Doctors’ Orders: Treat, Don’t Incarcerate, Mentally Ill and Addicts

One of the world’s most respected academic journals, The New England Journal of Medicine, recently published a piece offering a fresh perspective on the US policy of incarcerating drug users and the mentally ill.  “Medicine and the Epidemic of Incarceration” (pdf) takes a public health approach to a...
June 10, 2011

Links of Interest — June 10, 2011

What We Read, June 6-10, 2011 Criminal Justice Court Reform: The Smart on Crime Coalition has released a new report and recommendations , presenting a “comprehensive view of the federal government’s role in improving criminal justice systems.” It’s an interesting collection of information and ide...
June 10, 2011

Links of Interest — June 3, 2011

What We Read, May 30 – June 3, 2011 Criminal Justice Court Reform: The ABA advocates several common sense ways for States to save money while furthering goals of criminal justice. MacArthur Justice Center Director Locke Bowman remains skeptical about Mayor Emmanuel's pick for Police Superinten...
June 3, 2011

Featured Resource: ABA Criminal Justice Section

The ABA's Criminal Justice Section "State Policy Implementation Project" includes a collection of research and recommendations proposing five reforms: 1. Pre-Trial Release Reform 2. Decriminalization of Minor Offenses 3. Effective Reentry Programs 4. Increased Use of Parole and Probation 5. Comm...
June 3, 2011

Immigration Court Reform Serves Everyone’s Interests

This article originally appeared at the Huffington Post. "These are death penalty cases being handled with the resources of traffic court,” one Immigration Court judge told Chicago Appleseed, in an interview for a 2009 report. A recent two-part Associated Press report on immigration court also cap...
May 31, 2011