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According to the Maryland Equitable Justice Collaborative, Black Marylanders make up about 30% of the state’s overall population, yet 71% of people incarcerated in correctional facilities are Black.
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The National Public Defender Workload Study was released on Sept. 12 and is a collaboration between the RAND Corp., National Center for State Courts, American Bar Association Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defense and Law Office of Stephen Hanlon in St. Louis.
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The Maryland Equitable Justice Collaborative (MEJC) will bring experts from the criminal justice system, academia, government and the community together to identify the underlying causes of mass incarceration.