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How Efforts to Cut Long Prison Sentences Have Stalled

Crime victim advocates and conservative groups are resisting moves to revisit “truth-in-sentencing” laws.

Closing Argument • 08.31.2024

They Killed Their Abusive Partners. Now Their Sentences Could Be Reconsidered.

Oklahoma could re-examine how it punishes people whose crimes came after years of domestic abuse. Other states may follow.

Closing Argument • 04.27.2024

The Enduring Use of Solitary, and New Proposed Limits That Will Likely Fail (Again)

Isolation’s damaging effects are widely known. But many facilities confine people — even youth — virtually all day, sometimes in shower stalls.

Closing Argument • 04.20.2024

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