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Incarceration
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Sentencing Law and Policy
For the ailing politician … Incarcerex
Main June 19, 2007For the ailing politician ... Incarcerex Strong and very amusing stuff here coming from the Drug Policy Alliance. Be sure to check out the Incarcerex video. (Hat…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Recapping a major sentencing Monday
Main June 12, 2007Recapping a major sentencing Monday The New York Times has these two effective articles covering Monday's two major sentencings developments:Court to Weigh Disparities in Cocaine Laws Day…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Paris Hilton starts serving time in low-budget jail
Main June 4, 2007Paris Hilton starts serving time in low-budget jailAs detailed in this AP story, "Paris Hilton checked into a Los Angeles County jail to begin a three-week stay…
Sentencing Law and Policy
New series on women in CJ system
Main June 2, 2007New series on women in CJ systemI received an e-mail this past week from The Sentencing Project announcing a new "series of briefing sheets on Women in…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Sending in the troops (to prison)
Main May 22, 2007Sending in the troops (to prison)I just learned of this new publication from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, entitled "Veterans in State and Federal Prison, 2004." Here…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Taking stock of prison nation
Main May 13, 2007Taking stock of prison nationThis commentary in the Huntsville Times provides a global perspective on the affinity for incarceration in the United States. Here are highlights:Alabama's rate…
The Right Coast
Paris Hilton boo hoo hoo Tom Smith
This is baffling. Rarely have I been so unmoved as by the plight of young Miss Hilton.You don't have to be some class-enraged lefty to take some satisfaction in the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Money changes everything … including jail
Main April 29, 2007Money changes everything ... including jailCyndi Lauper fans have long known that Money Changes Everything (YouTube clip here). The New York Times today has this interesting article…
Sentencing Law and Policy
The number 2,000,000 in sentencing perspective
Main April 19, 2007The number 2,000,000 in sentencing perspectiveI see from my site-meter summary that today I passed 2,000,000 total visits since the meter started running in late June 2004.…
Sentencing Law and Policy
A systematic examination of prison growth
Main April 19, 2007A systematic examination of prison growthJohn Pfaff has a fascinating new article that examines the theories and the empirical literature on the forces driving prison growth in…