Vittorio Nastasi
@vittorionastasi.bsky.social
Director of Criminal Justice Policy, @reason.org.
PhD candidate, FSU Askew School of Public Administration and Policy.
Views are my own.
PhD candidate, FSU Askew School of Public Administration and Policy.
Views are my own.
Before a person can apply for a job, rent housing, or open a bank account, they typically need a government-issued ID. Yet many people are released from incarceration without one.
GA Gov. Brian Kemp just signed a bill that will provide inmates with IDs and other employment documents upon release.
GA Gov. Brian Kemp just signed a bill that will provide inmates with IDs and other employment documents upon release.
Senate Bill 147 represents a meaningful step toward reducing recidivism and promoting public safety in Georgia.
Georgia builds on reforms to provide released inmates with identification documents
Senate Bill 147 represents a meaningful step toward reducing recidivism and promoting public safety in Georgia.
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May 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Before a person can apply for a job, rent housing, or open a bank account, they typically need a government-issued ID. Yet many people are released from incarceration without one.
GA Gov. Brian Kemp just signed a bill that will provide inmates with IDs and other employment documents upon release.
GA Gov. Brian Kemp just signed a bill that will provide inmates with IDs and other employment documents upon release.
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Medicaid is failing people leaving prison, and we’re all paying the price reason.org/commentary/m... via @ReasonFdn
Medicaid is failing people leaving prison, and we’re all paying the price
Addressing Medicaid’s shortcomings isn’t just about fiscally responsible solutions; it’s about empowering individuals to jumpstart their reentry to society.
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February 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Medicaid is failing people leaving prison, and we’re all paying the price reason.org/commentary/m... via @ReasonFdn
Reducing uncertainty for license applicants with criminal records would be consistent with Gov. Youngkin’s broader efforts to expand the Virginia’s workforce through reforms to occupational licensing and other regulatory approval processes.
Senate Bill 826 would bring Virginia’s licensing policies in line with the 25 other states that have adopted predetermination processes.
Virginia’s Senate Bill 826 would reduce uncertainty associated with occupational licensing approvals
Senate Bill 826 would bring Virginia’s licensing policies in line with the 25 other states that have adopted predetermination processes.
reason.org
February 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Reducing uncertainty for license applicants with criminal records would be consistent with Gov. Youngkin’s broader efforts to expand the Virginia’s workforce through reforms to occupational licensing and other regulatory approval processes.
“Ohio is moving in the correct direction to ensure a fairer criminal justice system that avoids penalizing the poor and benefits hundreds of thousands of Ohio residents.”
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Ohio bill would end driver’s license suspension for failure to pay court debts
Enacting Ohio House Bill 29 would end the vicious cycle that leaves individuals choosing between driving illegally or losing their employment.
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January 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
“Ohio is moving in the correct direction to ensure a fairer criminal justice system that avoids penalizing the poor and benefits hundreds of thousands of Ohio residents.”
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In the first decision of its kind in Nevada, a judge ruled last week that state law enforcement can't evade stricter requirements for seizing cash and property by partnering with the federal government.
Nevada judge to Nevada cops: You can't use this loophole to get around civil asset forfeiture reform
The Nevada Highway Patrol exceeded its legal authority when it seized nearly $90,0000 in cash from Stephen Lara in 2023 and then handed the case to the DEA.
reason.com
January 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
In the first decision of its kind in Nevada, a judge ruled last week that state law enforcement can't evade stricter requirements for seizing cash and property by partnering with the federal government.
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Nick Flannery faces 12 years in prison for allegedly shaking his 2-month-old son.
Child protective services are ignoring the other possible causes of his son's medical problem.
Child protective services are ignoring the other possible causes of his son's medical problem.
Weak allegations of shaken baby syndrome keep tearing families apart
An Ohio father is facing 12 years in prison after he was accused of shaking his 2-month-old son. According to a new investigation from ProPublica and The
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January 4, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Nick Flannery faces 12 years in prison for allegedly shaking his 2-month-old son.
Child protective services are ignoring the other possible causes of his son's medical problem.
Child protective services are ignoring the other possible causes of his son's medical problem.
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Vouchers are the key to more effective housing assistance, but for them to work, housing supply has to be adequate. reason.org/commentary/f... via @reason.org
From shortage to stability: Why vouchers need housing supply to work
In 2021, over 8.5 million low-income households paid more than half their income on rent or lived in inadequate housing.
