Quote of the Week: Sen. Jim Webb on the Incarceration Crisis
Criminal justice reformers appear to have a new advocate on Capitol Hill...
Incarceration
Job Listing: Communications Associate, Justice Policy Institute, Washington, DC
The Justice Policy Institute is looking for a new Communications Associate.
It Was the Worst of Times: Drug Reform Defeats, Downers, and Disappointments in 2006
As 2006 comes to a close, we look back at the year's biggest drug reform defeats, disappointments, and downers.
It Was the Best of Times: Drug Reform Victories and Advances in 2006
As 2006 comes to an end, we look back to find the most significant victories and advances for drug reform this year.
Web Scan
Pregnancy and drug use, Maryland criminal justice, Ronald and Nancy Reagan, reformers on air.
Marijuana: Texas Gubernatorial Candidate Kinky Friedman Says Legalize It
One Texas gubernatorial candidate wants to legalize marijuana. Is anyone surprised that candidate is Kinky Friedman?
Europe: Portugal Approves Safe Injection Sites, Moves to Start Prison Needle Exchange Programs
Portugal continues down a progressive path toward harm reduction with moves to open a safe injection site and establish a needle exchange program in the prisons.
Feature: Living on Katrina Time -- Lost in Louisiana's Gumbo Gulag
A national scandal is brewing in the Big Easy over thousands of people imprisoned without access to lawyers or the courts.
Sentencing: Illinois Drug War at Full Throttle, Study Finds
Illinois may be only #2 when it comes to locking up drug offenders, but it is trying hard.
Search and Seizure: Five-Day Shackling in Colorado Prison to Find Swallowed Drugs Approaches Torture Level
A Colorado judge has ruled prison officials went too far when they shackled a prisoner to a chair for more than five days in a bid to see if he had swallowed drugs.