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Criminal Justice

We believe that a fair and just criminal justice system ensures that law enforcement officers are accountable to their communities, there are more community-based alternatives to incarceration, poverty is decriminalized, and returning citizens have a fair shot to succeed. We support legislation that will:

1. End cash bail, fees and fines for pretrial services, and reduce pretrial detention.

2. Raise the felony larceny threshold from $500 to $1,500.

3. Increase community-based alternatives to youth and adult incarceration.

4. Repeal mandatory minimum sentencing and reinstate discretionary parole.

5. Decriminalize marijuana and expunge charges from individual records.

6. Create or strengthen independent and civilian review of local police departments to increase transparency and community accountability.

7. Increase support for local reentry programs to reduce recidivism and facilitate a successful transition back into society.

8. End the privatization of Virginia’s prison system.


Creemos que en un sistema de justicia penal justo y equitativo se garantiza que los funcionarios encargados de hacer cumplir la ley rindan cuentas a sus comunidades, en el cual haya más alternativas comunitarias al encarcelamiento, y donde se despenaliza la pobreza y los ciudadanos previamente encarcelados tienen una oportunidad justa de tener éxito. Apoyamos una legislación que:

  1. Pondrá fin a la fianza en efectivo, las tasas y las multas por los servicios previos al juicio, y reducirá la prisión preventiva.
  2. Elevará el límite de hurto de felonía de $500 a $1,500.
  3. Aumentará las alternativas comunitarias al encarcelamiento para jóvenes y adultos.
  4. Revocará la sentencia mínima obligatoria y restablecerá la libertad condicional discrecional.
  5. Despenalizará el uso y posesión de marihuana y eliminará los cargos de registros individuales.
  6. Creará o fortalecerá una revisión independiente y civil de los departamentos de policía locales para aumentar la transparencia y la responsabilidad de la comunidad.
  7. Aumentará el apoyo a los programas locales de reentrada para reducir la reincidencia y facilitar una transición exitosa de regreso a la sociedad.
  8. Pondrá fin a la privatización del sistema penitenciario de Virginia.

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