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The Omitted Parts: The Smart on Crime Report

Last week a number of distinguished organizations released a new report meant to urge Congress and the President into making substantive changes to the way this country deals with crime. In my last post, I pointed out the strengths of the report. In this post, I want to discuss a few items that [...]

The Good Parts: My Conclusions of the Smart on Crime Report

Shon R. Hopwood2019-03-18T18:48:06-05:00February 11th, 2011|Tags: Adam Clausen, Prison Litigation Reform Act, Smart on Crime|

Last night, I read through most of the report entitled, Smart on Crime: Recommendations for the Administration and Congress. The goal of the report is to provide “analysis of the problems plaguing our state and federal criminal justice systems and a series of recommendations to address these failures.” For the most part, [...]