On AlterNet: prison reform
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "prison reform"
Wesley Kendall, AlterNet. April 9, 2009.
The taxpayer and the drug user have become odd bedfellows, with the former losing its wealth and the latter its liberty.
Steven Wishnia, AlterNet. April 3, 2009.
Let's hope the changes mark the beginning of the end of New York's Rockefeller drug laws.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. January 22, 2009.
As states grapple with record budget deficits, more politicians are looking toward criminal justice reform to cut costs.
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.
Amanda Paulson, Christian Science Monitor. March 12, 2008.
With nearly 2,400 inmates sentenced to life as juveniles, the U.S. is the only nation imposing the mandate on children.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. March 5, 2008.
A bloated prison system is against the country's best interests. Yet "tough on crime" rhetoric has gotten in the way of reform.
Corinne Ramey, Drum Major Institute AlterNet: Video. January 7, 2008.
Charles Chatman is the 15th wrongfully convicted prisoner in Dallas County who has been exonerated by DNA evidence since 2001.
Amy Goodman, Truthdig. October 10, 2007.
Troy Davis faces death by lethal injection in Georgia for a crime with questionable evidence, and his sister, Martina Correia fights alongside him while also battling breast cancer.
Silja J.A. Talvi, The Nation. January 26, 2007.
America's culture of locking up its citizens has gone too far -- three percent of Americans are under some form of correctional supervision, and we may finally be at the beginning of a trend toward real criminal justice reform.
