Racial Impact Assessments: Promoting Fairness in Criminal Justice Legislation
This act mandates assessments to determine how new laws and criminal penalties might affect different racial and ethnic groups. The goal is to prevent inequalities and ensure more thoughtful lawmaking, potentially reducing the number of individuals unfairly incarcerated or penalized.
Key points
Mandatory racial impact assessments for new criminal laws and regulations.
Analysis of effects on prison populations, correctional costs, and statistics by race, gender, and orientation.
Assessment information will be publicly available, increasing transparency in lawmaking.
Status:
Expired
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