Category Archives: Crime and Punishment

Kristen Cherye: America’s Hardest Prisons- National Geographic Documentary

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Erik Schneider

  Source:The New Democrat  This is what happens when you house the worst of the worst together. You have these violent criminal inmates who see their time in prison as nothing, but survival. And making their lives as comfortable as … Continue reading →

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CDC’s Worst Nightmare: Inside SuperMax

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  “Kern Valley State Prison” Source:CDC’s Worst Nightmare For me at least it is not a question of whether we need super max prisons or not. The answer is obvious of course we do with all the violent … Continue reading →

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Constitution Daily: Lyle Denniston: The Constitution Outside the Courts: The U.S. Sentencing Commission

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  Making punishment fit the crime should be an obvious statement if it isn’t, but if you look at our criminal justice system that of course is not always the case. We have thousands if not more people … Continue reading →

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University of Chicago: ‘George E. Kent Lecture: Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow’

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Erik Schneider

Source:University of Chicago presenting author Michelle Alexander Source:The New Democrat “Michelle Alexander, highly acclaimed civil rights lawyer, advocate, Associate Professor of Law at Ohio State University, and author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, … Continue reading →

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