<iframe width="480" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/i0119MyeNb4?rel=0&showinfo=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> In Georgia, aggressive efforts to incarcerate indigent parents are often focused on the poorest of...
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Cambodia's new drug law has human rights groups concerned that the country's abusive practices toward drug users will intensify.
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New legislation allows for suspects in serious crimes to be held by police for up to 48 hours without access to defense counsel, and for up to 5 days without court review.
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Europeans may be surprised to hear that basic rights, such as the right to a lawyer or a phone call, are only now being debated at the European level. Yet at the moment many countries in the region fail to provide them.
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New York governor Andrew Cuomo has announced he is pulling the state out of the mass deportation program known as Secure Communities.
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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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A Louisiana judge recently sentenced a 35-year-old man to prison for the rest of his life—for marijuana. Setting aside the question of whether the punishment is ethically justified, let's look at whether it's smart.
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In a video interview, Open Society Fellow Susan Burton talks about her work helping formerly incarcerated women in South Los Angeles turn their lives around.
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Something strange is happening in Europe. After years of inaction, governments are suddenly getting serious about arrest rights. Why? The answer, in a word, is "Salduz."
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