Annual Board Staff Advance 2021 Readings

Letter of the Hon, Joanna McClinton, dated August 27, 2021

Affidavit of Tumar Alexander, Managing Director, City of Philadelphia, in support of waiving record fees and costs, dated September 1, 2021

I Write About The Law, But Could I Really Help A Prisoner?

Emily Bazelon, NYTimes Magazine, July 4, 2021 (article and audio)

Felon, Convict, Juvenile Delinquent: How the Language of Criminal Justice Inflicts Lasting Harm

DeAnna Hoskins and Zoë Towns, Washington Post, August  25, 2021

If You Paid Your Debt to Society, You Should Be Allowed to Work

Jamie Dimon, chairman and chief executive of JPMorgan Chase & Company, NY Times August 4, 2021

The Endless Trap of American Parole

Jennifer Miller, Washington Post, May 24, 2021

Lifetime parole forces families to live with invisible shackles

Ramona Harris, Philadelphia Inquirer, April 30, 2021

Pa. is leading the way on pardon reform

Linda Dale Hoffa, Phila Inquirer, June 30, 2021

Scales of Justice must be balanced

President Judge Kim Clark, June 23, 2021

Pardons, For Us All: Communities Coming Together in Restorative Justice

Sharon R. López and Taylor E. Pacheco, publication expected in Nov/Dec 2021 Pennsylvania Lawyer

Pardons as Neighborhood Economic Investment: It Is Time To Focus On Financial Stability, Not Moral Redemption

Hon. Karen Yvette Simmons and Carl Oxholm III, Social Innovations Journal June 2021

PowerPoints

Overview of Pennsylvania Board of Pardons Decisional Data (2018-2021)

Rebecca Harris, Andrea Lindsay, Clara Rawlings, presentation to the Secretary of the Board of Pardons and its senior staff, August 2021

A Pathway to Presumptive Commutation:  Probation and Parole

Andrea Lindsay, presentation to the Program Committee of the PLSE Board of Directors, August 2021

Community Presentation PARDONS IN PENNSYLVANIA: THE AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR SECOND CHANCES THAT ALMOST NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT