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Incarceration
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Sentencing Law and Policy
The new death penalty: latest reporting chronicles that COVID has now killed more than 2500 prisoners in the United States
I have been pleased that the encouraging slow down in the number of national COVID deaths has also been reflected in prisoner COVID death in recent times: though prisoner COVID…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Consequences of Jail Time and Convictions to Noncitizens in America
Guest blogger: Jessie A. Peterson, law student, University of San FranciscoBeing in jail for any amount of time significantly affects a person’s life. Spending time in jail affects an individual’s…
Health Law Prof Blog
Viral Injustice
Brandon L. Garrett (Duke University), Lee Kovarsky (University of Texas), Viral Injustice, Ca. L. Rev. (Forthcoming):The COVID-19 pandemic blighted all aspects of American life, but people in jails, prisons, and…
International Law Prof Blog
International Perspectives on the Future of Incarceration
The University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law will hold an online symposium this Thursday, February 18, 2021, on the subject of "International Perspectives on the Future of Incarceration." The…
Administrative and Regulatory
US Sentencing Commission issues big new report on “The Influence of the Guidelines on Federal Sentencing: Federal Sentencing Outcomes, 2005–2017”
I am pleased to see that the United States Sentencing Commission is continuing to release notable data reports despite being an incomplete agency due to the absence of confirmed commissioners…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Rounding up some headlines in incarceration nation
An array of press stories about prison issues and conditions, none encouraging, caught my eye this morning. Here is a round up organized by state: Alabama: "U.S. Department of Justice…
Criminal
“Invisible Prisons”
The title of this post is the title of this notable new paper authored by Eve Hanan now available via SSRN. Here is its abstract:Modern punishment theory is based on…
Sentencing Law and Policy
"Invisible Prisons"
The title of this post is the title of this notable new paper authored by Eve Hanan now available via SSRN. Here is its abstract: Modern punishment theory is based…
Sentencing Law and Policy
"Misaligned incentives and the scale of incarceration in the United States"
Thanks to twitter, I just saw this notable recent article, which I use for the title of this post, published in the November 2020 issues of the Journal of Public…
Other
“Misaligned incentives and the scale of incarceration in the United States”
Thanks to twitter, I just saw this notable recent article, which I use for the title of this post, published in the November 2020 issues of the Journal of Public…