This post is a shortened version of a paper written together with Steven Murnane and other members of the Women and Incarceration Project at Suffolk […]
Women, Incarceration, and Violent Crime
This post is a summary of the report Women, Incarceration, and Violent Crime in Massachusetts by Rebecca Stone, Susan Sered, Cherry Russell and members of […]
Ineffectiveness of Prison-Based Therapy: The Case for Community-Based Alternatives
Executive Summary The full policy brief is posted here. Purpose and Scope: In light of imminent plans in Massachusetts to build a new women’s prison […]
Babes From Their Parents’ Arms
My friend and colleague Lois Ahrens’ recent piece in the Daily Hampshire Gazette reminded me that in this time of outrage over the separation of children […]
Substance Abuse and Social Capital
While the Donald Trump / Jeff Sessions administration is working to re-invigorate the war on drug users, a number of new studies look at relationships between social […]
Can’t Catch a Break
Our new book Can’t Catch a Break: Gender, Jail, Drugs and the Limits of Personal Responsibility is now available through University of California Press, Amazon […]
Caste Away: Mass Incarceration and the Hardening of Economic Inequality
“Caste Away” originally appeared as part of the University of California Press’s blog series coinciding with this month’s American Sociological Association’s annual conference: “Hard Times: […]
Disabled Rights
This article was first published on Truthout According to reports from Washington, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) may […]
The Courtroom was a Circus: Bail Blog #3 – $190 and Counting
$190 and Counting: Bail Blog #3 Click here for the story of Ginger’s arrest and my experience bailing her out: The New Price of Freedom: […]
Civil Commitment: If You Build It They Will Come
Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 123, Section 35 permits the court to involuntarily commit to an inpatient substance abuse treatment someone whose alcohol or drug use […]