On AlterNet: criminal justice system
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "criminal justice system"
Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, Blog of Rights AlterNet: PEEK. October 30, 2009.
A slew of recent cases reveal a persistent paternalistic treatment of pregnant women by overzealous prosecutors and judges.
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. August 24, 2009.
If we criminalize illness, we can incarcerate sick people and provide them with health care that way.
Isaac-Davy Aronson, The Faster Times. August 17, 2009.
A recent riot at the California Institution for Men left 175 prisoners injured and 1,600 with nowhere to go. How did it get this bad?
Sasha Abramsky, Comment Is Free. August 8, 2009.
For years, California has prioritized incarceration over all other social investments. Now it's being forced to release 40,000 prisoners in two years.
Matt Kelley, The Innocence Blog AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. August 3, 2009.
Timothy Cole was convicted of raping a Texas student in 1985. He died in prison an innocent man. Now the victim in the case is speaking out.
Bill Maher, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. July 27, 2009.
It used to be that there were some services and institutions so vital to our nation that they were exempt from market pressures. Not anymore.
Hans Bennett, AlterNet. July 21, 2009.
As the incarceration rate of U.S. women skyrockets, an important book shines new light on the struggles of women prisoners.
Ethan Nadelmann, AlterNet. June 12, 2009.
If the 500,000 nonviolent drug offenders in jail had white faces, would society allow it?
Viji Sundaram, New America Media. February 10, 2009.
Nonviolent and medically neglected, elderly prisoners in California routinely die horrible deaths.
The Innocence BlogJanuary 28, 2009.
'Our Constitution gives every citizen the right to prove that he's innocent,' says Innocence Project Co-Director Peter Neufeld.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. January 22, 2009.
As states grapple with record budget deficits, more politicians are looking toward criminal justice reform to cut costs.
Silja J.A. Talvi, Santa Fe Reporter. December 10, 2008.
For incarcerated women, there is little justice to be found.
Michael M. Hughes, Baltimore City Paper. November 14, 2008.
On a night of historic celebration, Baltimore city police arrested revelers without cause or provocation.
Michael J. Carter, IPS News. November 7, 2008.
As prisoners across the country spend decades awaiting execution, the psychological effects are devastating.
Heidi Strupp, New America Media AlterNet: PEEK. October 29, 2008.
Prop. 9 asks taxpayers to pay to incarcerate those who cost the most to confine yet pose the least threat to public safety.
Campaign to End the Death Penalty AlterNet: Rights and LibertiesOctober 24, 2008.
"Like Troy, we were denied justice. Like Troy, we spent years, locked up 23 hours a day, waiting to die."
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. October 14, 2008.
An innocent man could die in two weeks if the state of Georgia seeks a new death warrant.
Anthony Papa, Drug Policy Alliance. September 23, 2008.
Exercising the right to vote is important part of prisoner rehabilitation, but over 5 million convicted felons are barred from doing so.
Michelle Garcia, Amnesty International Magazine. September 17, 2008.
The case of Troy Davis led to a global call to save his life. But in Savannah, Georgia, a legacy of racism and fear has kept people silent.
Jeffrey Deskovic, AlterNet. September 16, 2008.
I went to jail as a teenager for a rape and murder I didn't commit. Here are the reforms necessary to make sure it does not happen again.
Emily Jane Goodman, The Nation. September 6, 2008.
Prisoners across the country are facing court fees, arrest fees and booking fees in addition to their sentences -- and states are raking in the cash.
Johann Hari, Huffington Post. August 13, 2008.
Under the twisted logic of the "war on drugs," the answer is yes, along with Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and nearly half of the U.S. population.
Jessica Pupovac, AlterNet. August 11, 2008.
With former prisoners and their families at the helm, the movement to abolish supermax prisons and end solitary confinement is gaining ground.
Christopher Moraff, In These Times. August 5, 2008.
"The government's use of criminal informants is largely secretive, unregulated and unaccountable."
ACLU Northern CaliforniaJuly 31, 2008.
The state's prison system is being sued for its practice of involuntary transfers of prisoners out of state -- and away from their families.
