ELECTION ISSUE
Status:Open
Where Do Candidates Stand on Criminal Justice?
SYSTEMIC REFORMSEQUIP & ENFORCE
Positions
Kamala Harris"We must continue to change our nation’s approach to marijuana and reform the criminal justice system."Sep 14, 2024
Cornel West"Ending Mass Incarceration and the Prison Industrial Complex is our commitment to breaking the chains that bind millions of our fellow citizens."Aug 26, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr."[P]risons are now the biggest industry in rural areas... I want to develop, instead, a string of... healing farms."Aug 21, 2024
J.D. Vance"When you have these massive ethnic enclaves forming in our country, it can sometimes lead to higher crime rates."Oct 01, 2024
Kamala Harris“The imperative today is both to go after the worst criminals and also to redirect the future of lower level offenders."Jul 25, 2024
Kamala Harris"Not all crime is serious and violent crime, but we have a one size fits all approach to all crime and it's failing us."Jul 25, 2011
Donald Trump"We have to give authority back to law enforcement so they can properly protect people."Jun 10, 2024
Jill Stein"A Jill Stein administration will... [e]nd mass incarceration and build a system centered on restorative justice."Aug 26, 2024
Chase Oliver"Our broken criminal justice system needs a significant overhaul. We must dismantle the prison-industrial complex, end the failed War on Drugs, and eliminate qualified immunity for police."Sep 14, 2024
J.D. Vance"I am proud to back the blue and I encourage all of my fellow Americans to do the same."May 18, 2023
Donald Trump"Kamala Harris will deliver crime, chaos, destruction and death and if she's allowed to be the President of the United States."Oct 24, 2024
Kamala HarrisThe Harris campaign "is committed to rehabilitation and reentry for people returning to their communities after incarceration."Aug 15, 2024
Chase Oliver"The Federal doctrine of qualified immunity shall be eliminated [under an Oliver administration]."Jun 15, 2024
Kamala HarrisWe need a "more effective, efficient criminal justice system that truly gets tough on crime by being Smart on Crime."Jul 11, 2024