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Most Former Felons Don't Get the Second Chance That Trump Is Getting Jan. 17, 2025
Does America value second chances? Looking at presidential election results, you'd think yes. Donald... Read More
Incarceration Should Not Be a Death Sentence for Individuals Who Use Opioids Dec. 02, 2024
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
The opioid epidemic has gripped communities for more than 20 years. From 1999 to 2022, nearly 727,00... Read More
Lifting the Veil on the Design of Predictive Tools in the Criminal Legal System Dec. 04, 2023
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
Recently, the National Institute of Justice — the research arm of the Department of Justice &#... Read More
We Need a Smarter War on Drugs Apr. 02, 2022
Did we learn nothing from the so-called crack-cocaine plague of the '80s and '90s? For those with f... Read More
Let's Think About a Different Kind of Prison System Oct. 30, 2021
Show of hands: How many readers believe that the U.S. prison system truly works to rehabilitate conv... Read More
Our Incarceration Nation: Even After Prison, Many Americans Are Held Captive Jul. 10, 2021
Did you realize that there are more Americans on parole or probation than are held within the prison... Read More
Deserving of a Second Chance Dec. 19, 2019
Following grading for the fall semester, I turned my attention to a gripping documentary that I beli... Read More
Federal Criminal Justice Reform Takes a Big First Step Forward Jul. 26, 2019
Within hours after the First Step Act went into effect last Friday, 3,100 inmates qualified for rele... Read More
The Staggering Costs of Imprisonment in the US May. 25, 2019
Guess how much our nation's system of mass incarceration costs each year? I'm talking about the taxp... Read More
#MeToo Needs a List to Light the Way Jan. 04, 2019
Last weekend, audio of one of disgraced and discarded comic Louis C.K.'s recent comedy shows was lea... Read More
Senate Should Pass the First Step Act Jul. 25, 2018
It is rare these days in Washington to see bipartisan support for anything, let alone for a major is... Read More
Trump Flirts With Pardons and Prison Reform Jun. 03, 2018
WASHINGTON — Reality TV star Kim Kardashian visited the White House Wednesday to urge Presiden... Read More
A First Step for Prison Reform May. 23, 2018
Recently, I attended the White House Prison Reform Summit. The fact that both the president and the ... Read More
For Trump Son-in-Law Jared Kushner, Prison Reform Is Personal Apr. 07, 2018
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump wants to help federal inmates "who have served their time ... Read More
