News & Commentary about Alternatives to Incarceration
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Sep 1, 2022
When Release Conditions End in Unjust Confinement
Apr 22, 2020
New Model Shows Reducing Jail Population will Lower COVID-19 Death Toll for All of Us
Oct 25, 2019
The First Step Act was Exactly that, a First Step. What Comes Next?
Nov 2, 2017
Forced Labor, Rotten Chicken, and the Occasional AA Meeting
Jul 22, 2015
Keeping Children in the Classroom and out of the Courtroom
May 26, 2015
If Members of the House Believe Mass Incarceration Is a Real Problem, They Aren’t Putting Their Money Where Their Mouths Are
Apr 3, 2015
Everything That Is Wrong With U.S. Prisons in One Picture
Mar 27, 2015
The 'wHOLE' Truth Behind Solitary Confinement
Mar 18, 2015
How Did a Lifelong Prison Sentence for an Iraq Vet Turn Into an Imminent Death Sentence?