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Rethinking Welfare: Why States Must Expand Benefits to Drug Felons
“The government says pull yourself up by your bootstraps and I’m trying to… I just keep getting knocked down over and over and over...
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Jan 9, 20234 min read


Half In Half Out: Why an effective reentry model must sever its ties with the carceral state
In August 2020, Daniel Martin exited through the front doors of the Cordova Center, a residential reentry center (RRC) in Anchorage,...
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Jan 18, 20225 min read


Sentenced to Homelessness: The Case for Housing Sex Offenders
In 2009, a homeless encampment under the Julia Tuttle Causeway in Miami attained international infamy when it was discovered that all the...
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Apr 20, 20195 min read


Encoded Inequity: Why Recidivism Risk Assessments Should Stay Out Of The Courtroom
As “smart” data-driven approaches have become increasingly common and successful in police departments across the country, a movement to...
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Apr 10, 20183 min read


Neurolaw: Criminal Justice in a World without Free Will
Scientific advancement has often upended long-cherished human beliefs. In the 17th century, the discovery that the Earth was not in fact...
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Jan 6, 20186 min read


USA: The Leader in Producing Prisons
James Monteiro was a normal kid. He liked building forts out of old wood and going on bike rides. His favorite cereal was Sugar Smacks....
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Mar 6, 20165 min read


Tort Reform is the New Black
It’s no secret that the United States has a prison problem: astronomically large incarcerated populations, soaring recidivism rates, a...
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Oct 22, 20147 min read
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