Book Review: The Burglar’s Fate and the Detectives by Allan Pinkerton
This holiday, I was very lucky, at the Great Dickens Fair, to score a beautiful original edition of Allan Pinkerton‘s The Burglar’s Fate and the Detectives. It is a true
Christmas Behind Bars
Darnell Hill, an inmate at San Quentin, writes about Christmas in prison. We repost his words in full today. Christmas in prison is like knowing it’s something you’re supposed to
Goodbye, Matthew Cate
Matthew Cate leaves CDCR and will take over the California Association of Counties. The L.A. Times reports: Under Schwarzenegger, Cate oversaw dramatic expansion of state prisons in an attempt to
New CDCR Chief: Jeffrey Beard
New chief of California’s prisons named Jeffrey Beard, the former head of Pennsylvania’s prisons, favors shorter sentences and community treatment. The appointment is subject to Senate confirmation. Jeffrey Beard, 65,
On Sandy Hook, Moral Panic, and Legitimate Fear
Map of shooting incidents courtesy Mother Jones;interactive version on the website. Much of the commentary on Sandy Hook has highlighted the rise in the number of public shooting incidents in
Sandy Hook, Gun Control, and Situational Crime Prevention
Image courtesy clubrunwithus.com. Among the information that has come to light in the last few days was the fact that the innocent children and adults who were slaughtered two days
On Sandy Hook and Violence Prediction
Photo courtesy ibtimes.co.uk. In the aftermath of the dreadful Sandy Hook tragedy, much of my Facebook wall is the arena of political debates about gun control and about national mental
NYT on Mass Incarceration
In case you missed or skimmed yesterday’s New York Times article by John Tierney, go back and read it — Tierney eloquently and compellingly restates all the points we’ve collected
Sentencing Project data on prison closures
States closed twenty prisons in 2012, check out the Sentencing Project’s new report, “On the Chopping Block 2012: State Prison Closings” — the largest was the California Rehabilitation Center at estimated