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Incarceration
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Senate Judiciary Committee about to start "Examining Best Practices for Incarceration and Detention During COVID-19"
At 10:00 am this morning, June 2, 2020, the Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled this full committee meeting on "Examining Best Practices for Incarceration and Detention During COVID-19." Here are…
Criminal
“Unconstitutional Incarceration: Applying Strict Scrutiny to Criminal Sentences”
The title of this post is the title of this new Yale Law Journal note authored by Salil Dudani. Here is its abstract:The deprivation of a fundamental right triggers strict…
Sentencing Law and Policy
"Unconstitutional Incarceration: Applying Strict Scrutiny to Criminal Sentences"
The title of this post is the title of this new Yale Law Journal note authored by Salil Dudani. Here is its abstract: The deprivation of a fundamental right triggers…
Criminal
Weekend round-up of array of prison stories and commentary in incarceration nation
As I continue to follow closely the news and commentary surrounding prison and prisoners during this COVID-19 era, I am reminded again and again how jails and prisons (and all…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Weekend round-up of array of prison stories and commentary in incarceration nation
As I continue to follow closely the news and commentary surrounding prison and prisoners during this COVID-19 era, I am reminded again and again how jails and prisons (and all…
PrawfsBlawg
Quarantine and Incarceration
Main Thursday, May 28, 2020Quarantine and IncarcerationMost of the attention related to incarceration and the pandemic concerns risks to inmates of catching COVID in close prison quarters without proper masks…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Great coverage and perspectives on incarceration nation thanks to a global pandemic
Though it is disappointing that it took a global pandemic to get some media folk to take a harder look at mass incarceration and prison practices, I am still inclined…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Rounding up another round of recent commentary concerning incarceration amidst our COVID era
Months into this pandemic, I am fearful I am starting to get a bit numb to all the headlines concerning the state of incarceration nation as the coronavirus continues to…
Sentencing Law and Policy
"People in Prison in 2019" … as well as a partial 2020 update
The title of this post is the title of this great new Vera institute of Justice publication that provides the latest nationwide prison population headcounts. Here his how the first…
Sentencing Law and Policy
"Helping People Transition from Incarceration to Society During a Pandemic"
The title of this post is the title of this notable new report authored by Sterling Johnson and Leo Beletsky. Here is part of its executive summary: In the best…