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Even when policies have seemingly nothing to do with health, they can affect health outcomes. For example, education, housing, and environment policies influence the conditions in which people live and the choices they make. Now, a new study reveals how incarceration policies can affect health outcomes too. While less recognized, incarceration plays a meaningful role […]

Monetary sanctions – a set of fees and fines levied on individuals who are in or have left prison – have seen an increase in use. In new research, Michele Cadigan, Alexes Harris, and Tyler Smith explore the growing prevalence of monetary sanctions and examine their impacts on communities. The authors underline the ways the current system … Continued

It’s not exactly a secret that US incarceration rates climbed dramatically in the 1990s, but have declined since then. For example, John Gramlich wrote at the Pew Foundation website a couple of years ago ” America's incarceration rate falls to lowest level since 1995” (August 16, 2021).
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"The Drug Policy in the Americas From a Gender Perspective" published on by Oxford University Press.

Discusses the role of perceived social emergencies in determining the number & type of criminals subjected to incarceration, with a specific focus on Italian imprisonment trends since the 1960s. Analysis of statistical data suggests that the number of offenses committed does not account for the prison population. Although changes in legislation may affect the prison population, it is argued that shifts in the public perception of certain crimes & criminals are primarily responsible for changes in incarceration trends. Publicly perceived emergencies stigmatize certain crimes & criminals, & these offenses receive the greatest punishment during emergency periods. With respect to the Italian data, increases in prison populations were associated with public alarm over armed robbery (1960s), terrorists (1970s), drug users/dealers & the Mafia (1980s), & corrupt politicians (1990s). Although the emergencies initially led to high imprisonment rates for the stigmatized crimes, incarceration rates increased for all or most crimes during times of great social alarm. 4 Tables, 58 References. T. Sevier

The Supreme Court was wrong to deny relief to a man imprisoned for activity that Court's own rulings indicate was not illegal - one who never had an opportunity to challenge his incarceration on that basis.

According to his death certificate, Anthony Don Mitchell died as a result of hypothermia as well as "sepsis resulting from infections injuries obtained during incarceration and medical neglect." Mitchell was held for 14 days in the Walker County, Alabama, jail after he fired a gun towards officers who had come to his home for a…