Author Archives: Smart Justice Spokane

Spokane County Candidate Questionnaire

The member organizations of Smart Justice Spokane and the SCAR Platform for Change coalitions asked all candidates in Spokane County to respond to 20 questions about racial justice, policing, housing, incarceration, services, and community, so that we could share their responses with Spokane County voters. Spokane County Commissioner candidates County

ALERT: Make Your Voice Heard!

Right now, County Prosecutor Larry Haskell, Commissioner Al French, and a few other politicians are proposing to dissolve the 23-member Spokane Regional Law and Justice Council (SRLJC) and to replace it with a smaller Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee of 13 positions, currently all held by white men. This eliminates four

SMART JUSTICE SPOKANE COALITION IS EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT RACIAL INEQUITIES IN RECENT JAIL RELEASES

SPOKANE – Smart Justice Spokane Coalition is extremely concerned about racial inequities in the recent jail releases during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Spokane County/City officials have failed to take action to address systemic racism in the justice system leaving African Americans, Indigenous, Latinx, and non-English speakers behind as they are rapidly

Local Organizations Request Additional Early Release & Reduced Custody In Spokane County Jail As Public Health Protection During Covid -19 Pandemic

Smart Justice Spokane, ACLU Washington, Columbia Legal Services, Disability Rights WA, The Bail Project and others sent a formal request to Spokane City Officials requesting the following: Immediate Releases are Necessary to Prevent Uncontrollable Outbreak at SCJ Release without bond any individual being held on a low bond; Release without

Spokane County Jail receives an additional $1.75 million from MacArthur Foundation to reduce overcrowding

By Kip Hill Published in The Spokesman Review on April 13, 2016 Excerpt: “Spokane County’s efforts to reduce overcrowding and racial disparities at its aging jail have earned an additional investment of $1.75 million from the MacArthur Foundation. Jacqueline van Wormer, the county’s criminal justice administrator, announced the decision Wednesday afternoon. ‘I think

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