Will Engelhardt

Training and Technical Assistance Manager at the Urban Institute's Justice Policy Center. My opinions are my own.

[Will Engelhardt @Wengelhardt2]

Check out this thread from @Dan_S_Lawrence on the evaluation we conducted along with @_StormErvin and @RodPerez_ on Durham's Misdemeanor Diversion Program. Great information on a program that helps get people out of the criminal legal system and stay out.

[Daniel Lawrence @Dan_S_Lawrence]

Messed up my thread yesterday, so doing this again! Very excited for the release of @urbaninstitute’s evaluation of the misdemeanor diversion program in Durham, NC, led by me and @Wengelhardt2 with help from @_StormErvin and @RodPerez_. Thread! https://t.co/J2U1OZf4gc

[Will Engelhardt @Wengelhardt2]

So excited to share out the results from our evaluation of Durham's Misdemeanor Diversion Program! A great effort underway to keep people out of the criminal legal system.

[CUNY Institute for State & Local Governance @CUNYISLG]

Arrest is a key pathway to the cycle of incarceration and the collateral consequences of potential conviction.

These reports by @urbaninstitute dig into a diversion program in North Carolina, unearthing findings on creating impactful alternatives:

https://t.co/1HFPzx3DZz

[Daniel Lawrence @Dan_S_Lawrence]

Join my last #asc2021 presentation today at 9:30am, where I’ll be discussing the impact that the misdemeanor arrest diversion program in Durham County, NC has had on recidivism and disparity levels. Part of @safety_justice

[Urban Institute Employees' Union @UrbanInst_Union]

We are thrilled to announce that we have received voluntary recognition from @urbaninstitute!

https://t.co/bamHa4vvYL

[Will Engelhardt @Wengelhardt2]

135+ senior colleagues & I urge @urbaninstitute President Sarah Rosen Wartell to voluntarily recognize the @UrbanInst_Union. Read the full statement (which does not represent the Urban Institute or the Urban Institute Employees’ Union): https://t.co/KYmVbX42j9

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

Congratulations to the Urban Institute and Brookings staff for for organizing @UrbanInst_Union and @BrookingsUnion with @NonprofitUnion. I hope other workers in nonprofits follow their example and join a union. Now more than ever, we need a strong labor movement for all workers.

[Urban Institute Employees' Union @UrbanInst_Union]

Good morning! We just informed our management that a supermajority of eligible @UrbanInstitute staff have formed the Urban Institute Employees Union, organized with the @NonprofitUnion. Read our press release here:

https://t.co/J4iVK7p1RI

[Katie Robertson Gziryan @KatieGziryan]

People in prisons and jails need priority access to the COVID-19 vaccine, write @UrbanInstitute’s Libby Doyle and Colette Marcellin. https://t.co/CYDGuBGJxv

[The Marshall Project @MarshallProj]

Black people make up over a third of those brought to one hospital’s emergency psychiatric ward, but just a tenth of the county population overall. https://t.co/DXpEn5YsDZ

[The Marshall Project @MarshallProj]

A lawyer is keeping track of the incidents of police misconduct captured on video since the protests began nearly two weeks ago. So far he has 350 clips and says he can hardly keep up with the pace of submissions.

More at @latimes. https://t.co/OrqMcG2PIv

[Steven Rich @dataeditor]

The @washingtonpost has now tallied fatal shootings by police for 65 months (and change). No month had more shootings than May. https://t.co/LANYglwBuv

[The Appeal @theappeal]

BREAKING: A veto-proof majority of Minneapolis City Council members will announce today their commitment to disbanding the city’s embattled police department following the killing of George Floyd.
https://t.co/KMB8xxoZ13

[Lauren Farrell @Lauren_Farre11]

Here it is simply: we reallocate the money that governments and funders put into police departments and we ensure a large-scale redistribution of those funds into mental health, education, healthcare, housing, community. WE take care of each other. #abolitionnotreform

[Leah Sakala @leahjsakala]

I'm encouraged by the new interest I'm seeing in big transformation for safety & justice. If this is new to you, welcome! Because I study community safety work, I'm getting questions like:

"What does the research say about defunding the police?"

This thread is on that. (1/8)

[The Marshall Project @MarshallProj]

A radical reduction in jail populations could save 1.8 million people from being infected with the coronavirus in the coming months, new research predicts. https://t.co/jicb5cIO4F

[Leah Sakala @leahjsakala]

A lot of people are asking how governments can fund safety strategies that don't involve police, prisons, or jails. Some already are, and we can learn from and build on these examples: https://t.co/EvpYCDUsk3 #InvestInCommunities