..., these existing categories for compassionate release can be approached more expansively, by grounding them in an understanding of how an elderly individual’s health deteriorates in prison, and by calling attention to the inability of an incarcerated individual to access specialized and necessary medical care...

...Elizabeth Berger; Kent S. Scheidegger In response to prison overcrowding concerns in recent years, many U.S. officials have undertaken efforts to reduce sentence lengths for certain crimes. However, it is unclear how these changes affect recidivism rates. Among the research on incarceration...

... with their executive and legislative colleagues. The essay also chronicles Judge Weinstein’s approach to sentencing and commitment to procedural justice. Sentencing Sentencing Guidelines Judge Justice Procedural Justice Prison © 2021 Vera Institute of Justice. All rights reserved. 2021 Jack B...

...David Roper After decades of Bureau of Prisons’ maladministration of the sentence reduction authority authorized by 18 U.S.C. § 3582, Congress passed the First STEP Act of 2018 with the intention of expanding the use and transparency of compassionate release. Although the COVID-19 pandemic...

... racial disparities prison jail parole probation Crime Bill Research Illustrates Role of New Council on Criminal Justice as Center of Gravity for the Field Our nation s criminal justice system is not producing enough safety or justice. Although crime and incarceration rates have dropped from...

...John Wetzel A group of corrections professionals from across America, including Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Corrections John E. Wetzel, toured several prisons in Germany and the Netherlands last year. Wetzel, a lifelong corrections professional, recently shared his observations: The prime directive...