7. Abolish the death penalty and solitary confinement, which are cruel and unusual forms of punishment; and
8. Eliminate life without possibility of parole for youthful offenders; and
9. End policies based on racial profiling that target individuals solely on the basis of race, religion, ethnicity, or
national origin, which is un-American and counterproductive; and
10. Prevent conflicts of interest by creating an independent oversight process for the investigation of crimes involving
law enforcement, including designating a chief District Attorney position and/or civilian oversight boards
chartered with investigative authority; and
11. Remove barriers to help formerly incarcerated individuals successfully re-enter society by expanding re-entry
programs and preventing employment discrimination based on criminal history ; and
12. Guarantee the voting rights of the incarcerated upon release from custody; and
13. Strengthen and adequately fund diversion and treatment programs as alternatives to arrest and incarceration; and
14. Address all dental and health care needs of arrested and incarcerated girls and women, including
pregnancy-related care; and
15. Require that all incarcerated individuals, including youth, are afforded medical and mental health services,
education, and substance-use recovery and rehabilitative services; and
16. Treat prosecution and defense equitably by providing balanced funding for District Attorney and Public Defender
agencies; and
17. Create and adequately fund an Independent Wrongful Conviction Review Commission; and
18. Provide adequate mental health facilities and services to reduce the incarceration of the mentally ill; and
19. End the exploitation of prison labor programs by private industry; and
20. Promote expansion of legal aid services in rural communities; and
21. Demand all law enforcement personnel receive implicit-bias training, violence management, and mental health
first aid beginning in the academy and continuing throughout their years of service; and
22. Demand minimum qualifications for Federal Judge Appointments; and
23. Support specialized courts that focus on unrepresented groups that need special expertise, such as those with home insecurity and those with mental illness; and
24. Use data- and evidence-based approaches to enact and evaluate criminal justice reform in lieu of anecdotes,
testimonials, interviews, media reports, and stories; and
25. Re-evaluate the severity of punishments for drug-related crimes; and
26. Zealously protect the constitutional rights of defendants and victims of crime; and
27. Ensure better health care in places of detention; and
28. Demand full implementation of public health orders in all places for incarceration.