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Incarceration
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Criminal
Rounding up some discouraging recent prison news stories from coast to coast
A helpful reader flagged for me a recent story about inmate deaths, and that reminded me that a number of discouraging prison stories had recently caught my eye. Here is…
Sentencing Law and Policy
"Fatal Peril: Unheard Stories from the IPV-to-Prison Pipeline and Other Voices Touched by Violence"
The title of this post is the title of this notable new huge report from the Stanford Criminal Justice Center. The email I received about the report explains that it…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
New Women’s Justice Commission Formed to Research Factors that Lead to Women’s Incarceration
By Tracy Thomas
From Arrest to Release, there’s a New Effort to Investigate the Experiences of Incarcerated WomenWomen represent only about 10 percent of incarcerated people in the United States. Because of that,…
Criminal
“Algorithms in Judges’ Hands: Incarceration and Inequity in Broward County, Florida”
The title of this post is the title of this article recently posted to SSRN authored by Utsav Bahl, Chad M. Topaz and others. Here is its abstract:Judicial and carceral…
Sentencing Law and Policy
The Sentencing Project releases updated fact sheet on "Incarcerated Women and Girls"
The Sentencing Project today released this updated six-page fact sheet titled "Incarcerated Women and Girls." The document has lots of data and graphics providing details of how and why "female…
Criminal
“COVID-19 and the New Pains of Imprisonment”
The title of this post is the title of this new article recently published in The British Journal of Criminology authored by Veronica Horowitz, Synøve Andersen and Jordan Hyatt. Here…
Criminal
Prison Policy Initiative reports on “States of Incarceration: The Global Context 2024”
The Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) today released this new report titled "States of Incarceration: The Global Context 2024." Like many PPI reports, the data and graphics tell a husge part…
Sentencing Law and Policy
The Sentencing Project releases report titled "Incarceration and Crime: A Weak Relationship"
The Sentencing Project this morning released this new 18-page research brief titled “Incarceration & Crime: A Weak Relationship.” The report assembles a variety of data and research in keeping with…
Criminal
The Sentencing Project releases report titled “Incarceration and Crime: A Weak Relationship”
The Sentencing Project this morning released this new 18-page research brief titled “Incarceration & Crime: A Weak Relationship.” The report assembles a variety of data and research in keeping with…
Sentencing Law and Policy
"Unpunishment Purposes"
The title of this post is the title of this new article now available via SSRN authored by Meredith Esser. Here is its abstract: Sentencing scholarship often begins by exploring…