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Incarceration
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Sentencing Law and Policy
A deep look into Alabama’s new sentencing systems and their impacts
Main December 13, 2016A deep look into Alabama's new sentencing systems and their impactsBecause our next Attorney General (and perhaps also our next Supreme Court justice) emerged from and still…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“How Do You Vote in Prison and Jail? For the most part, you don’t.”
Main November 8, 2016"How Do You Vote in Prison and Jail? For the most part, you don’t."The title of this post is the headline of this new Slate article which…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Disenfranchisement and Over-Incarceration”
Main November 5, 2016"Disenfranchisement and Over-Incarceration"The title of this post is the title of this new short article authored by Murat Mungan and now available via SSRN. Here is the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Terrific TakePart series of article and commentary on “Violence and Redemption”
Main September 20, 2016Terrific TakePart series of article and commentary on "Violence and Redemption"TakePart has this great "Big Issue" collection of articles, videos and commentary under the heading "Violence and…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Interesting accounting of “The Economic Burden of Incarceration in the U.S.” as approaching 6% of GDP
Main September 17, 2016Interesting accounting of "The Economic Burden of Incarceration in the U.S." as approaching 6% of GDPVia the always helpful Marshall Project, I just came across this interesting…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Some hisorical perspective on today’s debates over private prisons
Main August 26, 2016Some hisorical perspective on today's debates over private prisonsOver at Bloomberg View, Stephen Mihm has this intriguing new commentary running under the headline "America's Rocky Relationship With…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Should I feel guilty finding delicious ironies in reports of condemned California murderers killing themselves with smuggled illegal drugs?
Main August 24, 2016Should I feel guilty finding delicious ironies in reports of condemned California murderers killing themselves with smuggled illegal drugs?The question in the title of this post is…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Defining Violence: Reducing Incarceration by Rethinking America’s Approach to Violence”
Main August 24, 2016"Defining Violence: Reducing Incarceration by Rethinking America's Approach to Violence"The title of this post is the title of this important and timely new report by the Justice…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Overlooked: Women and Jails in an Era of Reform”
Main August 17, 2016"Overlooked: Women and Jails in an Era of Reform"The title of this post is the title of this notable new report released today by the Vera Institute…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Behind the Olympics: Brazil’s Dirty Incarceration Secret”
Main August 5, 2016"Behind the Olympics: Brazil's Dirty Incarceration Secret"I thought this Ozy article, which has the headline that I am using as a post title, woud make a fiting…