Research & Publications

Publication
Oct 11, 2016
  • Immigrants' Rights|
  • +1 Issue

Diverted Into Deportation: The Immigration Consequences Of Diversion Programs In Maryland

Maryland, and specific counties within Maryland with a high number of undocumented residents, should examine and restructure diversion programs so as not to impose convictions on successful diversion program participants.
Publication
Aug 4, 2016
  • Immigrants' Rights|
  • +2 Issues

Detained Without Process: The Excessive Use of Mandatory Detention Against Maryland’s Immigrants

Combining qualitative interviews and quantitative analysis of a three-month data sample of immigration custody determinations in Maryland, this report describes and illustrates the needless overuse of “mandatory” (no-bond) detention for persons who pose little flight or public safety risk.
Publication
Jun 8, 2016

2016 General Assembly Report

Publication
Jun 12, 2015

2015 State Legislative Report

Publication
Jun 8, 2015

2015 General Assembly Report

Publication
May 26, 2015
  • Open Government|
  • +1 Issue

The Baltimore Police Union Contract And The Law Enforcement Officers’s Bill Of Rights: Impediments To Accountability

Publication
Mar 18, 2015
  • Police Practices|
  • +1 Issue

Deaths In Police Encounters In Maryland – 2010-2014 (Issue Brief)

Between 2010 and 2014, at least 109 people died in police encounters in Maryland. These deaths were dispersed throughout 18 different jurisdictions across the state.
Publication
Feb 1, 2015

2015 Annual Report

Publication
Jan 20, 2015
  • Legal Justice System|
  • +2 Issues

Still Blocking the Exit

"Still Blocking the Exit" tells the stories of many individuals given parole-eligible life sentences who have been denied release despite being recommended for it.