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Incarceration
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Sentencing Law and Policy
A list of themes for stopping drug war “madness”
Main February 14, 2011A list of themes for stopping drug war "madness"Ethan Nadelmann has this notable new essay titled "The Disastrous War on Drugs Turns 40: 5 Ways to Stop…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Missouri prison breaking in new geriatric wing
Main February 13, 2011Missouri prison breaking in new geriatric wingThis new piece, headlined "Aging inmates challenge Missouri prison system," concerning a new wing of a Missouri prison reports on what…
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Is it gender bias (or gender equity?) making Oklahoma #1 in female prisoners?
Main February 2, 2011Is it gender bias (or gender equity?) making Oklahoma #1 in female prisoners? The question in the title of this post is prompted by this recent story…
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Is it inhumane for a “giant” criminal to be incarcerated in a small cell?
Main January 28, 2011Is it inhumane for a "giant" criminal to be incarcerated in a small cell?The question in the title of this post might seem like an abstract query…
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Some notable comings and goings from prison
Main January 14, 2011Some notable comings and goings from prisonThanks to Google News, I saw these interesting headlines concerning some interesting folks headed to and leaving from prison: Palin E-Mail…
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New report on the consequences for kids with parents in prison
Main January 12, 2011New report on the consequences for kids with parents in prisonAs detailed on this webpage, the folks at the research organization Justice Strategies have a new report…
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Noting the very high economic costs of sex offender civil commitment
Main December 26, 2010Noting the very high economic costs of sex offender civil commitmentThis new local story out of New York, which is headlined "Civil confinement of sex offenders costs…
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“Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty”
Main December 25, 2010"Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty"The title of this post come from the title of this holiday blog post at Mother Jones. Here…
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Newest BJS data on correctional population shows historic first decline
Main December 21, 2010Newest BJS data on correctional population shows historic first declinePerhaps finally providing that what goes up must eventually come down even in incarceration nation, the Bureau of…
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“Hyper-Incarceration and Strategies of Disruption: Is There a Way Out?”
Main December 16, 2010"Hyper-Incarceration and Strategies of Disruption: Is There a Way Out?"The title of this post is the headline of this new article by Louis Michael Seidman now available…