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Visiting Pelican Bay Prison
In one of the most beautiful parts of the country, thick with redwoods, fresh air, and ocean, the state of California built its only “supermax” prison…
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Chloe Cockburn
Mass incarceration is a democracy problem, not a crime and poverty problem
Strategies to end mass incarceration vary significantly based on the analysis of the underlying causes.
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Latest criminal justice news and commentary 4.21.25
Top reads: From Norway to Connecticut and Pennsylvania, a new vision of prison conditions; Calling for an anti-carceral labor movement; the incomparable…
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Chloe Cockburn
Latest criminal justice news and commentary 2.12.25
Top reads: A former Georgia prosecutor dying of cancer is spending his last years trying to reduce a harsh life sentence he demanded decades ago, but…
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Chloe Cockburn
Four rationales for punishment
As any law student who’s studied criminal law will tell you, there are four traditional rationales for punishment: retribution (giving someone their…
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Chloe Cockburn
Californians Brace for Impact
Polling is looking very grim on three major California elections this fall: Prop 36 is on track to pass, George Gascón (L.A.
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Harris / Walz on criminal justice
The day I left for my vacation this summer, President Biden announced he was stepping aside and endorsed Kamala Harris.
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Alabama Progress
It probably will not shock you to learn that conditions in Alabama prisons are extremely bad, but even by jaded standards, they are horrific.
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Chloe Cockburn
Latest criminal justice news and commentary 3.18.25
Top reads: For many families, the death penalty brings no closure; New York has a ruthless prison dynasty family, because of course it does; a feminist…
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Tips for Grantseekers on Writing a Pitch Document
This post will be about funding and not about criminal justice work.
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Chloe Cockburn
When movements go into winter
Movements for social justice and civil rights have undeniably transformed America through multiple waves.
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Latest criminal justice news and commentary 1.14.25
Top reads: What if we listened to survivors of child sexual abuse about what they want to happen?; After the fall of the Assad regime and the release of…
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Chloe Cockburn
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