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Recidivism

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Review: Is Prison for Rehabilitation or Punishment?

High recidivism rates are not surprising when life in prison features the same factors that drive crime.

Jacob Sullum | 9.30.2022 6:00 AM

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Criminal Justice

Hiring Formerly Incarcerated People Is Good, Actually

Some conservative media outlets and politicians lambast the practice. But if you care about public safety, that opposition doesn't make sense.

Billy Binion | 9.14.2022 4:46 PM

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Sex Offender Registry

Man Imprisoned for 16 Years for Raping Lovely Bones Author Is Exonerated

Anthony Broadwater, now 61, had no idea his accuser achieved fame and fortune while he has been living as a pariah for over 20 years on the sex offender registry.

Emily Horowitz | 11.29.2021 3:35 PM

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Sex Crimes

Federal Judges Are Increasingly Rebelling Against 'Overly Severe' Penalties for Nonviolent Sex Offenders

People convicted of possessing child pornography receive long sentences, but new data suggest they are rarely arrested for contact offenses after their release.

Jacob Sullum | 10.15.2021 4:30 PM

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Sex Crimes

After He Found California's Indefinite Detention of Sex Offenders Wasn't Working, the State Shut Him Down and Destroyed His Research

Psychologist Jesus Padilla was forbidden to complete research that could have set many indefinitely committed people free. He died with the work unfinished.

Steven Yoder | 3.1.2020 6:00 AM

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Criminal Justice

Pennsylvania Passes Clean Slate Act, Will Seal More Than 30 Million Criminal Records

The law will reopen critical channels to employment and housing that might otherwise be closed.

Billy Binion | 7.2.2019 5:20 PM

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Voting Rights

Tennessee Bill Would Restore Felons' Voting Rights

More than 8 percent of the state's population is currently disenfranchised.

Billy Binion | 2.19.2019 4:30 PM

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Algorithms

What If the Algorithms Are Racist?

Ronald Bailey | 1.1.2019 12:00 PM

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Criminal Justice

Out of Prison Means Out of Work

Eric Boehm | 6.18.2017 6:00 AM

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