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Incarceration
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Intriguing comments on prisons from GOP candidate Ben Carson
Main July 22, 2015Intriguing comments on prisons from GOP candidate Ben CarsonBecause I cannot quite figure out which of the current 16 GOP Presidential candidates to take seriously, I am…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Live-blogging President Obama’s big criminal justice reform speech to NAACP
Main July 14, 2015Live-blogging President Obama's big criminal justice reform speech to NAACPAfter having waited a few hours for Prez Obama to finally make it to the podium at the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
The Marshall Project covers parole realities (and life without it)
Main July 12, 2015The Marshall Project covers parole realities (and life without it) The Marshall Project has a series of notable new piece about modern parole realities, and this lead…
Human Rights at Home Blog
American Prisons: The Caging of Human Rights
By margaretdrew
A recent interview with Rutgers' cultural historian Professor Bruce Franklin not only emphasized the need for prison transformation but made the explicit connection between anti-black and brown policies and voting manipulation.Dr. Franklin…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Should bail reform be a key component of sentencing reform efforts?
Main June 10, 2015Should bail reform be a key component of sentencing reform efforts?Ever the sentencing obsessive, I tend to not focus too much attention on various aspects of criminal…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“America’s Largest Mental Hospital Is a Jail”
Main June 8, 2015"America's Largest Mental Hospital Is a Jail"The title of this post is the headline of this new Atlantic article which carries this subheadline: "At Cook County, where…
Human Rights at Home Blog
On Language: De-Humanizing Those Who Are Incarcerated
By margaretdrew
Many years ago I read Miller and Swift's Words and Women (1976). The book demonstrated how language has been used to separate women from men in ways that assign women…
Sentencing Law and Policy
New Vera Institute of Justice report highlights the true, high “Price of Jails”
Main May 21, 2015New Vera Institute of Justice report highlights the true, high "Price of Jails"The Vera Institute of Justice has just published this important new report titled, "The Price…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Too Many People in Jail? Abolish Bail”
Main May 10, 2015"Too Many People in Jail? Abolish Bail"The title of this post is the headline of this notable New York Times op-ed authored by Maya Schenwar. Here are…
Family Law Prof Blog
On Child Support
By Family Law
From Wendy Paris, writing for QUARTZ:Walter Scott wasn’t just a black man in America shot by a police officer; he also was a divorced father. While debate rages about excessive…