Tag archive for ‘imprisonment’
Rethinking Prison Education in the Era of Mass Incarceration
By
Jeremy Travis
President, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
City University of New York
Following is the main text of the Keynote Address by President Travis, kicking off the 2/4/2011 University Faculty Senate Conference on “Higher Education in the Prisons.” The thrust of his speech is clearly that public higher education can play an indispensable role promoting successful [...]
1 in 11 Inmates Are Serving Life Sentences
The Sentencing Project, a national non-profit organization engaged in research and advocacy on criminal justice policy issues, has issued a 48-page, detailed report titled: No Exit/The Expanding Use of Life Sentences in America. Following are three selected key excerpts from this document, which was written by Ashley Nellis and Ryan S. King (July 2009).
The report’s [...]
Why Tolerate Prisons That Produce 70% Recidivism?
Our ‘tough on crime’ approach lets both government and criminals ‘off the hook,’ says legal expert Jonathan Simon
As originally published by the UC Berkeley NewsCenter
By Cathy Cockrell
In Part 1 of this two-part Q&A, UC Berkeley Law Professor Jonathan Simon talked about criminal sentencing and parole as practiced today in California. He concludes here by discussing [...]
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