On September 3, 2008, Marcos Venicius Amon Barbosa finished his 48-hour shift at the shipyard. Before driving home, he stopped for a drink. Shortly after he resumed his trip, he
I got extremely lucky today. My very gracious hosts here in Vitoria organized for me to visit a maximum security prison out of town! Brazilian prisons are fairly brutal places
I am visiting Vitoria, Brazil, as part of a collaboration between Hastings and Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo (UFES), who has invited a few of us to offer a week-long
This trend has, thankfully, somewhat changed, and we know much more about the experience of female inmates thanks to the works of feminist criminologists and human rights lawyers and advocates.
I have disappointing news to share: the Attorney General has decided to appeal in Jones v. Chappell. I am not surprised, but I am very disappointed, just as all of
Points, the blog of the Alcohol and Drugs Historical Society, ran an interview with me about Cheap on Crime. If you’re in San Francisco today and want to learn more,
As we speak, the California Assembly is voting on SB 1010, which, if passed, will eliminate the sentencing disparities between powder and crack cocaine in California. The rest of the
On Monday morning, I drove to Sacramento and submitted this petition, calling on Gov. Brown and Attorney General Harris not to appeal the decision in Jones v. Chappell, in which