prison reform

Prison Reform & Feminism (Prison Reform vs. Feminism?)

By admin

On August 21, 2007

In Daniel Lazare's smart and biting review of books about America's incarceration culture, appearing in last week's Nation, he highlights an incendiary argument from Marie Gottschalk's book, The Prison and the Gallows (which I have not yet read but which is on my Amazon wishlist....

Bush is his own special brand of ineptitude , extremely rare health care blogging , prison reform

You Know What they say About Karma

By admin

On July 11, 2007

From today's NYT story about the political pressure placed on Dr. Carmona, W.'s first Surgeon General, and other Surgeon Generals:Similarly, Dr. Carmona wanted to address the controversial topic of sexual.

nonsense , paris hilton , prison reform

45 Days?

By Robert Farley

On May 4, 2007

I can't believe they're sending Paris Hilton to jail for 45 days. Staggered, really. What's most surprising is that the judge's order specifically excludes the special segregation jails detailed in.

Why I Want to Bang My Head Against a Wall, Part 594292

By admin

In criminal justice , nyc , prison reform

On April 15, 2007

From an email from the Correctional Association's Women in Prison Project to the Coalition for Women Prisoners:In case you have not yet heard, for the first time in almost 30 years,the New York City Board of Correction (BOC) has suggested changes to theMinimum Standards, which...

bad cop , criminal justice , new york times , prison reform

Undoing Injustice: If there’s no DNA, You’ll Stay (in prison)

By admin

On April 13, 2007

There's been a lot of press recently about wrongly convicted men who have been exonerated by DNA evidence. No doubt, the work of the Innocence Project and other organizations that.

guest bloggin' , newspaper , prison reform

The Empty Promise of Parole

By admin

On April 11, 2007

G'morning folks. Bean of A Bird and a Bottle here, guest posting for a few days while Scott is off doing professorial things. Over at my place, I write about.

Prison Reform and the PLRA

By Scott Lemieux

In litigation , prison reform

On March 26, 2007

I strongly recommend reading this post about the Prison Litigation Reform Act, which makes it more difficult for prisoners to sue and reduces the scope of potential litigation in ways that enable appalling prison conditions to continue. This is particularly problematic because (due to prisoners'...