Rounding up some recent notable reads
A busy week has left me behind on both my reading and blogging on various sentencing and punishment law and policy topics. So I will try to do a bit of catch up through this round up:
From ABC News, “Alabama extends time for executions, ends automatic review“
From the AP, “Explainer: Biden inaction, mixed signals on death penalty“
From the FAMM Foundation, “Proposed BOP Rule Will Hurt Struggling Families“
From The Guardian, “Texas prisoners continue hunger strike in protest against solitary confinement“
From the Marshall Project, “How an Illicit Cell Phone Helped Me Take College Courses from Prison“
From Nonprofit Quarterly, “What the US’ Mass Incarceration Regime Costs Black Women“
From Reason, “Sentencing Commission Proposes Restricting Judges’ Use of Acquitted Conduct“
From Rick Nevin, “Update: Continuing trend toward zero youth incarceration“
From Spectrum News NY1, “Path to Power: Hakeem Jeffries’ push to reform the criminal justice system“
As always, I welcome reader comments on which of these stories or others may merit additional blog time. It has been fun to see a more active comment space lately, and I hope that always will include readers highlighting new stories or worthwhile reading.