Hidden Women: Carceral Secrecy and (In)Security
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Yet another woman gave birth alone in her jail cell in August 2023. Jail officials will likely claim she was behind bars to…
Yet another woman gave birth alone in her jail cell in August 2023. Jail officials will likely claim she was behind bars to…
Let me ask you a question. In the last 30 years, has the rate of violent crime in America: Increased (by a little, by a lot…
Lenore Anderson writes in Elle:This year, campaigns are spending big to convince us that crime is out of control. The Wall…
From the halls of Mar-a-Lago to the streets of Chicago, all Americans have a stake in the fair application of criminal law by a…
Only one group of people in the United States has a constitutional right to health care—the incarcerated. In 1976, the Supreme…
A new study shows that mass incarceration hasn’t just created a public health nightmare within US jails and prisons — COVID-19's…
This mindset drove policy changes. Prisons shrunk and police were treated with suspicion. The incarceration ratedeclinedbetween…
This mindset drove policy changes. Prisons shrunk and police were treated with suspicion. The incarceration ratedeclinedbetween…
The United States incarcerates a larger proportion of its citizens than any other developed country in the world, with around 1.5…
A ministry program student at a Texas prison. Some inmates cite religion to avoid gang recruitment. Robert Daemmrich…
Mass incarceration is a pervasive problem that undermines health and health equity. That’s why RWJF tracking progress toward…
Studies of the societal effects of prison often focus on the imprisoned: their physical and mental health, job prospects…
[Why we should care about mass incarceration.] The discussion in this post is excerpted from Andrew Leipold, Is Mass…
As I wrote in my introductory post, I’m posting on RBC because I’m hoping to derive some general insights from 10 years of…
At year-end, President Trump signed the “First Step” bill for reform of the federal prison system. The bipartisan bill, which…
A professor in social medicine describes the origins of opiates in America, and how centuries-old racial biases continue to…
In a legislative hearing packed with criminal justice experts and former youth offenders, California lawmakers pushed forward a…
Elias Nosrati, Michael Ash, Michael Marmot, Martin McKee and Lawrence P…
A randomized controlled experiment of 550,000 potential voters in the United States shows that voting does not make people less…
Transhumanism and inequality: Enhancing human life could bring dystopian…
Gar Alperovitz, Ted HowardA political system haunted by racial violence and terror. An economy delivering great wealth for the…
Courts in California will no longer tack three extra years onto prison terms in drug cases where the defendant has prior drug…
The following is a guest post by Keith Humphreys, a Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University and Former White House…
(Photo: Shutterstock) Arthur Longworth is currently serving life without the possibility of parole in Washington State. Art…
How a 20-year-old piece of legislation highlights the changing face of African-American activists.Continue reading on Medium »
St. Louis County Police and Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers stand guard as protesters march on West Florissant Avenue in…
2016 study published in Criminology that explores changes in the age distribution of prisoners during the U.S. prison boom that…
Police display photos of firearms during a news conference near the site of Wednesday's mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif. …
2014 report from the U.S. National Research Council presenting key data, findings and recommendations about the country's…
BARACK OBAMA toured the El Reno Federal Correction Institution in Oklahoma last week, making him the first sitting president to…
Members of the community hold hands in April in front of police officers in riot gear outside a CVS store that was looted and…
If we don’t seriously engage the problem underlying Race in the USA, more people will die and many more will continue to suffer
If we don’t seriously engage the problem underlying Race in the USA, more people will die and many more will continue to suffer
The events at Ferguson are not rooted in human nature, but the response can be.
There are some 2.2 million people behind bars in the United States. That’s more people than there are in all of New Mexico. And…
We do a lot of punishing in America these days—more than virtually every other country, and far more than we did when crime…
The events at Ferguson are not rooted in human nature, but the response can be.
The events at Ferguson are not rooted in human nature, but the response can be. read more
This week The New York Review of Books has made available a review by Christopher Jencks, "On America's Front Lines" that…
By Flickr user Sean Hobson. (Used under a Creative Commons license) The U.S. imprisonment rate has fallen for a fifth straight…
When an inmate is released, you often hear Americans say that he's 'paid his debt' and can now become 'a productive member of…
This was mentioned at LeftForum yesterday, a major study and publication on The Growth of Mass Incarceration in the United…
America’s incarceration infatuation has crippling consequences for its inmates, but it also devastates their relatives and loved…
In the preface to the new National Research Council report on mass incarceration is an acknowledgement of legendary…
In the preface to the new National Research Council report on mass incarceration is an acknowledgement of legendary…
Given the minimal impact of long prison sentences on crime prevention and the negative social consequences and burdensome…
A "No Trespassing" sign is displayed on fencing surrounding the Marine Technology Training Center, part of the California…