Tags: Prisons
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Gov. Jerry Brown Pardons Some Drug War Convictions – Anger Follows
65 selected for Easter clemency have been out of prison and living clean for years
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Today Rand Paul and Pat Leahy Introduced a Bill to Fix Our Atrocious Federal Mandatory Minimum Laws
The bill isn't a panacea, but it is a long overdue step in the right direction.
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Solitary Confinement a Fate Worse Than Death, Inmate Writes
William Blake's spent more than a quarter century in "administrative segregation"
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Covered at Reason 24/7: Gingrich Calls McCain "Sad" For Attacking Paul
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Czech President Charged With High Treason in Last Week of Presidency
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Eric Holder and Prison Guard Unions Agree: Sequestration Would Do Too Much Harm to the Prison Industrial Complex
Guards who will soon experience brief furloughs want to know, "Why aren't the inmates suffering more?"
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Brickbat: They'll Only Go So Far
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George Will: Solitary Confinement Is Torture
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How Prisons Amplify Poverty
Yet more drawbacks to mass incarceration.
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Congressional Report Recommends Repealing Some Federal Criminal Statutes Amid Record-Breaking Prison Population
Prison population up 800 percent since 1980, nearly two-thirds for immigration, drug offenses
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6,741 Reasons to Think Obama Is Not Serious About Criminal Justice Reform
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Under New Law, Three Strikes Offenders Released With $200, But No Hope for a New Life
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Punished for Being Innocent
Hardened criminals show a "lack of remorse"...and so do prisoners who didn't commit crimes at all.
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Outgoing Czech President Vaclav Klaus Pardons Almost One Third of Prisoners
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Americans Embroiled in Criminal Justice System Numbers Actually Decreasing
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USA Today Reminds that One-Size-Fits-All Federal Gun Laws Put Innocent People Behind Bars
Just a simple question of what constitutes a felony causes problems
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What Obama Can Do Right Now to End Outrageous Prison Sentences
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America's Prison Population Is Finally Shrinking. Here's Why.
The number of adults under some form of correctional supervision in the U.S. has fallen from a historic high of 7.3 million in 2007, to 6.98 million in 2011.
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Are Conservatives Rethinking their Hostility to Criminal Justice Reform?
Tough-on-crime usually means tough-on-taxpayers.
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1000 Wrongfully Convicted and Counting: New Registry Checks Justice System's Power