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Incarceration
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Commission coming in Colorado?
Main April 11, 2007Commission coming in Colorado?As detailed in this local article, Colorado may be on the verge of creating a state sentencing commission to help address its prison overcrowding…
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Race, Inequality and Incarceration
Main April 10, 2007Race, Inequality and IncarcerationThis title of this post is the title of this event taking place tomorrow at Stanford University, which is described as an "intellectual summit…
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Major new report on incarceration of kids as adults
Main March 24, 2007Major new report on incarceration of kids as adults Thanks to this post at TalkLeft, I see that the Justice Policy Institute has helped produce an important…
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Lots of interesting stuff at SSRN
Main March 22, 2007Lots of interesting stuff at SSRNHere are just some of the interesting-looking new papers I spotted on SSRN for adding to my always growing "to read" pile:…
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A socialist perspective on sentencing realities
Main March 17, 2007A socialist perspective on sentencing realitiesThe Socialist Worker online has this intriguing piece entitled "Incarceration Nation" providing a distinctive perspective on crime and punishment in the United…
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Great readings all around the blogosphere
Main March 3, 2007Great readings all around the blogosphereAfter a great day at a great conference yesterday, I am in catch-up mode on both the work and home fronts. Thus,…
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Are we really a nation committed to liberty?
Main February 28, 2007Are we really a nation committed to liberty?This new potent commentary, entitled "'Land of free' is a prison nation," by David Love has me wondering again if…
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Around the blogosphere
Main February 15, 2007Around the blogosphereLots of new interesting sentencing posts at some classic locales:Crime and Consequences Corrections Sentencing Ohio Death Penalty Information Sex Crimes Also, I just found a…
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The profits in prisons
Main February 11, 2007The profits in prisonsThanks to this post at Think Outside the Cage, I saw new information about who profits from increased prison populations: private prison corporations. As…
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The high costs of high incarceration in Mississippi
Main February 4, 2007The high costs of high incarceration in MississippiToday's Jackson Clarion Ledger has two pieces lamenting the high costs of Mississippi's high incarceration rate. One piece, authored by…