Incarceration

New research claims to have found that early strict discipline of black and Hispanic children causes an increase in later adult jail time.

President Donald Trump has made criminal justice reform a priority during his first administration, and his efforts have paid off.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is attempting to use the Chinese coronavirus pandemic as a means to pursue progressive “decarceral policy” and called for the release of older criminals from the Rikers Island complex, declaring that the United States “must ensure” that it is granting “elderly clemency.”

Sen. Bernie Sanders said that “hundreds of thousands” of people are in jail “convicted of nothing” and that he plans to end cash bail policy.

TEL AVIV – A Jordanian journalist who spent time in an Israeli prison told a Saudi TV station that he was “ashamed” of the differences between prisons in the Arab world and those of Israel, in which prisoners are able to receive an education.

Florida’s Flagler County Sheriff’s Office renamed its detention facility the “Green Roof Inn” and promises inmates “designer jewelry” that consists of “handcuffs and leg irons.”

Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder took the stage at the Democratic National Convention and took swipes at Donald Trump’s presidential campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again,” and said, “Donald! America is already a great nation.”

According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), out of the 38 million young men in the U.S. in 2014, 16 percent were jobless (5 million or 13 percent) or incarcerated (1 million or 3 percent). The share of young men without a job or in prison has increased substantially since 1980, when just 11 percent of young men fit into either category.

GOP presidential candidate New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said, “One of the barriers to getting out of poverty” is for states to properly treat drug addiction, rather than locking up addicts. Christie said of New Jersey law: If you’re a

Presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said youth unemployment is a “national tragedy,” and “It is beyond comprehension that we, as a nation, have not focused attention on the fact that millions of young people are unable to find work and begin their careers in a productive economy.”

NEW YORK (AP) — John Legend has launched a campaign to end mass incarceration. The Grammy-winning singer announced the multiyear initiative, FREE AMERICA, on Monday. He will visit and perform at a correctional facility on Thursday in Austin, Texas, where