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OPD fully supports and prioritizes SB 181!

🚨 Know Before They Knock! 🚨 HB 223 ensures that families are informed of their rights before an investigation begins. ✅ Verbal & written notice of rights at first contact ✅ More transparency in investigations ✅ Unfairly obtained evidence can’t be used in court #SafeAtHome

Under SB292/HB635, police can’t pull you over for just one broken tail/headlight—only if both are out. This reduces unnecessary stops & promotes safer interactions. 📢 Call your legislators! Thanks to Senator Charles E Sydnor III & N. Scott Phillips, Esq. for leading this bill!

Black drivers made up 43% of traffic stops in 2023—despite being less than 32% of the population. SB292/HB635 will help stop unnecessary, racially biased stops for minor infractions. Read the full article here: bit.ly/4gvBzF2 Tell your legislators to support this bill!

The Daily Record & the Maryland State Bar Association proudly honor Maryland’s legal leaders. Congratulations to Maryland Public Defender Natasha M. Dartigue, awarded Justice Champion—recognizing attorneys in policy roles who fight for access to justice. bit.ly/41j2uyi

The offices of Anthony G. Brown and Maryland Office of the Public Defender (MOPD) on Thursday released their first report in an ongoing project to address the state’s disproportionate incarceration of Black people. Jasmine Hilton Katie Mettler The Washington Post buff.ly/polS8aI

Anthony G. Brown Maryland Office of the Public Defender (MOPD) Jasmine Hilton Katie Mettler The Washington Post "The report comes more than a year after Attorney General Anthony G. Brown (D) and Public Defender Natasha Dartigue announced the launch of the Maryland Equitable Justice Collaborative" Read the report: buff.ly/xrVfWVC

The #Maryland #EquitableJustice Collaborative proposed 18 recommendations to tackle racial inequities in #MD prisons. 🚨 Black Marylanders make up 30% of the population but 71% of the incarcerated. It's time for change. #PrisonReform #PrisonReformMD ow.ly/xvRV50Vhz9i

Today, we celebrate #NationalPublicDefenseDay and honor the defenders who fight for justice every day. Thanks to their dedication, the right to counsel is more than a promise—it’s a reality. #JusticeForAll #GideonVWainwright

Slavery never truly ended—it evolved into mass incarceration. In Maryland, Black residents make up 30% of the population but 71% of the prison system. The fight for true freedom continues. We must end racial injustice in the criminal legal system. #WeRemember #MOPD

“In a lot of other states, this is called compassionate release. For me, that’s the essence of medical parole.” — Lila Meadows, Maryland Office of the Public Defender (MOPD) Maryland just reformed geriatric parole — and it’s about mercy. 🔗 bit.ly/42WLMFs #Decarceration #GeriatricParole #MOPD