The Empathy at the End of Diversity
Yesterday, Heather Knight reported about the latest absurdity perpetrated by the San Francisco Unified School District board: A gay dad volunteers for one of eight open slots on a parent
Aging, Trials, Accountability, and Justice – International and Domestic
I’ve just attended the first day of a terrific workshop on the aesthetics and visualities of prosecuting aging and frail defendants. The papers are fascinating and take on not only
Políticas Penales y Penitenciarias en EEUU durante la Administración Trump: Rupturas y Continuidades
Hola Amigos Latinoamericanos y Centroamericanos, y otros amigos que hablan español. Hoy di una plática, via Zoom, a la Facultad de Derecho en la Universidad de Buenos Aires sobre las
Fixing Policing Is More Complicated than Cutting Budgets
One of the defining features of the last election was the passage of a slew of propositions diverting funds away from the police department. Inspired by the vocabulary of movements
Essential Readings for CCC3: COVID-19 Meets Mass Incarceration
In anticipation of our upcoming symposium about COVID-19 and mass incarceration, here are a few sources that our attendees might like to read. It’s not an exhaustive list; rather, it
COVID-19 Prevention in Prisons and the Problem of Buy-In
Throughout the last few months, there’s something that’s been constantly gnawing at me and I haven’t had a moment to process in an organized way. I started thinking about this
Post-Election Thoughts
The Scorpion and the Frog The results of the election did not bring me immediate solace. I’m sure this has been the case for many folks who found it difficult
The Marshall Project Survey and “Programspeak”
The Marshall Project has published the results of a political survey of incarcerated people, and they are extremely interesting. In a previous installment, they refuted the widely-held belief in broad
Getting Rid of No-Knock Warrants Isn’t Enough
Yesterday we received the news that only one of the police officers involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor was to be indicted–and not for homicide, but for “wanton endangerment”
Blackface Scandals Are the Logical Conclusion of the Performative Goodness Race
As if we don’t have bigger tofu slices to fry–with 57 days till the election, we absolutely do–the academic/activist left is atwitter (pun intended) about yet another blackface scandal. This