Sherrilyn Ifill, professor of law at the University of Maryland and board chair of U.S. Programs at the Open Society Foundations, breaks down the implications of the Supreme Court ruling forcing California to reduce the extreme overcrowding of its prisons.
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Illinois governor Pat Quinn has signed legislation making his the 16th U.S. state to end the death penalty. We can expect to see more states joining those ranks.
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How can we resolve uncertainties and policy conflicts to ensure that former prisoners can successfully find jobs and states can reduce incarceration costs?
Posted in: Rights & Justice, United States
Topics: criminal justice, Criminal Justice Fund, criminal justice reform, employment, Malcom Young, prisons, reentry
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This week, the Open Society Twitter-sphere included a look at women's rights in Turkey, Louisiana as America's "Petro-State," and the critical role of drug policy reform in HIV prevention.
Posted in: Rights & Justice, United States
Topics: donors, oil, prisons, sex workers, Turkey, women's rights
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A Soros Justice Fellow talks about his new book on "Texas-style" incarceration, based on hard labor, corporal punishment, and racial debasement. Criminal justice, he argues, should be the civil rights arena of the 21st century.
Posted in: Rights & Justice, United States
Topics: Adam Culbreath, overincarceration, prisons, racism, Robert Perkinson, Texas