Blogs about: Race Incarceration
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Must-read: “Louisiana Incarcerated: How we built the world’s prison capital”
The New Orleans Times-Picayune has an excellent series on how Louisiana became the world’s leading jailer. The eight-part series begins with these sobering stats: Louisiana is the world’s… more →
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Journey Through Bondage
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wrote 5 months ago: The following is a reflection paper from the Inside-Out Course titled The Offender and Re-entry. In … more →
Must-read: "Louisiana Incarcerated: How we built the world's prison capital"
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wrote 1 year ago: The New Orleans Times-Picayune has an excellent series on how Louisiana became the world’s lea … more →
"Room for Debate": Would Ending the War on Drugs Resolve Racial Imbalance in the Prison System?
wrote 1 year ago: The New York Times “Room for Debate” feature this week addresses the racial imbalance in … more →
Prison Rape: Myths and Realities
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wrote 1 year ago: USC law professor Kim Shayo Buchanan has a (relatively) recent article about sexual violence behind … more →
Upcoming Event: January 27-28 Symposium on Women and Incarceration at UCLA
wrote 1 year ago: The UCLA Law Review’s upcoming symposium may be of interest to readers in Southern California, … more →
Alabama Inmate Sues Over Banned Book - Douglas Blackmon's Slavery by Another Name
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wrote 1 year ago: Previously I noted Wall Street Journal reporter Douglas Blackmon’s book Slavery by Another Nam … more →
Web (& Not-Just-Web!) Resources: ACLU Mass Incarceration Initiative
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wrote 1 year ago: Readers of this blog are likely familiar with the ACLU’s National Prison Project, which works … more →
William Stuntz, 1958-2011
wrote 2 years ago: Sad news from Harvard Law: William Stuntz, a renowned scholar of criminal justice at Harvard Law Sch … more →
The Paradox of Prison Conditions Litigation
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wrote 2 years ago: Heather Schoenfeld of Northwestern Law has a new article out entitled “Mass Incarceration and … more →
James Forman on the Limitations of the Jim Crow Analogy
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wrote 2 years ago: In the current issue of the Boston Review, Georgetown Law professor James Forman has some interestin … more →
On Treating Violence as a Public-Health Emergency
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wrote 2 years ago: Although it’s unfortunately still not the dominant policy approach in the U.S., it’s als … more →
John McWhorter on Prisoner Reentry and Unemployment
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wrote 2 years ago: John McWhorter has an interesting piece over at The Root on prisoner reentry and black unemployment. … more →
Prison Labor and the Thirteenth Amendment
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wrote 2 years ago: An issue raised by the Georgia prison strike is whether and how much prisoners should be paid for th … more →
How Prison-based Gerrymandering Dilutes Native American Political Power
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wrote 2 years ago: While Prison Law Blog was enjoying last week’s Thanksgiving break, I noticed several reports f … more →
The Virginia NAACP’s (Mobile) Case for Criminal Justice Reform
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wrote 2 years ago: The Virginia NAACP is sending mobile billboards around downtown Richmond, highlighting America … more →
Tomorrow: Ninth Circuit Oral Argument in Important Felon Voting Rights Case
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wrote 2 years ago: Tomorrow, Tuesday, Sept. 21, the Ninth Circuit will hear oral argument in Farrakhan v. Gregoire, an … more →
Families, Survivors Commemorate Anniversary of Attica Uprising
wrote 2 years ago: photo credit: Bronayur at the English language Wikipedia Nearly forty years after the Attica prison … more →
Is It Time to Retire the Phrase "Mass Incarceration"?
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wrote 2 years ago: Loic Wacquant: Mass incarceration is a mischaracterization of what is better termed hyperincarcerati … more →
NPR's "Talk of the Nation" on Disproportionate Incarceration of Black Men
wrote 2 years ago: Today NPR’s “Talk of the Nation” had a panel on the disproportionate incarceration … more →