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December 31, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Vouchers are the key to more effective housing assistance, but for them to work, housing supply has to be adequate. reason.org/commentary/f... via @reason.org
Collateral consequences in criminal cases function as invisible, perpetual punishments:
“Justice and economic success demand that we set a course to abandon the wide application of additional impacts on people who have completed their court-imposed sentences.”
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“Justice and economic success demand that we set a course to abandon the wide application of additional impacts on people who have completed their court-imposed sentences.”
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Collateral consequences in criminal cases function as invisible, perpetual punishments
Keeping people with a criminal record, which is one in three adults in the United States, from fully reintegrating into community life is dangerous and unsound.
reason.org
January 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Collateral consequences in criminal cases function as invisible, perpetual punishments:
“Justice and economic success demand that we set a course to abandon the wide application of additional impacts on people who have completed their court-imposed sentences.”
reason.org/commentary/c...
“Justice and economic success demand that we set a course to abandon the wide application of additional impacts on people who have completed their court-imposed sentences.”
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Nonconsensual drug testing raises serious ethical concerns:
“The real-world consequences of these policies are devastating. False positives…have led to invasive investigations and, in some cases, the separation of families.”
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“The real-world consequences of these policies are devastating. False positives…have led to invasive investigations and, in some cases, the separation of families.”
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Nonconsensual drug testing raises serious ethical concerns
When hospitals take on roles similar to law enforcement, they betray their core mission: delivering compassionate, patient-centered care.
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January 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Nonconsensual drug testing raises serious ethical concerns:
“The real-world consequences of these policies are devastating. False positives…have led to invasive investigations and, in some cases, the separation of families.”
reason.org/commentary/n...
“The real-world consequences of these policies are devastating. False positives…have led to invasive investigations and, in some cases, the separation of families.”
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Ohio legislature passes bill ending driver’s license suspensions for court debts:
Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles issued ~200,000 license suspensions in 2022 for failing to pay court fines, missing child support payments, or other debt-related reasons.
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Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles issued ~200,000 license suspensions in 2022 for failing to pay court fines, missing child support payments, or other debt-related reasons.
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Ohio Legislature passes bill ending driver's license suspensions for court debts
Ohio may soon reinstate the driver's licenses of hundreds of thousands of residents who lost the ability to drive because of unpaid court debts. The state
reason.com
January 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Ohio legislature passes bill ending driver’s license suspensions for court debts:
Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles issued ~200,000 license suspensions in 2022 for failing to pay court fines, missing child support payments, or other debt-related reasons.
reason.com/2025/01/02/o...
Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles issued ~200,000 license suspensions in 2022 for failing to pay court fines, missing child support payments, or other debt-related reasons.
reason.com/2025/01/02/o...
Thousands of Americans are convicted (overwhelmingly through plea bargaining) for drug possession in cases where presumptive tests were not confirmed by subsequent laboratory testing.
Presumptive tests are:
-Not designed to be conclusive
-Known to produce false positives
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Presumptive tests are:
-Not designed to be conclusive
-Known to produce false positives
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Study estimates that 30,000 people are arrested each year due to incorrect field drug tests
Presumptive field tests lead to thousands of wrongful arrests and convictions.
reason.org
December 15, 2024 at 4:21 AM
Thousands of Americans are convicted (overwhelmingly through plea bargaining) for drug possession in cases where presumptive tests were not confirmed by subsequent laboratory testing.
Presumptive tests are:
-Not designed to be conclusive
-Known to produce false positives
reason.org/commentary/s...
Presumptive tests are:
-Not designed to be conclusive
-Known to produce false positives
reason.org/commentary/s...
My latest in the James Madison Institute’s 2024 Journal:
“Victim-offender dialogue—sometimes referred to as restorative justice dialogue or victim-offender mediation—is a tool for addressing the needs, concerns, and desires of victims.”
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“Victim-offender dialogue—sometimes referred to as restorative justice dialogue or victim-offender mediation—is a tool for addressing the needs, concerns, and desires of victims.”
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December 10, 2024 at 5:55 PM
My latest in the James Madison Institute’s 2024 Journal:
“Victim-offender dialogue—sometimes referred to as restorative justice dialogue or victim-offender mediation—is a tool for addressing the needs, concerns, and desires of victims.”
jamesmadison.org/wp-content/u...
“Victim-offender dialogue—sometimes referred to as restorative justice dialogue or victim-offender mediation—is a tool for addressing the needs, concerns, and desires of victims.”
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I put a good amount of work into this so want to re-up it ICYMI. The general premise is that looking back at the history of UCR shows that crime data is as flawed now as it has ever been.
