Punishment/Prisons

• The Economist on America's Senselessly Harsh Criminal Justice System, Jacob Sullum, August 2, 2010
• Mythical Meth, Cannabis Candy, and Ludicrous Legislators, Jacob Sullum, July 28, 2010
• Congress Approves Crack Sentencing Reform Bill, Jacob Sullum, July 28, 2010
• Now Playing at Reason.tv: A Drug Raid Goes Viral: Radley Balko on the Missouri SWAT Raid Video, July 21, 2010
• L.A. Builds Expensive New Jail, Can't Afford to Use It, Brian Doherty, June 21, 2010
• Psst, State & Federal Gov'ts: Wanna Save About $15 Billion a Year? And Look Better Than Poland While Doing It?, Nick Gillespie, June 15, 2010
• Reason.tv: "You Are Your Brain" - David Eagleman on Transforming The Criminal Justice System, June 14, 2010
• Three Charts to Break Your Heart, Katherine Mangu-Ward, June 9, 2010
• Prince of Pot to Be Extradited, Jacob Sullum, May 12, 2010
• Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Top 10, Jacob Sullum, May 11, 2010
• How Charlie Lynch Got a One-Year Sentence for a Crime That Injured No One, Jacob Sullum, April 28, 2010
• The Case for Privatizing California's Prisons, Leonard Gilroy & Jon Coupal, April 14, 2010
• Reason Writers Around Town: Cutting California's Prison Costs, April 9, 2010
• Senate Approves Bill to Shrink the Crack Gap, Jacob Sullum, March 18, 2010
• Marijuana Decriminalization Advances, Jacob Sullum, March 12, 2010
• Better Than Releasing People Who Don't Belong in Prison: Not Putting Them There to Begin With, Jacob Sullum, March 8, 2010
• Not Safe for Prison, Jesse Walker, February 12, 2010
• New Jersey Scraps Mandatory Minimums Tied to Drug-Free Zones, Jacob Sullum, January 8, 2010
• Pennsylvania Judges Get Partial Immunity in 'Kids for Cash' Case, Jacob Sullum, November 25, 2009
• Seven Years for Bong Water, Jacob Sullum, October 28, 2009
• Crack Sentencing Reform Getting Closer, Jacob Sullum, October 16, 2009
• More on How to Interrogate, the CIA Way, Brian Doherty, August 26, 2009
• God Can Go to Jail, Superintendent Says, Jacob Sullum, August 10, 2009
• Reason Morning Links: Debt, a Riot, and Scientology, Jesse Walker, August 10, 2009
• Reason Morning Links: Remaking Fannie and Freddie, Charging for New York Post Stories, Unfriending the Marines, Jesse Walker, August 6, 2009
• Reason Morning Links: A Slower Slowdown, a New Guantanamo, and Some Cheeky Canadians, Jesse Walker, August 3, 2009
• The Good News: Your Record Was Expunged. The Bad News: Your Record Was Expunged., Jacob Sullum, July 30, 2009
• That Bible Would Have Gone Through His Heart If It Weren't for That X-Acto Knife, Jacob Sullum, July 13, 2009
• Step One: Tell Guards and Prisoners That Rape is Against the Rules, Bill Flanigen, June 25, 2009
• Not on Max Baucus's Watch. No Way., Bill Flanigen, June 24, 2009
• Congressman Says 'Super-Marijuana' Gives You the Munchies for Brains, Jacob Sullum, June 19, 2009
• Why Not Two Days Instead of 366?, Jacob Sullum, June 12, 2009
• Reason Morning Links: Tobacco, Guantanamo, Land Ho!, Jesse Walker, June 12, 2009
• Justice Department Imports Terrorist into Lower Manhattan, Bill Flanigen, June 9, 2009
• Mocking Prison Rape for Fun and Profit, Bill Flanigen, June 5, 2009
• 'Incredible Is What the Law Requires', Jacob Sullum, May 22, 2009
• Reason Morning Links: Bankruptcy for the Automakers, Untaxed Income for the Texans, Sympathy for the Canadians, Jesse Walker, May 22, 2009
• Obama Administration Supports Eliminating Crack Sentencing Disparity, Jacob Sullum, April 29, 2009
• Is Charlie Lynch Eligible for the 'Safety Valve'?, Jacob Sullum, April 24, 2009
• Jim Webb Is Open to Legalizing Pot, Jacob Sullum, April 23, 2009
• Reason Morning Links: The Deaths of One Writer, Two Banks, 31 Boys, and Countless Newspapers, Jesse Walker, April 20, 2009
• The War on Drugs: What's Race Got to Do With It?, Jacob Sullum, April 6, 2009
• Webb: 'We Are Locking Up Too Many People Who Do Not Belong in Jail', Jacob Sullum, March 30, 2009
• Rockefeller Drug Laws Closer to Gone, Jacob Sullum, March 27, 2009
• The End of Hysteria and the Last Man, Jacob Sullum, March 25, 2009
• Late Registration Penalty: 26 Years, Jacob Sullum, March 23, 2009
• Reason Morning Links: "How Many Varieties of Corporate Welfare Can You Spot?" Edition, Jesse Walker, March 16, 2009
• Who Will Reform New York's Insane Drug Laws?, Nick Gillespie, February 10, 2009
• Twelve O'Clock Links, Jesse Walker, January 26, 2009
• A Happy Resolution to Paul Jacob's Prosecution for Facilitating Out-of-State Ballot Petitioning, Brian Doherty, January 22, 2009
• Oakland BART Officer Who Shot Pinned, Unarmed Man Is Arrested On The Lam, Brian Doherty, January 14, 2009
• Oakland BART Officer Who Shot Pinned, Unarmed Man Resigns, Brian Doherty, January 9, 2009
• The Wall Street Journal Contributes to a Possible Torture "Truth Commission", Brian Doherty, January 7, 2009
• A New Year's Police Murder in San Francisco Bay Area, Brian Doherty, January 5, 2009
• A Right To Carry Guns in Public?, Brian Doherty, December 10, 2008
• Spare the Rod, Spoil Society, Ronald Bailey, December 9, 2008
• The One Presidential Power Bush Doesn't Care For, Radley Balko, November 18, 2008
• The Cocaine Standard, Jesse Walker, November 6, 2008
• At Home He Feels Like a Jurist, Jesse Walker, July 16, 2008
• Under the Bridge, Radley Balko, July 16, 2008
• First, Group Showers—Now, No Cornbread?, Mike Riggs, July 11, 2008
• Piling on Georgia, Radley Balko, July 1, 2008
• He Could've Beat Those Dirty Lakers, Mike Riggs, June 20, 2008
• Terrorized by the Supreme Court, Steve Chapman, June 19, 2008
• Pay No Attention to the Man Holding Jumper Cables, Mike Riggs, June 18, 2008
• One Place Where Crime Isn't Getting Any Better, Mike Riggs, June 10, 2008
• RIP, Emperor's Club VIP, Mike Riggs, June 4, 2008
• The Death Ship, Jesse Walker, June 3, 2008
• Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution, Damon W. Root, May 29, 2008
• I Can Recall a Familiar Smile, Matt Welch, May 27, 2008