Criminal InJustice: Community Corrections ~ Widening the Profiteering Net
We have to ask – again — if “reforms” really reduces the scope of the prison nation or if they are merely more smoke and mirrors.
Virginia unveils plan for restoring voting rights to former felons
From Southern Studies: n May, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell announced a historic win for voting rights: the automatic restoration of those rights for former nonviolent felony offenders on an individualized basis. It was a few steps short of what voting rights advocates have been calling for, which is full automatic…