Inside the Push to Give Ex-Offenders in Pennsylvania a Second Chance
Men and women wait by the dozen on this Saturday morning in late November. Some stare into their…
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An Arkansas Inmate Is Set to Be Executed Due to a Legal Technicality
Marcel Williams is scheduled to die on April 24th, 2017. Williams was convicted in 1997 for the rape…
What’s Propelling Second-Chance Legislation Across America?
From Indiana to Pennsylvania, second-chance legislation is increasingly becoming a viable option for some offenders.
Most Americans Support Rehabilitation Over Jail Time
Roughly 11 million people cycle through the 3,283 local jails across the United States every year. Most of…
Arkansas Appears Set to Execute Eight Men Over Four Days
The state wants to kill them via lethal injection before the drugs expire. But the inmates would prefer…
Public Crime Registries Rarely Work, So Why Do They Continue to Grow?
What started as a system to track sex-offenders has turned into a labyrinthine way of keeping surveillance on former convicts.
Have We Been Looking at Mass Incarceration All Wrong?
In his new book, John Pfaff argues that the cause of mass incarceration isn’t the War on Drugs, it’s prosecutorial power.
Jeff Sessions Pledges to Crack Down on ‘Trend’ of Increasing Violent Crime
In his first major speech as head of the Department of Justice (DOJ), Jeff Sessions cautioned the National…
The Supreme Court Is Set to Deadlock on a Cross-Border Shooting Case
In 2010, a border patrol agent in El Paso shot and killed an unarmed 15-year-old in Juárez. Should…