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Tag Archives: American Prison System
The Economist: ‘Jailhouse Nation’
“WITH less than 5% of the world’s population, the United States holds roughly a quarter of its prisoners: more than 2.3m people, including 1.6m in state and federal prisons and over 700,000 in local jails and immigration pens. Per head, … Continue reading
The Daily Caller: Opinion: Molly Gill: Before Creating Any More New Crimes, Congress Should Reform the Penalties it Made Decades Ago
U.S. Senator Rand Paul Speaking Out Against Over Criminalization The Daily Caller: Opinion: Molly Gill: Before Creating Any New Crimes, Congress Should Reform Penalties it Made Decades Ago This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on BloggerOver criminalization … Continue reading
Lyle Denniston: The Constitution Outside the Courts: The U.S. Sentencing Commission
Source:The New Democrat Making punishment fit the crime should be an obvious statement if it isn’t, but if you look at our criminal justice system that of course is not always the case. We have thousands if not more people … Continue reading
Posted in Crime & Punishment, The New Democrat
Tagged 2014, Alternative Sentencing, America, American Prison Reform, American Prison Sentencing Reform, American Prison System, Lyle Denniston, Non-Violent Offenders, Organized Crime, U.S. Prison Sentencing Commission, United States, Violent Offenders
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Sheldon Richman: Crime & Punishment in a Free Society
Source:The New Democrat Before you talk about crime and punishment in a free society you should first talk about what exactly is crime and punishment and what is a free society. If you are currently confined in prison as a … Continue reading
Posted in Crime & Punishment, The New Democrat
Tagged 2014, America, American Corrections System, American Prison System, American Prisons, Economic Freedom, Free Society, Individual Freedom, Libertarian Right, Libertarianism, Libertarians, Limited Government, Personal Freedom, Personal Responsibility, Prison Reform, Sheldon Richman, United States
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Slate Magazine: Helen Vera: Against Solitary Confinement: State are Finding it’s Impractical as well as Immoral
Source:The New Democrat The current use of the process of solitary confinement in U.S. prisons is deplorable. There are no guidelines relating the length of confinement to severity of offense. The process is used at the discretion of onsite officials. … Continue reading
University of Chicago: Video: George E. Kent Lecture: Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow
. This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger I do not agree with everything that Professor Michelle Alexander says about the American prison system. And the broader race relations in America, but I agree with her … Continue reading
Posted in Crime & Punishment
Tagged African-American Community, African-Americans, American Corrections System, American Prison System, American Prisons, Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice System, George E. Kent Lecture, Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander, Prison Reform, The New Jim Crow, University of Chicago
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TSFF: Insight Prison Project
Prison education is essential if we want inmates to be able to be successful on the outside. And not commit any further crimes and not hurt any further any innocent people because now they know. There’s no successful future for … Continue reading
National Geographic: Prison Nation
Prisons can be a hell hole especially when you have inmates that come from rival gangs. And you house them together rather than trying to separate them and make sure you are working with. Them so they use their time … Continue reading
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