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Incarceration
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Sentencing Law and Policy
US incarceration rate hits another new high
Main May 21, 2006US incarceration rate hits another new highThanks to this tip from TalkLeft, I see that the Bureau of Justice Statistics has released this report, "Prison and Jail…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Major report on women in prison
Main May 21, 2006Major report on women in prisonAs detailed in this AP article, a new report from the Women's Prison Association provides a "comprehensive state-by-state breakdown of the huge…
Sentencing Law and Policy
US leads the world … in locking people up
Main May 11, 2006US leads the world ... in locking people upA helpful reader has pointed me to posts at Opinio Juris and Andrew Sullivan's blog noting a recent publication…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Insightful commentary on state sentencing realities
Main April 18, 2006Insightful commentary on state sentencing realities A kind reader forwarded this thoughtful commentary about Colorado's "prison spending crisis" that ran in last week's Denver Post. Anyone interested…
Sentencing Law and Policy
The financial underbelly of local sentencing
Main March 22, 2006The financial underbelly of local sentencingWe all know money makes the world go round, and this fascinating piece from a local Ohio paper highlights that this applies…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Interesting testimony at USSC hearing
Main March 17, 2006Interesting testimony at USSC hearingThough overshadowed by the House Booker hearing on Thursday (basics here and here), the US Sentencing conducted a full-day public hearing on Wednesday,…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
PING: A different kind of favorites listURL: http://blog.kir.com/archives/002956.aspIP: 216.250.116.20BLOG NAME: Houston’s Clear ThinkersDATE: 03/13/2006 05:20:39 AMThe ever-observant Ellen Podgor points us to this interesting Paul Wenske/Kansas City Star article that reports on the increasing role of advisors to indicted business executives providing advice on the preferred location for the executives to serve th…
By Ellen Podgor
If you have to go to jail, where is the best place to go? The Kansas City Star has a wonderful article here talking about prisons that house some white…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Former state prosecutor finds religion
Main March 11, 2006Former state prosecutor finds religionThe Capital Times, a Wisconsin paper, has this interesting article about a former prosecutor-turned-pastor who is now speaking out about excessive incarceration and…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Notable corrections items
Main March 2, 2006Notable corrections itemsBecause I cannot even keep up with all the sentencing developments, I do not often focus on issues in corrections. But a few recent items…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Interesting review of incarceration and redemption
Main February 8, 2006Interesting review of incarceration and redemptionThanks to this post at ACSBlog, I see that the organization Opportunity Agenda has released a report entitled "The State of Opportunity…