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Exclusive: Two-thirds of Pa. voters favor bipartisan probation reform bill, poll | Monday Morning Coffee

BY: - January 20, 2020

The bill was radically amended in committee - much to the chagrin of reform activists

With Pa. House vote looming, CNN’s Van Jones appears in Philly to call for criminal justice reform

BY: - December 16, 2019

The Republican-controlled chamber could vote as soon as this week on the bill, which was amended in committee to water down some of its key provisions.

Locked up for being poor, Philly’s Maurice Hudson is free

BY: - November 27, 2019

Hudson, 29, was sentenced in 2009 to two to four years in prison for his role as a lookout in a robbery. But he he has been out on probation.

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A ‘Kafkaesque Hell:’ 3 Questions on Pa’s probation system with CNN’s Van Jones | Tuesday Morning Coffee

BY: - October 22, 2019

An effort to reform a system that Jones says is a 'spiderweb of Catch-22s' has brought together both Republicans and Democrats.