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SURJ is a statewide, grassroots organization dedicated to reforming
Delaware’s criminal justice system. We are committed to educating
policymakers, our 3,000 members, and the public-at-large of measures
proven to ensure a higher quality of justice, promote public safety, and
reduce corrections costs.
Our agenda for change involves three areas of focus:
Sentencing Reform
Improving the efficacy and accuracy of sentencing.
Reentry
Promoting the successful reentry of ex-offenders into the community.
Treatment
Promoting the access to high quality substance abuse and mental health
treatment.
SURJ 2007-2009 Agenda
View full 2007-2009Agenda for
Action
Sentencing Reform
1. Repeal mandatory minimum drug sentencing laws.
2.
Promote a
comprehensive review of Delaware’s criminal justice system
3. Monitor the implementation of House Bill 210, the 2003
sentencing reform compromise, and SB 50, the Probation Reform Act, which
limits probation terms, collapses consecutive sentences, consolidates
multiple probation sentences, and makes additional improvements.
4. Monitor Implementation of Senate Bill 50, the Probation Reform
Act, which limits probation terms,
collapses consecutive sentences, consolidates multiple probation
sentences, and
makes
additional improvements.
5. Encourage the Department of Correction to develop a policy with
respect to geriatric
offenders
6.
Monitor
Activity of the Sentencing Accountability Commission
Reentry
1. Advocate for a comprehensive reentry system
2.
Continue reentry focus of Visions of Justice
3.
Monitor
the implementation of Senate Bill 229 (2004) and Senate Bill 97 (2005),
which removed certain occupational licensing barriers and limited the
felonies banned to those directly related to the profession.
4.
Monitor
the Delaware Department of Labor’s PRISON-TO-WORK initiative
Treatment
1. Garner support from criminal justice policy makers for
treatment
alternatives that have been documented as effective in reducing
recidivism.
2.
Support
emerging legislation or advocate for new laws
3.
Monitor
the inmate classification system
4.
Advocate for adoption of generally accepted professional standards
for therapeutic communities to ensure that all treatment community
graduates in the Department of Correction receive transitional care and
aftercare.
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