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July 07, 2017
Next step for Louisiana prison reform is to review life sentences
Louisiana lawmakers still need to prioritize changes to its long-term and life sentences, which account for nearly 1 of every 3 state prisoners, writes Ashley Nellis in an op-ed for NOLA.com.
publications
April 02, 2019
The Next Step: Ending Excessive Punishment for Violent Crimes
The Next Step highlights 15 reforms in 19 states implemented over the past two decades that have produced more effective, fiscally sound, and humane policies for people convicted of violent crimes.
news
August 22, 2016
Virginia Restores Voting Rights for 13,000 Residents
One month after the Virginia Supreme Court overturned Governor Terry McAuliffe's blanket clemency order, the governor has announced that he has individually restored voting rights to 13,000 Virginians and is working on doing the same for a total of about 200,000 individuals.
news
June 18, 2016
Black Americans Incarcerated Five Times More Than White People
Black Americans were incarcerated in state prisons at an average rate of 5.1 times that of white Americans in 2014. In some states that rate was 10 times or more, reports The Guardian.
news
June 26, 2016
New Jersey Is a Leader on Criminal Justice Reform. So Why This Racial Disparity?
New Jersey has led the nation in reducing its state prison population, achieving a 31% reduction since 1999, with no adverse effect on public safety. However, racial disparities in New Jersey prisons are the highest in the nation.
news
June 03, 2016
Time for a Broad Approach to Clemency
The Sentencing Project's Executive Director Marc Mauer wrote an op-ed in The Hill with co-authors Nancy Gertner and Jonathan Simon on the problems plaguing the clemency program of the Department of Justice.
news
May 18, 2016
Voting Rights for Individuals with Felony Convictions
Voting is a fundamental right of democracy that should include all individuals, including those with felony convictions.
news
May 16, 2016
Why We Can’t Afford to Wait for Federal Sentencing Reform
The Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act would not solve all the problems in the criminal justice system, but it would reduce punishment for thousands of individuals and, on balance, create a fairer and more effective system.
news
April 20, 2015
Minimizing The Maximum: Why Prison Sentences Should Be Capped At 20 Years
A commentary in The Mark News by Marc Mauer, Executive Director of The Sentencing Project, makes the case for capping federal prison sentences at 20-years, barring exception circumstances.
news
May 09, 2015
Mandatory sentences don’t benefit public safety
In a letter to the editor of the Des Moines Register, The Sentencing Project's Federal Advocacy Counsel Jeremy Haile refutes U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley's recent claims that mandatory drug sentences are necessary to protect communitie
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