Prison Reform Matters Now More than Ever
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The U.S. Sentencing Commission, which is largely dormant due to a lack of a quorum, published a study late last month on…
The United States incarcerates a larger proportion of its citizens than any other developed country in the world, with around 1.5…
Earlier this month, in response to grave threats posed by the spread of COVID-19, California officials halted admissions into…
By Lenore Anderson Special to The Sacramento Bee Earlier this month, in response to grave threats posed by the spread of COVID-19…
Earlier this month, in response to grave threats posed by the spread of COVID-19, California officials halted admissions into…
Earlier this month, in response to grave threats posed by the spread of COVID-19, California officials halted admissions into…
The United States incarcerates a larger proportion of its citizens than any other developed country in the world, with around 1.5…
– By David Pyrooz, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Colorado Boulder The United States than any other developed…
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The United States incarcerates a larger proportion of its citizens than any other developed country in the world, with around 1.5…
David Pyrooz, University of Colorado Boulder (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and…
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The United States incarcerates a larger proportion of its citizens than any other developed country in the world, with around 1.5…
At the start of the brand new millennium, New York College sociologist David Garland coined the phrase “mass imprisonment” to…
The discussion in this post is excerpted from Andrew Leipold, Is Mass Incarceration Inevitable? 56 American Criminal Law Review…
Pool photo by LAUREN SCHNEIDERMAN :: Hartford Courant Gov. Dannel P. Malloy with young Cheshire inmates in March, 2017.
Via the National Academies of Sciences, here is our best estimate of the historical incarceration rate in America: As you can…
Since announcing his candidacy, he has defended his decades-long record on criminal justice and climate change, rejected…
By Holmes Lybrand, CNN During a campaign event in Nashua, New Hampshire on Tuesday, Democratic presidential frontrunner Joe…
(CNN)During a campaign event in Nashua, New Hampshire on Tuesday, Democratic presidential frontrunner Joe Biden was asked about…
The share of the adult population in prison has fallen to its lowest point since 1997, a new report released Thursday by the…
The 1990s were among the most punishing decades in the recent history of American justice.
Since California legalized recreational cannabis in January 2018, pot enthusiasts in posh sections of Los Angeles can sleep…
For many consumers in US states where cannabis is legal, consumption of the plant sits squarely in the realm of luxury.
Attorney General nominee William Barr is testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, and is expected to field…
Attorney General nominee William Barr is testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, and is expected to field…
Attorney General nominee William Barr is testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, and is expected to field…
Associated Press/Alex Brandon Attorney General nominee William Barr is testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on…
Next week’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to consider the nomination of William Barr to be the next attorney general of…
Although criminal-justice reform is gaining momentum locally and nationally, it remains hard to envision a post-mass-incarceratio…
The criminal justice reform bill known as the First Step Act, which President Trump signed into law on Friday, has been lauded…
The general consensus inside the Beltway is that the criminal justice reform bill —the acronym-looking-for-words "Formerly…
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“As a criminal, you have scarcely more rights, and arguably less respect, than a black man living in Alabama at the height of…
Rudy Valdez at first thought the 15-year prison sentence given to his sister Cindy Shank was a clerical error.
Partisan politics in Washington has found a new victim: criminal justice reform.
There’s a growing movement of Americans from across the ideological spectrum who now realize our current approach to criminal…
The strike also hinges on the controversy over compulsory and often poorly paid prison labor More What may shape up to be one…
What may shape up to be one of the largest prison strikes in modern U.S. history began Tuesday, with inmates across the country…
Image copyright Getty Images Incarcerated men and women in at least 17 states across the US have begun one of the country's…
Today, there are twice as many people supervised on parole or probation as are incarcerated in the U.S.
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"I have had little or no sleep, owing to the tooth ache or rather stump ache," Elizabeth Drinker wrote in her diary one night…
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In a legislative hearing packed with criminal justice experts and former youth offenders, California lawmakers pushed forward a…
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This time of year, I can’t help but think back to my holidays spent in prison. Today, that reflection requires acknowledging…
Rapper Meek Mill is back in prison in Pennsylvania for violating the terms of his probation.
Rapper Meek Mill is back in prison in Pennsylvania for violating the terms of his probation.
Giving technical parole violators punishments other than prison has great potential to shrink the prison population.
Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Rapper Meek Mill is back in prison in Pennsylvania for violating the terms of his probation.
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Courts in California will no longer tack three extra years onto prison terms in drug cases where the defendant has prior drug…
Courts in California will no longer tack three extra years onto prison terms in drug cases where the defendant has prior drug…
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Inmates from the medium- and maximum-security blocks at the D.C. jail. (Jahi Chikwendiu/Washington Post) Danielle Allen is a…
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