Criminal Justice

Policy

Rape Factories

Why is the government doing so little to end sexual assault in prisons?

Lovisa Stannow | 6.20.2011 4:30 PM

Politics

Stephen Cox on Libertarian Literature and Prisons as Failed Planned Societies

Paul Detrick | 6.20.2011 3:28 PM

Policy

The Crime Rate Puzzle

Did incarceration reduce the crime rate, or did it get in the way?

Radley Balko | 6.20.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

Supreme Court Allows 10th Amendment Challenge to Chemical Weapons Conviction

Jacob Sullum | 6.20.2011 10:54 AM

War on Cameras

Brickbats

Charles Oliver | 6.19.2011 10:40 AM

Policy

How Gingrich's Love Drives Him to Kill

Jacob Sullum | 6.17.2011 3:53 PM

Policy

Reason.tv: 40 Years of Drug War Failure - LEAP's Neill Franklin

Nick Gillespie and Joshua Swain | 6.17.2011 3:00 PM

Policy

California High School Accidentally Distributes Child Porn

Jacob Sullum | 6.17.2011 1:50 PM

Policy

Did Jimmy Carter End the War on Drugs?

Jacob Sullum | 6.17.2011 12:16 PM

Policy

Virtual Honeypot

Espionage via Twitter?

Peter Suderman | 6.17.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

Give Your Keys to the City: What Could Go Wrong?

Jacob Sullum | 6.16.2011 12:55 PM

Politics

Phonehenge West: So Quirky It's Criminal

Jacob Sullum | 6.16.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

Mitch Daniels Vetoes Codification of Forfeiture Abuse

Jacob Sullum | 6.16.2011 11:23 AM

Politics

Less Time, Less Crime

Conservatives lead a movement toward "tough and smart" sentencing policies.

Julie Stewart | 6.15.2011 4:30 PM

Policy

The Price of Prohibition

Forty years after Nixon declared war on drugs, it's time to give peace a chance.

Jacob Sullum | 6.15.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

Perverted Justice

Sex offender laws represent the triumph of outrage over reason.

Jacob Sullum | 6.14.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

The Guilt Market

Criminal snitching threatens the integrity of the justice system.

Alexandra Natapoff | 6.13.2011 4:30 PM

Policy

Muddled Masses

The immigration detention system treats suspected illegal aliens like criminals, but with fewer rights.

Jesse DeConto | 6.13.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

Reason Writers on Russia Today: Tim Cavanaugh Talks Student Loan Raid, SWAT Marine Killing, War on Cameras

Reason Staff | 6.9.2011 4:25 PM

Policy

Reason Writers on Freedom Watch: Matt Welch Talks Dept. of Education Police Raids

Reason Staff | 6.9.2011 3:14 PM

Politics

These Are the Charges That Require the Department of Education to Send a Dozen Armed Agents to Kick Through Your Front Door

Matt Welch | 6.9.2011 11:45 AM

Policy

Orlando Police Arrest Five More Outlaws for Their Unauthorized Feeding of the Homeless

Matt Welch | 6.9.2011 9:02 AM

Policy

Apple to Ban Apps that Include DUI Checkpoints; Why That's Stupid (Vid)

Nick Gillespie | 6.9.2011 7:19 AM

Politics

The Persecution of John Edwards

The only thing worse than Edwards' ugly behavior is the government's effort to put him in jail for it.

Steve Chapman | 6.9.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

Miami Police Shoot Man to Death, Attempt to Steal/Destroy All Video Evidence of Shooting Man to Death

Mike Riggs | 6.8.2011 4:23 PM

Policy

Dept. of Education SWAT Raid Update: Not for a Student Loan, DoE Says

Matt Welch | 6.8.2011 2:08 PM

Policy

Prison Math

What are the costs and benefits of leading the world in locking up human beings?

Veronique de Rugy | 6.8.2011 1:30 PM

Policy

No Really: SWAT Team Raids House at 6 AM and Handcuffs Father of Three Young Kids to Execute a Dept. of Education Search Warrant for Estranged Wife's Defaulted Student Loans

Matt Welch | 6.8.2011 9:40 AM

Policy

Ends and Means

Suicide is not a medical procedure.

Jacob Sullum | 6.8.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

Prison Guards Union Locks Up Benefits, Politicians, People

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.7.2011 7:23 PM

Policy

Michigan Jury Convicts 70-Year-Old Woman for Pot Possession

Mike Riggs | 6.7.2011 7:15 PM

Policy

Connecticut Decriminalizes Real Pot, Criminalizes Fake Pot

Jacob Sullum | 6.7.2011 5:34 PM

Politics

Wrongful Convictions

How many innocent Americans are behind bars?

Radley Balko | 6.7.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

Declare Defeat and Go Home

The War on Drugs has failed. Let's try something else.

A. Barton Hinkle | 6.7.2011 10:30 AM

Politics

The First Step to Winning "the War on Photography" is to Know Your Rights

Nick Gillespie | 6.7.2011 8:39 AM

Politics

Shrink the Prisons

Conservatives are as wrong about prison overcrowding as liberals were about welfare reform.

Shikha Dalmia | 6.7.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

Locked Up, Locked Out

The social costs of incarceration

Bruce Western | 6.6.2011 4:30 PM

Politics

Edwards: I May Be a Lying Bastard, but I'm No Felon

Jacob Sullum | 6.6.2011 12:18 PM

Politics

The Ends Didn't Justify the Means

Our complicity in the devastating war on crime

Matt Welch | 6.6.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

Jefferson Memorial Dance Dance Revolution - 6/4/2011

How To Close A National Monument With Freedom Of Expression

Joshua Swain | 6.4.2011 8:15 PM

Policy

The Right To Be a Jerk

The First Amendment protects ugly speech.

A. Barton Hinkle | 6.3.2011 4:30 PM

Policy

Growing Pot Remains a Felony in California

Jacob Sullum | 6.3.2011 3:33 PM

Policy

Holder Wants to Limit Crack Sentence Reductions

Jacob Sullum | 6.3.2011 3:19 PM

Policy

Against the Drug War, but Not Ready to Give Peace a Chance

Jacob Sullum | 6.3.2011 12:41 PM