News & Commentary about Mass Incarceration
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Aug 9, 2012
One Year After Simmons: ACLU Sends Letter to DOJ to Help Release People Wrongly Languishing in Federal Prisons
Aug 3, 2012
Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights
Aug 1, 2012
Senate Hearing Explores the Exorbitant Costs of Incarceration
Jul 31, 2012
Federal Prisons Busting at the Seams: Sentencing Commission Should Prioritize Growing Prison Population
Jul 27, 2012
Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights
Jul 25, 2012
One Giant Step for Michigan: Indigent Defense Reform is Around the Corner
Jul 13, 2012
Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights
Jul 13, 2012
NYC Officials Appear Driven to Defend Troubling Stop-and-Frisk Tactics
Jul 13, 2012
Presbyterians Speak Out Against Solitary Confinement