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Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
Executive Inaction: States and Federal Government Fail to Use Commutations as a Release Mechanism by Naila Awan, Katie Rose Quandt By Naila Awan and Katie Rose Quandt   On April 26, 2022, President Joe Biden used his executive powers to commute the federal sentences of 75 people — a first step …
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
New Report Pats BOP on the Back for Addressing Problems With Restrictive Housing, PREA by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders In February 2023, the federal Department of Justice (DOJ) published a surprisingly positive assessment of restrictive housing and sex abuse in the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) – the same …
Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
States Take Legislative Action to Address Family Separation by Incarceration by Jordan Arizmendi by Jordan Arizmendi When incarceration begins for a prisoner, a separate punishment also begins for his or her children. On February 27, 2023, Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) published its findings in How 12 States Are Addressing Family …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
U.S. Prisoner Numbers Slowly Declining by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon New data released in December 2022 by the federal Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) showed a steady decline in prison population from 2011 to 2021 – nearly 25% overall. The number of people imprisoned today – …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Nebraska Pays $479,000 for Restrictive Housing Prisoner’s Murder While Double-Celled by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On May 10, 2022, the federal court for the District of Nebraska granted dismissal to the estate of a prisoner murdered by his cellmate, while the two were double-bunked despite being classified for restrictive …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Report Shows How Perverse Financial Incentives Drive Mass Incarceration and Inequity in Criminal Justice System by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A 72-page report by the Brennan Center for Justice published on July 6, 2022, shows how civil asset forfeiture, fines, fees and privatized community supervision shift the costs of …
California Halted from Re-Integrating “Sensitive Needs” Prisoners Into General Population by David Reutter by David M. Reutter California’s Superior Court for Sacramento County issued a Writ of Mandate on September 30, 2022, ordering the state Department of Correction and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to “immediately cease” transferring prisoners under a controversial new …
Article • June 27, 2022
The Impact of Criminalizing Abortion on Prisoners and Mass Incarceration by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Over the course of its 233-year history, the United States Supreme Court (USSC) has reversed its prior decisions on occasion. Until now those reversals have generally been to expand constitutional rights for the populace, …
Publication • 2022
People Over Profit-The Case for Abolishing the Prison Financial System, 2022 People over Profit: The Case for Abolishing the Prison Financial System Sean Kolkey * The term “mass incarceration” is used to describe a crisis that, to many, is both abstract and distant. But for Black, Latinx, Indigenous, low-income, and …
Punitive Surveillance, 2022 COPYRIGHT © 2022 VIRGINIA LAW REVIEW ASSOCIATION PUNITIVE SURVEILLANCE Kate Weisburd* Budget constraints, bipartisan desire to address mass incarceration, and the COVID-19 crisis in prisons have triggered state and federal officials to seek alternatives to incarceration. As a result, invasive electronic surveillance—such as GPS-equipped ankle monitors, smartphone …
Time in Cell-2021 Snapshot of Restrictive Housing, Aug. 2022 The Liman Center at YALE LAW SCHOOL TIME-IN-CELL: A 2021 SNAPSHOT OF RESTRICTIVE HOUSING Based on a Nationwide Survey of U.S. Prison Systems CORRECTIONAL LEADERS ASSOCIATION ARTHUR LIMAN CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEREST LAW at YALE LAW SCHOOL Time-In-Cell: A 2021 Snapshot …
Publication • 2022
CLA-2021 Snapshot of Restrictive Housing-Aug. 2022 The Liman Center at YALE LAW SCHOOL TIME-IN-CELL 2021 TIME-IN-CELL: A 2021 SNAPSHOT OF RESTRICTIVE HOUSING Based on a Nationwide Survey of U.S. Prison Systems CORRECTIONAL LEADERS ASSOCIATION ARTHUR LIMAN CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEREST LAW at YALE LAW SCHOOL Time-In-Cell: A 2021 Snapshot of …
Publication • 2022
Examining Prison Releases in Response to COVID - July 2022 Examining Prison Releases in Response to COVID: LESSONS LEARNED FOR REDUCING THE EFFECTS OF MASS INCARCERATION Kelly Lyn Mitchell Julia Laskorunsky Natalie Bielenberg Lucy Chin Madison Wadsworth July 2022 Acknowledgements This report was prepared with support from Arnold Ventures. We …
Publication • 2022
NCLC-Collection at All Costs-Examining the Intersection of Mass Incarceration, July 2022 COLLECTION AT ALL COSTS Examining the Intersection of Mass Incarceration and the Student Debt Crisis July 2022 PROTEC TBOR ROWER S .ORG Acknowledgments This report benefited from gracious review and input by Bradley Custer of the Center for American …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
To End Mass Incarceration, We Need to Bust the Myths That Prop It Up by James Kilgore An interview with Victoria Law by James Kilgore, Truthout.org One of the most pervasive myths about incarceration is that it makes a society safer. Now, a leading journalist who focuses on the criminal …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
The Enduring Life of Life Sentences by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian A major driver of mass incarceration is the abusive rate at which life sentences are imposed, as a report from the Sentencing Project examines. Referred to as “death by incarceration,” long-term sentences have become the lifeblood of …
Publication • 2021
Institute for New Economic Thinking, Mass Incarceration Retards Racial Integration, 2021 Working Papers Institute for New Economic Thinking 1neteconom1cs.org/wo rk1ngpapers Mass Incarceration Retards Racial Integration Peter Temin* Working Paper No. 155 April 8, 2021 ABSTRACT President Nixon replaced President Johnson’s War on Poverty with his War on Drugs in 1971. …
Publication • 2021
SPLC Action Fund, How Southern States Struggle With Long-Term Incarceration, 2021 LONG ROAD TO NOWHERE How Southern States Struggle with Long-Term Incarceration February 2021 SPLC IACTION @ About the SPLC Action Fund The SPLC Action Fund is a catalyst for racial justice in the South and beyond, working in partnership …
Publication • 2021
The Sentencing Project, America's Enduring Reliance on Life Imprisonment, 2021 NO END IN SIGHT AMERICA’S ENDURING RELIANCE ON LIFE IMPRISONMENT THE SENTENCING - - PROJECT RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY FOR REFORM THE SENTENCING - - PROJECT RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY FOR REFORM For more information, contact: The Sentencing Project 1705 DeSales Street …
Publication • 2021
The Paid Jailer - How Sheriff Campaign Dollars Shape Mass Incarceration ,l \,'1 f i ~I ,(' J-' t ~l~,\ -, :i., ,~ ~;~ ~ :,'JI h· t I . f) , y ' ·t, -,·'"<','I' Ii'·. I t .... I '' { l ' :i~.l t'I t..,,i.'J J,'l I …
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