Tag: mass incarceration
Tobacco Bans in Our Prisons Are Rich Pickings for Me—and the COs
The first time the Georgia Department of Corrections tried to go tobacco-free was 1994. ...
“No Evidence” Higher Incarceration Rates Reduce Fears of Crime
A population that perceives itself at the top of the pile soon becomes fearful, ...
Biden’s Clemency Announcement Falls Far Short
On April 26, President Joe Biden announced that he was using his clemency powers ...
Sen. Hawley’s Bid to Make Federal Sentencing Guidelines Mandatory
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s elevation to the Supreme Court from the DC Circuit was ...
Federal Legalization Still Wouldn’t Free All Cannabis Prisoners
“Tell everybody in this government that y’all need to let everybody out of jail ...
How Exactly Are Tablets Supposed to Solve Georgia’s Prisons Crisis?
On January 19, Georgia Department of Corrections Commissioner Timothy Ward deflected questions from the ...
ICE to Stop Holding Immigrants at Infamous Alabama Jail
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced on March 25 that it will stop detaining ...
Federal Life Sentences for Drugs: Unconscionable and Massively Biased
Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the original Silk Road dark-web marketplace, was given a ...
Pressure on Massachusetts to Ban Building of New Jails and Prisons
Families of incarcerated people are pressuring Massachusetts state lawmakers to pass a bill to ...
Prosecutor-Initiated Resentencing Has Profound Limitations
Following the 2018 passage of AB 2942, California’s first-in-the-nation “prosecutor-initiated resentencing” law, Hillary Blout ...