For this week I went deep into the archives to create a short history of agencies reporting (and not reporting) crime data to the FBI to show how our national crime estimates have always been flawed (and frequently more flawed than they are now).
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National Crime Data Has Always Been Flawed
None of these problems are new.
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December 9, 2024 at 8:42 PM
I put a good amount of work into this so want to re-up it ICYMI. The general premise is that looking back at the history of UCR shows that crime data is as flawed now as it has ever been.
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Hello, Reason is doing our annual webathon, because we are a nonprofit: reason.com/donate/
My pitch to you is that, although my posts are bad and my opinions are dumb, Reason pays me to document government abuses. Sometimes I do it good enough that my stories are banned in prisons.
My pitch to you is that, although my posts are bad and my opinions are dumb, Reason pays me to document government abuses. Sometimes I do it good enough that my stories are banned in prisons.
December 6, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Hello, Reason is doing our annual webathon, because we are a nonprofit: reason.com/donate/
My pitch to you is that, although my posts are bad and my opinions are dumb, Reason pays me to document government abuses. Sometimes I do it good enough that my stories are banned in prisons.
My pitch to you is that, although my posts are bad and my opinions are dumb, Reason pays me to document government abuses. Sometimes I do it good enough that my stories are banned in prisons.
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Am grading a paper right now about the practice of shackling pregnant women in prison to hospital beds when they are in the process of giving birth, and it is one of those appalling inhumanities that always fills me with absolute rage, no matter how often I read about it.
Just pure state violence.
Just pure state violence.
December 2, 2024 at 9:20 PM
Am grading a paper right now about the practice of shackling pregnant women in prison to hospital beds when they are in the process of giving birth, and it is one of those appalling inhumanities that always fills me with absolute rage, no matter how often I read about it.
Just pure state violence.
Just pure state violence.
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ICYMI my piece for this week on how to read clearance rate changes.
New this week: many cities are going to report large increases in murder clearance rates this year to go along with large declines in murder. The clearance rate increases may simply be a natural byproduct of how those rates are calculated.
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Fewer Crimes Usually Means Higher Clearance Rates
Thinking critically about clearance rates.
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December 2, 2024 at 11:18 PM
ICYMI my piece for this week on how to read clearance rate changes.
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Disappointed to announce #SCOTUS declined to hear @ij.org's case seeking compensation for an innocent woman whose home was destroyed by a SWAT team.
The good news? Sotomayor and Gorsuch wrote a statement which could set this issue up for review in the future.🧵
ij.org/press-releas...
The good news? Sotomayor and Gorsuch wrote a statement which could set this issue up for review in the future.🧵
ij.org/press-releas...
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case of Innocent Texas Woman Seeking Compensation After SWAT Team Destroyed Her Home - Institute for Justice
WASHINGTON—Today, the United States Supreme Court declined to hear a case brought by an innocent woman seeking compensation after a McKinney, Texas, SWAT team destroyed […]
ij.org
November 25, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Disappointed to announce #SCOTUS declined to hear @ij.org's case seeking compensation for an innocent woman whose home was destroyed by a SWAT team.
The good news? Sotomayor and Gorsuch wrote a statement which could set this issue up for review in the future.🧵
ij.org/press-releas...
The good news? Sotomayor and Gorsuch wrote a statement which could set this issue up for review in the future.🧵
ij.org/press-releas...
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ICYMI: Justice Department ordered the DEA to suspend "consensual encounter" searches at airports after an IG report warned of serious risks of (read: already happening) civil rights violations. DEA uses airline informants and asset forfeiture to seize millions in cash reason.com/2024/11/21/j...
Justice Department orders DEA to halt airport searches because of 'significant issues' with cash seizures
The Justice Department has ordered the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to suspend most searches of passengers at airports and other mass transit
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November 22, 2024 at 1:24 PM
ICYMI: Justice Department ordered the DEA to suspend "consensual encounter" searches at airports after an IG report warned of serious risks of (read: already happening) civil rights violations. DEA uses airline informants and asset forfeiture to seize millions in cash reason.com/2024/11/21/j...
“Too often, courts are viewed as piggy banks that can be raided to cover government excesses.”
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Missouri voters reject court fee hike for police pensions
On Tuesday, Missouri voters overwhelmingly rejected Amendment 6, which would have changed the state constitution to allow court fees to pay for law
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November 21, 2024 at 5:34 PM
“Too often, courts are viewed as piggy banks that can be raided to cover government excesses.”
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Ah, finally! An alternative place for people to ignore my offhand public ramblings.
November 13, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Ah, finally! An alternative place for people to ignore my offhand public ramblings.