From Filthy Boys Prison to New Beginnings: Hill Staffers Walk a Mile in Youthful Offenders’ Shoes
Recently, the juvenile justice communityanized a site visit to the Oak Hill Youth Center and the New Beginnings Youth Development Center in Laurel, Maryland, for key congressional staffers and staff in the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...
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Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights
Today, the U.S. has the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world. With over 2.3 million men and women living behind bars, our imprisonment rate is the highest it’s ever been in U.S. history. And yet, our criminal justice sy...
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Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights
Today, the U.S. has the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world. With over 2.3 million men and women living behind bars, our imprisonment rate is the highest it’s ever been in U.S. history. And yet, our criminal justice sy...
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Criminal Sentencing Reform Wins Bipartisan Support in Ohio
Ohio's legislature has not been the friendliest place for civil libertarians this year. Bills under consideration include the most restrictive photo identification requirements for voters, privatizing six of the state's prisons and some of the nati...
Categories: crack cocaine, crack sentencing, Gov. John Kasich, juvenile justice, Ohio, overincarceration, sentencing disparity, sentencing reform Tags: