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Momentum Builds in 2017 to Reduce the Use of Solitary Confinement
In a year that many were concerned would bring a more punitive approach to…
Dec 20, 2017
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The Question of Guardianship: How the Elderly Lose Their Rights
An October 2017 article in the New Yorker, “How the Elderly Lose Their Rights,”…
Nov 27, 2017
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Large Cities Drive Nationwide Jail Population Decline; Jails in Most Rural Counties Still Growing
After more than four decades of continuous growth, the U.S. jail population has…
Nov 10, 2017
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Getting to 5,000: New Tracking App Helps Keep Tabs on the New York City Jail Population
On any given day, about 9,200 men and women are held in New York City’s…
Nov 07, 2017
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More States Are Restoring Voting Rights for Formerly Incarcerated People, and That’s a Very Good Thing
Update January 23, 2018: Today, the State of Florida—one of the most…
Nov 06, 2017
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Without Youth Voices, There Can Be No Youth Justice
“The system has always treated youth and families as the problem, but without…
Oct 30, 2017
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To End Opioid Crisis, We Must Rely on More than "Just Say No"
Yesterday, a national public health emergency was declared as a response to the…
Oct 27, 2017
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Oprah Spotlights Solitary Confinement as Movement to Rethink its Use Picks Up Steam
“Why does an inmate deserve hope?”
Sitting in a now-empty pod of Secure Housing…
Oct 23, 2017
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Making Space for Girls
In 2016, a sixteen-year old black girl named Gynnya McMillen died in the cell…
Oct 20, 2017
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Stronger Together: Vera’s Policing Program Works to Bridge the Divide between Police and Community
The Vera Institute of Justice (Vera) has a longstanding history of…
Oct 16, 2017