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Incarceration
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Great new features on improved website of The Sentencing Project
Main February 23, 2010Great new features on improved website of The Sentencing Project I just received this notable web-news via e-mail: The Sentencing Project is excited to announce our new…
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“A Blue-Ribbon Look at Criminal Justice”
Main February 13, 2010"A Blue-Ribbon Look at Criminal Justice" The this of this post is the headline of this editorial from today's New York Times. Here are excerpts: The nation’s…
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Notable comments by AG Holder about incarceration in speech to National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives
Main February 12, 2010Notable comments by AG Holder about incarceration in speech to National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives For those like me concerned about the economic costs and…
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Noting big (and wasteful?) budget growth in federal prison spending
Main February 4, 2010Noting big (and wasteful?) budget growth in federal prison spending Following up on an issue I spotlighted in this recent post (which has generated lots of interesting…
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Interesting coverage of “The Great American Crime Drop”
Main February 3, 2010Interesting coverage of "The Great American Crime Drop"The folks at The Crime Report have this terrific two-part series exploring the recent reduction in crime rates in the…
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The virutes of (faith-based) video-conferencing for prisoners and their families
Main February 1, 2010The virutes of (faith-based) video-conferencing for prisoners and their families The modern realities of crime and punishment produce precious few feel-good stories, but here is one coming…
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“As crime keeps dropping, it’s no time for backsliding”
Main January 9, 2010"As crime keeps dropping, it’s no time for backsliding" The title of this post is the headline of this notable editorial from yesterday's USA Today. Here are…
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“Prisons and Budgets”
Main January 5, 2010"Prisons and Budgets" The title of this post is the headline of this effective editorial that appeared in yesterday's New York Times. Here are excerpts: The United…
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Obama as Scrooge: no Christmas clemency grants
Main December 24, 2009Obama as Scrooge: no Christmas clemency grants As I complained in posts here and here and here around Thanksgiving, it was sad and telling that President Barack…
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The latest (encouraging?) official data on incarceration nation
Main December 9, 2009The latest (encouraging?) official data on incarceration nation As reported in this AP piece, the Bureau of Justice Statistics has released its official tally of incarceration numbers.…