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Two interesting new commentaries on prison reform in the Obama era

By Douglas A. Berman

The folks at AOL have recently published these two interesting commentaries on prison reform: Will Obama Take On Prison Reform? Opinion: Why Obama Should Take on Prison Reform The second piece ends this way: The Obama administration has the perfect opportunity to move forward on prison reform. Economic pressures are making over-criminalization fiscally unfeasible, and research-driven solutions are available. Moral issues like prison rape are crystal clear. President Obama can credibly use the bully pulpit to point out what the American criminal justice system must learn: Compassion is not the enemy of public safety .

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 18, 2010 (boomark / email).