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How New York City Can Close Rikers and Continue to Reduce Jail Population
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How New York City Can Close Rikers and Continue to Reduce Jail Population
An Inside Look at Texas Jails During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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An Inside Look at Texas Jails During the COVID-19 Pandemic
‘This Comes Down to Who We Are as Americans’
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‘This Comes Down to Who We Are as Americans’
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One Cell, a Lifetime of Pain: Waking to the Truth of Solitary Confinement
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One Cell, a Lifetime of Pain: Waking to the Truth of Solitary Confinement
Topeka Sam Is Working to Support Formerly Incarcerated Women
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Topeka Sam Is Working to Support Formerly Incarcerated Women
Women’s History Month
Biden Administration Should Protect People Sent from Prisons to Home Confinement
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Biden Administration Should Protect People Sent from Prisons to Home Confinement
5 Ways to Put Criminal Justice on the Right Course in 2021
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5 Ways to Put Criminal Justice on the Right Course in 2021
The Biden Administration
Pennsylvania Prison Society Keeps Families Connected During COVID-19
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Pennsylvania Prison Society Keeps Families Connected During COVID-19
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Could New Jersey Be Taking the First Steps Toward Ending Mass Incarceration?
How Criminal Justice Reform Fared in the 2020 Elections
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How Criminal Justice Reform Fared in the 2020 Elections
Five Charts That Explain the Homelessness Jail Cycle — and How to Break It
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Five Charts That Explain the Homelessness Jail Cycle — and How to Break It
How We Get Unstuck: Reimagining the American Social Contract
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How We Get Unstuck: Reimagining the American Social Contract
Amid Calls to ‘Defund’ Police, Experts Reconsider the Justice Reinvestment Model
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Amid Calls to ‘Defund’ Police, Experts Reconsider the Justice Reinvestment Model
How Can Prisons Eliminate Violence? One Researcher Is Determined to Find Out.
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How Can Prisons Eliminate Violence? One Researcher Is Determined to Find Out.
‘I Can Kill You In Here and No One Would Know It’
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‘I Can Kill You In Here and No One Would Know It’
Pessimism, Optimism, and Hope: Square One Discusses The Social Contract
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Pessimism, Optimism, and Hope: Square One Discusses The Social Contract
What Criminal Justice Reform Can Learn from the Rise and Fall of Youth Prisons
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What Criminal Justice Reform Can Learn from the Rise and Fall of Youth Prisons
Video: Bringing Scandinavian Practices to U.S. Prisons
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Video: Bringing Scandinavian Practices to U.S. Prisons
Could Andrea High Bear’s Death Have Been Prevented?
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Could Andrea High Bear’s Death Have Been Prevented?
Coronavirus Adds Urgency to Addressing the Nation’s Probation and Parole System. Pew Has 50 Ideas to Help.
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Coronavirus Adds Urgency to Addressing the Nation’s Probation and Parole System. Pew Has 50 Ideas to Help.
5 Reasons Why Reducing Corrections Populations is Good for Public Health and Public Safety
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5 Reasons Why Reducing Corrections Populations is Good for Public Health and Public Safety
5 Reasons Why
Nick Turner, Whose 'Serendipitous' Start at Vera Institute Has Become His Life's Work
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Nick Turner, Whose ‘Serendipitous’ Start at Vera Institute Has Become His Life’s Work
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