News & Commentary about Sentencing Reform
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We must reduce both the number of people entering jails and prisons and the extreme laws and policies that drive extraordinary long prison terms.
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Dec 10, 2012
The Incomplete Story Told by California’s Declining Juvenile Arrest Rates
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Dec 6, 2012
Washington’s Marijuana Law Is Part of Reforming the Criminal Justice System
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Nov 16, 2012
Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights (11/16/2012)
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Oct 26, 2012
Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights
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Oct 5, 2012
Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights
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Oct 4, 2012
The House I Live In: Documentary Goes Inside the Failed War on Drugs
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Oct 1, 2012
California Gives Hope to Child Offenders Sentenced to Die in Prison