Saturday, March 31, 2012

Realignment Report by the ACLU of California

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A new report by the ACLU of California examines realignment so far, including the allocation of funds to counties. Their executive summary ...
Friday, March 30, 2012

Gated Community Mentality

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So much has been written in the last few days about Trayvon Martin's death, that everything I might add seems superfluous. But this New ...

Private Prison Management Offers to Buy Prisons in Exchange for Occupancy Rates

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Our four-year foray into the changes in correctional policies since the fiscal crisis has taught us that various states are scaling back the...
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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Toward a Jurisprudence of Plea Bargaining Defense

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The above scene from David Simon's masterpiece The Wire shows Levy, an attorney for a drug cartel, at the top of his game, negotiating...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

"Unnecessary" Medical Treatment Ban Passes Senate Committee

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The Senate Committee passed today SB 1079, initiated by Democrat Senator Michael Rubio. The proposal, whose full text is here , would amend ...
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Monday, March 26, 2012

Petersilia on Realignment

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Via Sara from the Prison Law Blog : Prof. Joan Petersilia speaks in a podcast about realignment.
Sunday, March 25, 2012

Should CA Learn from Mississippi and Rethink Solitary Confinement?

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Mississippi State Penitentiary isolation cell. Credit Josh Anderson for the New York Times. A recent New York Times story, titled Rethin...