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Incarceration
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Sentencing Law and Policy
“The economic and moral costs of our inhumane prison system”
The title of this post is the headline of this recent Washington Examiner commentary authored by Arthur Rizer. Here are excerpts: In the U.S., we say we care about human…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Marshall Project and <em>New York Times</em> examining challenges for families of incarcerated persons
The Marshall Project has partnered this week with the New York Times on what will be a five part series of pieces exploring issues facing the families of persons who…
For Good
Criminal Justice Reform in America: Shifting Attitudes on Incarceration
By William C. Silverman, Alexander Volpicello
Last month, the U.S. state with the highest rate of incarceration (in the country with the largest prison population) took steps to reduce its incarceration of non-violent offenders. Oklahoma’s Governor…
Family Law Prof Blog
Viterbo: “The Pitfalls of Separating Youth in Prison”
By Family Law
Hedi Viterbo (Queen Mary University of London) has posted to SSRN his chapter The Pitfalls of Separating Youth in Prison: A Critique of Age-Segregated Incarceration, forthcoming in Laura Abrams and…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Is Mass Incarceration Inevitable?”
The title of this post is the title of this notable new paper authored by Andrew Leipold now available on SSRN. Here is its abstract: The claim that American justice…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Shouldn’t all prosecutors (and judges and defense attorneys and police and probation officers) make regular and repeated visits to prisons?
Last month the folks at FAMM started the #VisitAPrison challenge which calls on lawmakers to visit a prison or jail and which rightly highlights that many legislators who make and…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Some fitting context for thinking about deaths while incarcerated
I have not written about Jeffrey Epstein's death while incarcerated in part because so many others are writing about it, and in part because so many other people die in…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Plus a Life Sentence? Incarceration’s Effects on Expected Lifetime Wage Growth”
The title of this post is the title of this interesting new empirical paper available via SSRN and authored by two economists, Theodore S. Corwin III and Daniel K. N.…
Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Lawyer Blog
No Credit For Workers’ Comp Insurer For “Time Served” Before Conviction
By Glenn Neiman
Once an injured worker proves an entitlement to workers’ compensation benefits in PA, only certain things allow a Pennsylvania workers’ comp insurance company to stop paying those benefits. Some of…
Sentencing Law and Policy
A Mother’s Day round up of stories in incarceration nation
Last year in this post I did a review of mom-related incarceration articles in honor of Mother's Day. And another year brings another set of these articles worth posting: From…