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Incarceration
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Criminal
“The Effect of Incarceration on Mortality”
The title of this post is the title of this notable new paper just posted to SSRN authored by Samuel Norris, Matthew Pecenco and Jeffrey Weaver. Here is its abstract:This…
Sentencing Law and Policy
"The Prisoner and the Polity"
The title of this post is the title of this new article now available via SSRN authored by Avlana Eisenberg. Here is its abstract: All punishment comes to an end. …
Sentencing Law and Policy
Rounding up some more recent prison stories
It has been only a week since I did this round-up of prison pieces, but the press and commentators are keeping these critical stories coming (in part because, sadly, discouraging…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Notable headlines about COVID and lots more in incarceration nation
As we enter month five of the US coronavirus crisis, it is disturbingly easy to become numb to how this pandemic is playing out in jails and prisons. Helpful, the…
Criminal
Federal prison population, according to BOP report of “Total Federal Inmates,” now at 158,838
Another Thursday morning calls for another COVID-era check on the federal Bureau of Prisons' updated "Total Federal Inmates" numbers; we continue to see historic declines, though this week's decline is…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Liberty, freedom, 2020 in incarceration nation … discuss
An open thread for those who might be interested....
Criminal
Liberty, freedom, 2020 in incarceration nation … discuss
An open thread for those who might be interested....
Sentencing Law and Policy
Persistent prison problems as COVID-19 continues to course through carceral environments
It has been a few weeks since I rounded up, in this post and this post, some headlines and stories about incarceration nation's continued struggles with the coronavirus pandemic. But…
A Lawyer's Blog
CHILD SUPPORT AND INCARCERATION
There are limits to the court's power.Matter of Augliera v Araujo, 2020 NY Slip Op 03510, Decided on June 24, 2020 ,Appellate Division, Second Department:"We agree with the Family Court's…
Criminal
More notable reporting on the persistently notable carceral challenges posed by COVID-19
It has only been a few days since I rounded up, in this post, some headlines and stories about incarceration nation's continued struggles with the coronavirus pandemic. But, in just…