For decades, America’s policy has been to maximize harsh prison sentences in order to deter crime. These policies, rather than producing a freer and more prosperous society, instead resulted in the incarceration of a staggering amount of people and burdened even more with lifelong records.  Today, nearly 1 in 3 Americans have some sort of… Continue reading Serving Life Sentences in Paper Prisons

Democratic lawmakers in New York this week are unveiling a push for the passage of a measure that would expunge or seal some criminal convictions.  The measure is known as a “clean slate” bill that is meant to lessen the impact of criminal convictions on a person once their sentence is completed.  The bill would cover both… Continue reading Lawmakers, advocates to call for “clean slate” bill