Elisa M. Ortiz

Feminist. Community activist. Traveler. Low brow foodie. Likes: dogs, wine, organizing people & movements, laughing loudly, over-thinking everything.

[Council for Court Excellence @CCE_for_DC]

🚨Have you noticed temporary Drug-Free Zone signs around D.C.? These zones come with harsher legal penalties, and they could worsen racial disparities in the city.

📖 For more info, read page 12 of “Is D.C. More Secure? A Criminal Legal System Overview”: https://t.co/UzZ8cKvQ4A

[Council for Court Excellence @CCE_for_DC]

Any of the above! If you fail to pay for a metro ticket, you could be asked to leave, incur a $50 fine, or be asked to provide your name to a metro officer--and if you provide the wrong name, that fine could increase to $100. What happens to you is at the discretion of the police

[Council for Court Excellence @CCE_for_DC]

The day has arrived: "Is D.C. More Secure? A Legal Systems Overview" is now available on our brand-new website! This data-driven report delves into D.C.'s criminal legal system, offering key baseline statistics to assess impacts of SECURE D.C. legislation https://t.co/nrT9Cuz4bO

[Elisa M. Ortiz @emortiz]

Beautiful night for @CCE_for_DC 's Justice Potter Stewart dinner and awards!

[Council for Court Excellence @CCE_for_DC]

CCE is #hiring a Policy Director! Want to leverage your knowledge of D.C.’s legal systems to lead strategic, equitable, & community-centered research & advocacy work? Are you an experienced manager with a great sense of humor? If so, join our amazing team: https://t.co/XH1nZG7UFq

[Council for Court Excellence @CCE_for_DC]

📢CCE is also #hiring a Policy & Education Associate to support our justice education work. Do you want to develop guides, tools, & events to keep people in DC informed about laws & rules that affect their lives & empower them become advocates for change? https://t.co/XH1nZG7UFq

[Council for Court Excellence @CCE_for_DC]

Today CCE published a new report that analyzes the functioning of local criminal legal systems in D.C., including support for returning citizens and youth, police accountability, and judicial vacancies.

Read our report and learn more: https://t.co/Q1plj3mGfz

[Harriet’s Dreams @HarrietsDreams]

.@councilofdc you can't arrest our way out of societal problems.Where is the emergency legislation to invest in families, communities,mental health, housing, alcohol & other drug services to prevent crime? Detention is not prevention. @CMBrookePinto legislation can lead to death.

[Council for Court Excellence @CCE_for_DC]

In early 2022, our District Task Force on Jails & Justice made 77 recommendations to improve DC's #criminaljustice administration over the next 10 years.

Our new progress report shows 47% have not been implemented - or have even begun to be implemented. https://t.co/JGHo4W3h5r

[Council for Court Excellence @CCE_for_DC]

CCE is proud to serve as the convener of the District Task Force on Jails & Justice.

We hope that DC leaders use this report card & the Task Force's recommendations as a roadmap to enacting evidence-based, community-led reforms to advance public safety. https://t.co/GGtPQ0LNSR

[Pranav Nanda @PranavNanda28]

Today @CCE_for_DC released a New Report Card on the implementation of @DCjails_justice recommendations provided to the DC Gov in Feb 2021.

The Task Force found that only 2% (2/77) of them were fully implemented...

https://t.co/xGKdtUTxl5

[Elisa M. Ortiz @emortiz]

The Mayor and D.C. Council need to take a hard look at the recommendations made by the Task Force. There are more than 70 concrete suggestions here to make D.C.'s criminal legal system fairer, more equitable, and ultimately make the District safer.

[Council for Court Excellence @CCE_for_DC]

NEW REPORT: The District Task Force on Jails & Justice just released a report card reviewing 77 of its Phase II recommendations, finding that only 2% have been fully implemented.

Read the full report: https://t.co/GGtPQ0MlIp

[Council for Court Excellence @CCE_for_DC]

NEW REPORT: The District Task Force on Jails & Justice just released a report card reviewing 77 of its Phase II recommendations, finding that only 2% have been fully implemented.

Read the full report: https://t.co/GGtPQ0MlIp

[Elisa M. Ortiz @emortiz]

@alongthepike I thought so! Shout out to the crews with @ArlingtonDES for handling this project directly - happens much quicker and much cheaper when Arlington County staff do the work.

[Elisa M. Ortiz @emortiz]

Your Neighborhood Complete Streets program in action folks!

[Chris Slatt @alongthepike]

On my way to Transportation Commission tonight, I spotted a new sidewalk being built as part of a Neighborhood Complete Streets Project!

[Adam Longo @adamlongoTV]

Do we have to say it?
In 2023, a largely white & male political body has subjected it's own will onto a group of 713,000 residents, the majority of whom are Black & Latino.
Colonialism is still alive & well, lording over the District of Columbia.
@RepDonBeyer nails it
@wusa9

[ACLU of the District of Columbia @ACLU_DC]

BREAKING: The House has voted in favor of blocking two D.C. bills. It will go to the Senate next.

We’ll say it again: LET D.C. GOVERN OURSELVES. We are MORE than capable, and we need these changes to our outdated criminal code.

[DC Abortion Fund @DCAbortionFund]

“I can only conclude that the Republican leadership believes D.C. residents, the majority of whom are Black and Brown, are unworthy or uncapable of governing themselves.” —@EleanorNorton

Reps leading this bill are anti-immigrant, anti-abortion, & pro-cop. That has no place here.

[Council for Court Excellence @CCE_for_DC]

🚨 URGENT: DC judge shortage
25% of DC's judge seats remain unfilled—a crisis that can only be addressed by the #USSenate. We’ve called on @SenateFloor to confirm the 8 pending nominees before the end of this Congress. The District can't wait any longer! https://t.co/1ag4zIi0dl