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Published in: HomeDrug Policy Alliance's Top Stories of 2012Some of top stories of 2012 that capture the momentum gained in this extraordinary year of change, which promise to...
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Published in: HomeAmerican conservatives shift on mass incarceration
When Newt Gingrinch announced last year, “The criminal-justice system is broken, and conservatives must lead the way...
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Published in: HomeThe Prison Policy Initiative
The Prison Policy Initiative was founded in 2001 by Peter Wagner. While they are most famous for their work...
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Published in: HomeFewer Americans behind bars?For the third straight year, fewer Americans were under "correctional supervision"--a catch-all description that...
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Published in: HomePrivate prison company used in drug raids at public high school
A recent "drug sweep" in the central Arizona town of Casa Grande shows the hand of private corrections corporations...
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Published in: HomeNew pot law in Washington is a buzz kill
Colorado & Washington State recently voted to legalize cannabis. Winston Ross of The Daily Beast takes a practical...
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Published in: HomeMandatory Minimums Forced Me to Send More Than 1,000 Nonviolent Drug Offenders to Federal Prison
If lengthy mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug addicts actually worked, one might be able to rationalize...
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Published in: HomeA fresh approach to drugs: the final report of the UK Drug Policy Commission
In this report, UKDPC proposes a radical rethink of how we structure our response to drug problems. It provides an...
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Published in: HomeWhy has Barack Obama done so little about America’s most racist domestic policy?
When Barack Obama was elected in 2008, it was hailed by many as a final triumph over race. Some people muttered at...
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Published in: 50.50It is time for a post-drug war Marshall Plan
If prohibition was a genuine protection racket, at least we would be protected from harm. But it isn’t. It is much...
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Published in: Home"Land of the Free" - The best investigative reporting on U.S. prisons
The U.S. has the highest reported incarceration rate in the world. Pro Publica has just compiled some of the best...
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Published in: HomeThe Exile Nation Project - Interview with Mary Barr (Pt. II)
Part II of the Exile Nation Project's interview with former crack cocaine addict and prostitute Mary Barr, who now...
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Published in: HomeHow Chicago said yes to pot
The sudden passage of the law is the latest example of the absurdity surrounding marijuana policies and politics—an...
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Published in: HomeA quiet revolution: drug decriminalisation policies in practice across the globe
The main aim of the report was to look at the existing research on twenty countries to establish whether the...
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Published in: HomeThe Exile Nation Project - Mary Barr (Pt. 1)
Mary Barr is a former crack cocaine addict and prostitute who now works as a lecturer at John Jay College of...
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Published in: HomeOliver Stone on the Insanity of the War on Drugs
American film icon Oliver Stone expounds on the true nature of the American War on Drugs to Current TVs Gavin Newson.
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Published in: HomeThe Exile Nation Project - Robert Manor
Robert Manor was the Prison & Jail Monitor for the John Howard Association. The John Howard Association is a...
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Published in: HomeThe Exile Nation Project - Allison T. Moore
Allison Moore was once labelled a "habitual offender" by the State of Pennsylvania for receiving seven convictions...
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Published in: Shine A LightPrison should mean loss of liberty, not loss of identity
The UK's coalition government has six months to overturn the ban on prisoners voting.
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Published in: HomeSPECIAL REPORT: The Costs of "Supermax" Long-Term IsolationIllinois Governor Pat Quinn is proposing to close the only Supermax prison in the Illinois Department of...
