Long Prison Sentences Raise Issues
Research Shows That Long Prison Sentences Don't Actually ...
But the problem of mass incarceration in this country is not just a function of the number of people in prison—or the much larger number of ...
Counting Down: Paths to a 20-Year Maximum Prison Sentence
Even 10 years in prison is often far longer than public safety concerns justify. Most criminal careers typically end within approximately 10 ...
Reflections on Long Prison Sentences - Foleon
In Spring 2022, the Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ) launched the Task Force on Long Sentences, a group of 16 experts representing a broad range of experience ...
Long Prison Sentences Raise Issues
Stricter state sentencing laws in Washington have swelled the ranks of inmates serving life sentences to nearly one in five.
Long-Term Sentences: Time to Reconsider the Scale of Punishment
A key issue in assessing the decarceration trend is American sentencing policy and practice related to the length of prison terms. Defendants ...
The myth behind long prison sentences - BBC
The threat of a long prison sentence does not therefore deter them from a criminal lifestyle. Getty Images Many criminals think they won't get ...
Excessive Punishment | Equal Justice Initiative
Decades of harsh and extreme sentencing have left us with the world's highest incarceration rate. EJI challenges excessive punishment, especially for children ...
Long prison sentences are cruel and ineffective: here's the proof
Our system also incarcerates people for far too long, doling out excessively long sentences. As of 2019, 57 percent of the prison population was ...
Long Prison Terms - Justice Policy Institute
People serving long sentences place a major strain on public budgets and have a cumulative effect on the correctional population—even when admissions to prison ...
No Eye for an Eye: Excessive Punishment in America
The Sentencing Project cites a few reasons for this: Keeping people in prison for too long leads to diminishing marginal returns, as people are ...
Long prison sentences don't keep Washington safe from crime
Politicians often vow to fight crime by increasing harsh prison sentences. The problem is it has no effect or increases the crime rate.
The Public Safety Impact of Shortening Lengthy Prison Terms - Foleon
In Spring 2022, the Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ) launched the Task Force on Long Sentences. The group of 16 experts represents a broad range of ...
Efforts to release prisoners from long sentences draw new interest
Lawmakers across the country have considered legislation this year that would allow courts or parole boards to reevaluate a person's long prison sentence.
Why America Needs to Break Its Addiction to Long Prison Sentences
And numerous studies have shown that decreasing sentences does not increase crime. A recent Brennan Center for Justice report documented 34 ...
The case for capping all prison sentences at 20 years - Vox
America's prison sentences are far too long. It's time to do something about it. ... America puts more people in jail and prison than any other ...
Eight Keys to Mercy: How to shorten excessive prison sentences
While many states will retain the option of imposing long sentences, their sentencing structures should presume that both individuals and ...
Sentencing Reform | American Civil Liberties Union
We must reduce both the number of people entering jails and prisons and the extreme laws and policies that drive extraordinary long prison terms.
LSJ Honors Research Spotlights Harsh Prison Sentences, Raises ...
Originally titled, "Harsh prison sentences swell ranks of lifers and raise questions about fairness, study finds", By Deborah Bach in UW ...
A Matter of Time: Reform - Urban Institute
Yet decades of experience have revealed long prison terms to be a weak antidote to the problems that cause violence and a painfully inadequate answer to victims ...
Cutting Jail & Prison Populations | Brennan Center for Justice
Incarceration is expensive and counterproductive. Specifically, today's sentencing laws should change to provide default sentences that are more proportional to ...