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In "Race to Incarcerate," Marc Mauer, executive director of The Sentencing Project, explores the political, financial, and human toll of the "get tough" movement against crime and assesses why this policy has failed, making a compelling argument against the unprecedented rise in the use of imprisonment in the United States over the last 25 years. Race to Incarcerate also brings to light the devastating reality of disenfranchisement -- for example, 13 percent of African American men are ineligible to vote because of criminal convictions -- in ten states more than one in five black men are barred from voting because of their criminal records.

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Issue #444 -- 7/14/06

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Editorial: Not Playing by the Rules, Not Making Sense | Appeal/Book Offer: Race to Incarcerate, by Marc Mauer | Feature: Judge Throws Out Part of Alaska Marijuana Recriminalization Law, Up to An Ounce is Now Legal At Home | Feature: Methamphetamine as Child Abuse Laws Gain Ground, But Do They Help or Hurt? | Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Story | Law Enforcement: Goose Creek Agrees to Pay Up, Change Ways in Settlement of Notorious High School Drug Raid Case | Sentencing: California Governor Signs Bill Amending Proposition 36, Is Immediately Sued | Search and Seizure: Vermont Judge Says State Constitution Provides Protection Even if Federal Doesn't | Sentencing: Justice Kennedy Lashes Out at Harsh Prison Terms | Harm Reduction: San Diego Reinstates Needle Exchange Program | First Amendment: New Michigan Law Bans Methamphetamine Recipes on Internet | Middle East: US Troops, Iraqi Police Seize Marijuana Plants | Web Scan: Sentencing Project and Others Report to UN Human Rights Committee, CURE on Prisons in OAS | Weekly: This Week in History | Weekly: The Reformer's Calendar |


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