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5 Feb 2018, 2:00 pm
For decades, prosecutors have used their power to pack jails and prisons. [read post]
24 May 2012, 7:10 pm
Angola is clogged with prisoners who will grow old and die there. [read post]
24 Jul 2009, 10:24 am
" Here's an excerpt:The arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. for breaking into his own house draws attention to the disparate treatment of black people in the criminal-justice system. [read post]
26 Jul 2015, 9:05 pm
Louis County towns continue to treat residents like ATMs” [Radley Balko] Tags: Arizona, attorneys' fees, forfeiture, law enforcement for profit, Maine, Oklahoma, Philadelphia, prisoners, red light camerasLaw enforcement for profit roundup is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
23 Dec 2014, 6:10 pm
But some health plans, state Medicaid programs and prison systems say the drugs are busting their budgets. [read post]
7 Dec 2010, 3:51 pm
This article points out several times that Yankey will not go to jail or prison as long as she keeps to the terms of her probation. [read post]
16 May 2011, 12:26 pm
Although prosecutors must file a court notice when they intend to seek the death penalty, Pennsylvania's court system does not keep statistics on when the 67 county prosecutors do so. [read post]
18 Dec 2020, 7:12 am
” After 19 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, Mr. [read post]
1 Jul 2007, 9:53 pm
A convicted murderer from Bucks County gothis death sentence changed to life in prison; one from Washington County wasgranted a retrial; and one from Philadelphia won a new sentencing hearing.The reversals since 2000 have come from a range of courts. [read post]
6 Nov 2017, 5:01 am
A recent Philadelphia Inquirer story demonstrates this reality. [read post]
30 Sep 2022, 7:13 am
In Real Property Tax Assessment System: Broken and Begging for Repair, How to Fix a Broken Tax System: Speed It Up? [read post]
13 Feb 2019, 6:00 am
Louis, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Dallas have all elected prosecutors who ran on platforms of reforming the criminal justice system so that fewer people go to jails and prisons. [read post]
22 Apr 2011, 8:22 am
(Even at these reduced numbers, the Harris County Jail is still larger than the prison systems of 19 states.) [read post]
11 Apr 2019, 10:01 am
No one needs to be arrested for what in essence is a criminalized administrative violation.Probation: Arguably the most important measure announced when it comes to decarceration in the state prison system is Creuzot's decision to significantly shorten probation stints, a decision with a great deal of evidence-based support. [read post]
31 Dec 2018, 7:34 am
When it comes to the stress, when it comes to the financial hardships imposed on families, when it comes to visitation, everything about the prison system and how it affects families, it’s all there. [read post]
19 Mar 2011, 12:45 pm
“Ninety percent of people in the criminal justice system will come home—the question is, what kind of home are they returning to? [read post]
28 Nov 2007, 7:34 am
By focusing police, probation, parole, rehabilitation, security and prison resources on these "power few" units with the most crime, the study shows how society could stand a far better chance at crime prevention without raising costs. [read post]
5 Mar 2014, 12:53 pm
Some consider him a political prisoner. [read post]
4 Jan 2010, 8:04 am
New Jersey abolished it in 2007, after spending more than $200 million on a system that executed no prisoners. [read post]
17 Nov 2017, 4:49 am
If the system wanted them in prison, that’s where they would be. [read post]
