Issue Position: Criminal Justice Reform

Issue Position

Over 70 percent of the residents of Assembly District 6 are Black or Latino. In a state where the Black population is eight percent overall, the incarceration rate is 29 percent. Nevada's Latino population is 27 percent and the incarceration rate is 23 percent. We must find alternatives to the criminalization of minor school rule and civil infractions. Black, Brown and poor folks suffer the most from these policies. The option as to whether we, our children or our neighbors can participate in the new and evolving economy, depend upon how we address this issue.

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