Monday, May 19, 2014

Exciting Day for Formerly Incarcerated People!

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Today, May 19, is the Formerly Incarcerated People's Quest for Democracy day. And it's a good day to inform you of some happy news!...
Friday, May 16, 2014

Worse than Iran: Solitary Confinement

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Seven months after his release from prison in Iran, former hostage Shane Bauer visits Pelican Bay and is shocked by the conditions. His pris...
Friday, April 25, 2014

Big Developments on the Federal Sentencing Front

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The last few months in Federal sentencing have been rather monumental, at least in rhetorical terms. In 2010, as readers may recall, Congres...
Wednesday, March 5, 2014

New Bill Proposes Allowing Counties to Import/Export Inmates

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One of the declared purposes of the Realignment was to benefit from the added rehabilitative value of doing time within one's community ...
Monday, March 3, 2014

Judge Karlton Declares Prop 9 Unconstitutional

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I am thrilled to report another important legal development: Judge Karlton of the Northern District has declared Prop 9, otherwise known as ...

Behind the Hunger Strike

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Todd Ashker. Photo courtesy CDCR, reproduced from New York Magazine In the aftermath of the hunger strike against conditions in the SHU...
Thursday, February 27, 2014

This Saturday: SSDP's Western Regional Conference

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Students for Sensible Drug Policy are holding their annual conference at UC Hastings in San Francisco this coming Saturday. Yours truly wi...