Browsing Tag
prison reform
7 posts
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.
January 24, 2019
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.
October 30, 2017
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.…
October 6, 2017
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.…
August 18, 2017
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…
July 19, 2017
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…
May 10, 2017
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…
April 25, 2017