On July 8, 2013, tens of thousands of inmates across the state began a hunger strike protesting prison conditions, including the solitary confinement of inmates whom prison officials deem to be associated with a gang. In California, there are some 3,600 inmates...
Taken, published this month in The New Yorker, by Sarah Stillman, offers outsiders a heartbreaking glimpse into a little known government “public safety measure”–civil forfeiture. Civil forfeiture, in general terms, refers to government confiscation...
At the American Bar Association’s annual meeting, Eric Holder, head of the Department of Justice, announced the Obama administration’s new policy aimed at curbing the handing out of unreasonably long prison sentences for low-level drug offenders. For...
