News & Commentary about Mass Incarceration

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Jan 25, 2012

Podcast: Billy McCarthy of We Are Augustines talks about Solitary Confinement and Mental Illness

Jan 23, 2012

Legislators Join the Call to Reform Solitary in Virginia

Jan 18, 2012

ACLU Lawsuit Challenges Violence in Baca's L.A. County Jails

Jan 17, 2012

Washington Post Editorializes on Solitary Confinement in Virginia

Jan 17, 2012

Delaware Gov. Commutes Deeply Contested Death Sentence

Jan 13, 2012

Arizona Governor Will Implement Medical Marijuana Law

Jan 13, 2012

Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights

Jan 11, 2012

Why the United Methodist Church Divested from Private Prisons

Jan 11, 2012

Downsizing Incarceration is Good for Fairness, Safety, and our Wallets

Jan 10, 2012

Bowing to ACLU Lawsuit, South Carolina Jail Lifts Book Ban