Doing the Time, Earning It Back: Why States Are Rethinking Sentence Credits | BillTrack50 An exploration of new legislation in the U.S. regarding how much time incarcerated people actually serve.

If someone works, studies, completes treatment, and follows the rules, should that reduce their sentence?

That question is back in state legislatures across the country.

My latest:
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Escaping the tough-on-crime media trap Decades of tough-on-crime rhetoric have narrowed political debate, but safer communities may depend on shifting the conversation toward prevention, accountability and repair.

For decades, “tough on crime” rhetoric has dominated political debate.
But overcrowded prisons and growing evidence about what actually reduces offending highlight the language of punishment is failing to deliver safer communities, Jane Anderson writes.
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