17 Feb NYC Council Candidate Tiffany Cabán Releases Comprehensive Plan to Defund the Police in New York City
The New York City plan to defund the police could come to fruition, if a new plan goes through.
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16 Feb Annual Prison Costs a Huge Part of State and Federal Budgets
Mass incarceration is a multifaceted issue that involves considerations including annual prison costs.
12 Feb Colorado Tries Eliminating Qualified Immunity in Effort to Address Police Accountability
Colorado is attempting to eliminate qualified immunity to address police accountability.
11 Feb Supreme Court at Odds After Slew of Executions During COVID-19 Pandemic
Dozens of appeals were prompted by the executions during COVID-19.
11 Feb The Cost of Federal Executions in Trump’s Last Year a Lingering Burden
President Trump's order of executing 13 prisoners during his last year in office will have a lingering effect.
05 Feb Icing Out Justice: A criticism on the ice and mixture methamphetamine federal sentencing guidelines
The current sentencing guidelines for ice and mixture methamphetamine are the product of a rash decision and an outdated assumption.
03 Feb Ann Arbor Prosecutor Makes Good on No Cash Bail Policy Promise
One Michigan prosecutor fulfilled his promise of eliminating the cash bail policy.
02 Feb It’s Time for the Next Step Act
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in Emphasizing Rehabilitation, Ending Mass Incarceration, Mandatory Minimums, Prisons, Supervised Release
The First Step Act was literally that: a first step. Now that the political winds have changed, its time for the Next Step Act to become law.
26 Jan How Covid-19 Spread in the U.S. Prison System
The COVID-19 spread in the US prison system has been largely uncontrolled. Will things change in 2021 with new leadership?
26 Jan Could HR 7194 End Some Mandatory Minimums?
In 1991, the United States Sentencing Commission submitted a report to Congress calling for the abolition of mandatory minimums. We’re on the eve of the 30-year anniversary of that report. Yet we’ve made very little progress when it comes to the unfair sentencing practice.