Missouri

05/11/2012
Overincarceration

Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights

By Alex Stamm, Center for Justice at 5:09pm
Today, the U.S. has the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world. With over 2.3 million men and women living behind bars, our imprisonment rate is ... Read More
03/12/2012
Overincarceration

States' Top Jurists Call for Criminal Justice Reform

By Alex Stamm, Center for Justice at 4:45pm
Skyrocketing corrections budgets have fixed state lawmakers' attention on the problem of mass incarceration, and smart reform — reducing prison populations ... Read More
09/14/2011
War on Drugs

Got Urine? ACLU Sues College Over Mandatory Drug Testing

By Rachel Bloom, ACLU at 5:12pm
Today the ACLU filed suit in federal court to stop Linn State Technical College, a public college in Missouri, from drug testing all of their incoming students ... Read More
09/08/2011
Drug Law Reform

Pass a Drug Test Before You Can Pass a Class

By Rachel Bloom, ACLU at 5:05pm
This week, a college in Missouri broke the law and violated the Fourth Amendment rights of its students. Linn State Technical College became the first public ... Read More
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