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Alison Siegler

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Alison Siegler (@SieglerAlison) is a Clinical Professor of Law, the Founding Director of the University of Chicago Law School's Federal Criminal Justice Clinic (FCJC), and the lead author of the Freedom Denied report.

Latest from Alison Siegler

Criminal Law

Freedom Denied Part 5: Judges Must Stop Unlawfully Jailing People for Poverty Through Excessive Financial Conditions

Alison Siegler and Jaden Lessnick |The Volokh Conspiracy | 1.13.2023 7:06 AM

Criminal Law

Freedom Denied Part 4: Judges Must Follow the Correct Legal Standard in Presumption-of-Detention Cases …

to reduce racial disparities and high federal jailing rates.

Alison Siegler and Jaden Lessnick |The Volokh Conspiracy | 1.12.2023 8:01 AM

Criminal Law

Freedom Denied Part 3: Judges Must Stop Unlawfully Jailing Poor People Without Lawyers at the Initial Appearance Hearing

Alison Siegler and Jaden Lessnick |The Volokh Conspiracy | 1.11.2023 9:06 AM

Criminal Law

Freedom Denied Part 2: Judges Must Follow the Correct Legal Standard at the Initial Appearance,

and stop jailing people unlawfully.

Alison Siegler and Jaden Lessnick |The Volokh Conspiracy | 1.10.2023 11:14 AM

Freedom Denied Part 1: How the Culture of Detention Created a Federal Jailing Crisis

Alison Siegler and Jaden Lessnick |The Volokh Conspiracy | 1.9.2023 4:02 PM

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