 Delawareans are subject to the extreme obstacles that the state’s current probation system presents. Achieving the basic stability of safe housing and a steady job are often insurmountable challenges for those who have been released from Delaware’s prisons.

As proposed, the new probation reform bill would:

End incarceration for technical violations.
Enable the customization of probation conditions to individual needs.
Require the collection and publication of data on probation and people on probation.
Invest in community-based reentry programs.
Limit probation terms for most crimes to one year.

To read the full report on our broken probation system from the Delaware Campaign for Smart Justice and the ACLU of Delaware, check out PeopleNotProbation.com

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I urge you to support Senate Bill 4, legislation that aims to eliminate systemic barriers that prevent those recently released from prison from successfully rejoining society. Over the past few years, Delaware has taken important strides forward on criminal justice reform, but there is still a major driver of incarceration harming thousands of Delawareans every day: our broken probation system.

That’s why as your constituent, I'm calling on you to help make probation reform a reality this legislative session.

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Delaware’s broken probation system is a pipeline to prison, impacting individuals, families, and entire communities across the state every day. Can I count on you to help move Delaware towards a better system by supporting Senate Bill 4?

If we change our probation system and the culture around community correction, we change lives.

Thank you for your support of this important issue!

Sincerely,

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Support SB 4: Pass Probation Reform Now

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