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Corrections at a Crossroads
Ironically, prisons began as 19th century reforms—a movement away from the barbarism of public humiliation, corporal punishment, and executions. Practices like solitary confinement—pioneered at Eastern State Penitentiary and in Auburn Prison’s regime of silent, forced labor—were meant to rehabilitate incarcerated people. They reflected moralistic a ...
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Sebastian Johnson
State of Justice Reform 2019
There’s a Strong Case for Sticking With Bail Reform
The New York law has been on the books for less than a month and already the critics are on the attack.
