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Incarceration
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Sentencing Law and Policy
“On the Politics of Imprisonments: A Review of Systematic Findings”
Main December 10, 2010"On the Politics of Imprisonments: A Review of Systematic Findings"The title of this post is the title of this notable new paper by two social scientists at…
Sentencing Law and Policy
OK prisons not okay because of crowding and costs
Main December 7, 2010OK prisons not okay because of crowding and costs This recent article in The Oklahoman, which is headlined "Oklahoma lawmakers seek to strike budget balance for prisons;…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“State mulls private alternatives to public prisons”
Main November 26, 2010"State mulls private alternatives to public prisons"The title of this post is the headline of this notable editorial in today's Orlando Sun-Sentinel. Here are excerpts: Privatizing prisons…
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States Are Failing in Treatment of Mothers Behind Bar
National Women's Law Center: Mothers Behind Bars: States are Failing: There are now more women behind bars than at any other point in U.S. history. This rampant incarceration has a…
Sentencing Law and Policy
New report from Pew on incarceration’s collateral costs
Main September 29, 2010New report from Pew on incarceration's collateral costsAs detailed in this press release, the folks at The Pew Chartiable Trusts have produced a notable new report titled…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“America, Land of the Imprisoned”
Main September 20, 2010"America, Land of the Imprisoned" The title of this post is the headline of this notable commentary from a site called "The Libertarian Solution." Here is how…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Prison is too good for Blago”
Main September 1, 2010"Prison is too good for Blago" The title of this post is the headline of this column by Phil Luciano in the Peoria Journal Star. Here are…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Jail Source: The Inmates Are Sick of Lindsay Lohan”
Main July 25, 2010"Jail Source: The Inmates Are Sick of Lindsay Lohan" The title of this post is the headline of this new People magazine piece that provides a LiLo…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Rough justice: America locks up too many people, some for acts that should not even be criminal”
Main July 23, 2010"Rough justice: America locks up too many people, some for acts that should not even be criminal"The title of this post is the headline of this new…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Just another (average?) week in incarceration nation…
Main July 21, 2010Just another (average?) week in incarceration nation...with Lindsay Lohan entering jail apparently for only two weeks, and Lord Conrad Black getting to go free on bail from…