Sunday, January 21, 2018

"I Am Speaking to You Through the Record": Charles Manson's Last Parole Hearings

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To whet your appetite, this is an excerpt from my book in progress, Yesterday's Monsters , under contract with the University of Califo...
Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Are CA Prisons Really Less Crowded?

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Hello, Dear Readers, It's been a while since I updated this blog, and it's time for an update as well as a substantive post. I am ...
Monday, July 10, 2017

Heat Wave in Corcoran: Holding Hostages, Talking Consumers

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A couple of weeks ago, a friend sent me an email about a serious heat wave in Corcoran prison. According to inmates' family members, the...
Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Book Review: 23/7 by Keramet Reiter

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It's somewhat encouraging to read Keramet Reiter's book 23/7 in 2017, after two hunger strikes in solitary confinement and dramati...
Friday, June 9, 2017

Farewell Remarks at UC Hastings Commencement 2017

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My remarks start toward the end, at approximately 1:26.
Friday, February 24, 2017

Book Review: Mona Lynch's Hard Bargains

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Jeff Sessions' career as Attorney General started exactly with what you would expect from him: a revocation of the Obama Administrati...
Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Who Is a "Violent Offender?" Amending Prop. 57 and Other Populist Adventures

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In the last couple of years, several people-- John Pfaff , Christopher Seeds , yours truly --have commented on an important feature of crimi...
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