A new report by the nonprofit Job Opportunities Task Force dives deep into the ways the poor in Maryland are at greater risk of criminal charges or penalties. Caryn York, executive director of JOTF, says the poor face consequences that are blind to their inability to pay and make recommendations for reform.Read the report, ----The Criminalization of Poverty: How to Break the Cycle Through Policy Reform in Maryland----, here.
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