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Liliana Segura of The Intercept on Straight Up.
America’s prison complex is so vast that, even with all the public interest in reforming our approach to crime and punishment, elements of the system would have escaped attention but for the work of these two journalists.
Is there a better way to run elections in New York State? Will more voters show up if we do it that way? Two political observers weigh in via a video interview.
There have been 26,000 fewer misdemeanor arrests in 2015 compared to the same period last year, with drug crimes and turnstile jumping among the crimes that have seen the biggest drop in busts.
An education program for the formerly incarcerated has launched a #MyDoOver campaign to ask New Yorkers when they’ve gotten a second chance, and to press for more resources to give one to people getting out of prison.
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