Prison Reform
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Alabama halts execution of man who didn’t kill victimSpeed Read Charles ‘Sonny’ Burton had left the site of the murder before it occurred
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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‘Poor time management isn’t just an inconvenience’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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‘But being a “hot” country does not make you a good country’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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Why Rikers Island will no longer be under New York City's controlThe Explainer A 'remediation manager' has been appointed to run the infamous jail
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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'Beyond this damage lies something more insidious'Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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'Incarceration profoundly affects families and communities'Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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Prop 6, inmate firefighters and the state of prison laborThe Explainer The long-standing controversial practice raises questions about exploitation
By Theara Coleman, The Week US Published
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From Panopticon to pleasure dome: Dutch prisons transformedUnder the Radar The Netherlands is turning its domed prisons of 'terror' into vibrant community spaces
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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The real story behind the Stanford Prison ExperimentThe Explainer 'Everything you think you know is wrong' about Philip Zimbardo's infamous prison simulation
By Tess Foley-Cox Published
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Italy's prisons crisisUnder the Radar Severe overcrowding, dire conditions and appalling violence have brought the Italian carceral system to boiling point
By Rebecca Messina, The Week UK Published
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'One lesson concerns the uses and limits of military power'Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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DOJ demands changes at 'abhorrent' Atlanta jailSpeed Read Georgia's Fulton County Jail subjects inmates to 'unconstitutional' conditions, the 16-month investigation found
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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'Virtual prisons': how tech could let offenders serve time at homeUnder The Radar New technology offers opportunities to address the jails crisis but does it 'miss the point'?
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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The Week Unwrapped: Should we send fewer women to prison?Podcast Plus will fungi get their own kingdom, and what is Meta doing with facial recognition?
By The Week Staff Published
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