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Guest AuthorApril 9, 2014

In 2013 the U.S. Congress appointed a bipartisan Over-Criminalization Task Force, comprised of 10 congressmen, to scrutinize the 4,500 felonies criminalized by federal law. Reappointed in February to continue its work, the task force is seeking to reform criminal justice policies that make the United States the runaway incarceration leader in the world. Think about […]

Guest AuthorMarch 3, 2014

New York’s Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently proposed providing college degree programs in New York prisons, a proposal met with harsh criticisms from lawmakers and taxpayers alike. The estimated cost would be $5,000 per year per prisoner and a degree could be completed in three years or less. But providing taxpayer funded college scholarships to felons […]

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