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Rape boosts risk of incarceration in women, new study suggests
Women in prison are four times as likely to report having been raped in their lifetime than those who are not incarcerated ...
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The Court’s Contribution: Rachel Barkow examines the Supreme Court’s role in the rise of mass incarceration
Critics of the US criminal justice system have often pointed to the “tough on crime” politics originating during the Nixon ...
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The Intersection of Opportunity and Incarceration
According to PrisonPolicy.org, the number of people incarcerated has increased since the pandemic, despite crime rates being ...
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Racial disparities in youth incarceration are the widest they've been in decades
The number of American children and teenagers in juvenile detention has sharply declined over the last few decades, but as ...
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Global incarceration rates highlight challenges in justice systems
El Salvador currently holds the highest incarceration rate in the world, with over 1,000 prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants as of 2024, according to World Prison Brief. This staggering figure ...