Amid emotional, politicized attacks on the European Court of Human Rights, a recent ruling on pretrial detention that covers 250 Russian cases provides an eloquent witness for the defense.
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New European regulations should ensure that anyone arrested in the European Union has access to a "letter of rights" detailing their rights in all 23 official EU languages
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If we truly want people to come out of prison with the ability to fully re-engage as productive citizens, why do we deliberately disconnect them?
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New York is poised to take further steps to remove young people from the lifelong negative consequences of prosecution and incarceration in the adult criminal justice system.
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Nearly 10 million people—innocent or guilty—around the world are detained before trial, sometimes for months and even years. Infectious diseases such as HIV spread quickly in these settings, but few provide even basic health care.
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Sherrilyn Ifill, professor of law at the University of Maryland and board chair of U.S. Programs at the Open Society Foundations, breaks down the implications of the Supreme Court ruling forcing California to reduce the extreme overcrowding of its prisons.
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruling on California prisons provides policymakers with the opportunity to correct misguided sentencing policies and, in the process, to produce more effective public safety outcomes.
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We believe that one person with one idea, at one moment in time and under the right circumstances, can make a difference.
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While drug courts have helped many Americans, they are not an appropriate response to drug law violations nor are they the most effective or cost-effective way to provide treatment to people whose only “crime” is their addiction.
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Employers are routinely, often illegally, excluding all job applicants with criminal records, no matter how minor or dated the offenses. Yet when qualified workers who pose little or no risk have the dignity of a fair opportunity to work, everyone benefits.
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