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Jay-Z, Meek Mill, and Three Sports Team Owners Launch Prison-Reform Alliance
The Reform Alliance wants to free at least 1 million people in the next five years.
An In-Depth Look At Federal Cannabis Prisoners
Pot use under prohibition creates a tremendous variety of costs, and one of them is the incarceration of over ten thousand federal cannabis prisoners.
New Sentencing Reform Initiative Before Senate
A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation this week that would reduce prison terms for non-violent drug offenders, Reuters reports.…
Venezuela Massacre Latest Sign of Latin America’s Prison Crisis
At least 37 were killed as a prison in southern Venezuela exploded into rebellion, authorities said on Wednesday.…
War on Drugs Horrors: Detroit’s ‘White Boy Rick’ Gets Parole after 30 Years
Often referred to as a political prisoner, Richard John Wershe Jr. has finally been granted parole, after 30…
Are Harsh Mandatory Minimum Sentences Making a Comeback?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department officials have been weighing new guidance that would encourage prosecutors to charge suspects…
El Chapo: The Mexican Drug Lord’s New Role as Prison Reform Advocate
Since his extradition to the United States this past January, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has been held in…
