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When Brute Force Fails: How to Have Less Crime and Less Punishment

Mark Kleiman | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Jails, Jail, Crime Rate, Crime Reduction, Incarceration, Incarceration Rates, Politics News
Mark Kleiman

Could the United States have half as much crime and half as many prisoners a decade from now? Yes. But not the way either liberals or conservatives normally think about the problem.

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The Optimum October Fight Against Recidivism [VIDEO]

Ryan Mack | Posted 10.19.2009 | Impact

Read More: Decreasing Recidivism, The Optimum Institute of Economic Empowerment, Causes, Incarceration, Recidivism, Incarceration Rates, Ryan-Mack, Impact News
Ryan Mack

Of the 2.7 million people in our prison systems across America, 63 percent will return within three years. That's why my nonprofit has dedicated October to the fight against recidivism.

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Breaking Our Addiction to Prison

Gen. Barry McCaffrey | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Drug Addiction, Biden Crime Bill, Drug Court, Criminal Justice System, Prison, Dennis Challeen, Incarceration Rates, Samhsa, Substance Abuse, Drug Crime, Politics News
Gen. Barry McCaffrey

It has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Drug Courts work. Drug Courts significantly reduce drug abuse and crime and do so at less expense than any other justice strategy.

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An Ode to Spring (of Banks We Sing)

Larry Beinhart | Posted 06.02.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Taxes, Goldman Sachs, Glaciers, Bailout, Economy, Incarceration Rates, Free Trade, Aig, Banks, Comedy News
Larry Beinhart

It reeks of rhetoric, it sounds like malarkey/ but we're being looted by our own oligarchy./ The lesson is tragic, yet once again funny:/ rich people can't be trusted to handle their money.

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"The Jim Crow Laws of the 21st Century": Will New York Change?

Odile Weissenborn | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rockefeller Drug Laws, California Prison System, Drug Sentencing, Governor Paterson, Prison System, Economy, Prison Legal News, Drugs, Solomon Moore, War on Drugs, DOJ Prosecutor, Deficit, Death Penalty Information Center, Alternative to Incarceration, Low-Level Drug Offenders, Partnership for Responsible Drug Information, Paul Butler, Taxpayer Money, Bernard Madoff, Budget Deficit, Prison Reform, Prison Population, Drug Treatment, Incarceration, Crime, Budget, Incarceration Rates, Paul Wright, George Washington University Law School, Punishment, Sentencing, Jim Crow, New York Senate, Prison, California Commission on Fair Administration of Justice, Drug Offenders, New York Times, New York Budget, Nelson Rockefeller, Death Penalty, New York State Assembly, Richard Deiter, Madoff Jail, Errol Louis, Alternative Treatment Drug Offenders, Palladia, Politics News
Odile Weissenborn

In New York, the 36-year-old Rockefeller Drug Laws may be massively overhauled.

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Good Riddance Gitmo!

Patricia DeGennaro | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Guantanamo Bay, Guantanamo, US Foreign Policy, Afghanistan, Barack Obama Guantanamo, Torture, Guantanamo Detainees, Kidnapping, Crime, Criminal Justice System, Incarceration Rates, Freedom, Criminal Justice, Detainees, Politics News
Patricia DeGennaro

Stuff? Is that what waterboarding is? Just stuff? How about putting hoods over people's heads and making them pile on each other naked like they did at Abu Ghraib? Is that also just stuff?

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Robert Graham and the Homies

Tom Hayden | Posted 02.09.2009 | Style

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Tom Hayden

Robert Graham's fear has come true; LA leads California, California leads America, and America leads the world, in the population of the incarcerated, most of them young men of color.

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A Promise for Our Children

Carol Chodroff | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Inner City Poverty Campaigns, At-Risk Youth, Inner City Youth, Poverty, Human Rights, Youth, Gang-Related Crime, Us Department of Justice, Human Rights Watch, Children, Kids, Department of Justice, Youth Crime, Gangs, Incarcerated Teens, Incarceration, Incarcerated Black Youths, Incarceration Rates, Incarcerated Teenagers, Politics News
Carol Chodroff

The Youth PROMISE Act Rejects "one size fits all" approaches that will funnel more youth -- particularly poor youth and youth of color -- into the juvenile and criminal justice systems.

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Many Holes in Candidates' Positions on Criminal Justice

NYCity News Service | Posted 11.29.2008 | Home

Read More: Taxes, Incarceration Rates, Illinois State Senate, Economic Crisis, Sentencing Project, Criminal Justice, Obama Death Penalty, Criminal Justice Obama, Barack Obama, Iraq War, Death Penalty, Election 2008, Criminal Justice Mccain, Campaign 2008, Mccain Death Penalty, John McCain, Home News
NYCity News Service

With less than one week left before voters' caste their ballots, questions about Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama's positions on incarceration and criminal justice remain unanswered.

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DeWayne McKinney's Improbable Life: After 19 Years for Wrongful Conviction, He Set Himself Free

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 11.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Hawaii, Los Angeles, Prison, Incarceration Rates, Dewayne Mckinney, Living News
Philip N. Cohen

DeWayne McKinney, who served 19 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit, made a name for himself as the man who wouldn't devote his reclaimed life's energies to resentment and recrimination, and who famously invited the judge who sentenced him to his wedding.

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The Next Time Someone Dismisses You as an Arugula-Eating Elitist...

Frances Moore Lappe | Posted 09.19.2008 | Living

Read More: Organic Farming, Organic Food, Prison, Chicago, Incarceration Rates, Non-Profits, Jail, Green Business, Green Living, Organic Eating, Growing Home, Food Security, Living News
Frances Moore Lappe

Suddenly, organic food looks less like a yuppie luxury and more like it could and should be a staple for our sanity and security.

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