Tag: mass incarceration
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Nation & World
Looking at role of prosecutors, politics in mass incarceration
Research by a Harvard doctoral student found that district attorneys push harder for convictions and sentences in election years.
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Nation & World
Cease-fire terms during Pontiac’s War: British retreat and one Black boy
In an excerpt from “400 Souls,” Harvard’s Tiya Miles discusses Chief Pontiac seeking a visible status symbol in a boy enslaved by an officer.
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Nation & World
Jailing practices appear to fuel coronavirus spread, study says
Quantitative study shows jailing practices in U.S. pose public health risks during the pandemic.
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Nation & World
Mourning Devah Pager
An academic ‘force of nature,’ Harvard sociologist Devah Pager is remembered for her trailblazing scholarship, extraordinary mentorship.
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Nation & World
Prison education at Harvard
Harvard is hosting a conference on prison education, bringing to campus for the first time formerly incarcerated students and activists.
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Nation & World
How Michael slipped away
Danielle Allen talks about her latest book, “Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A.,” a memoir of her cousin’s troubled life and death, and an indictment of mass incarceration and the war on drugs.
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Nation & World
Punitive damages
Ronald S. Sullivan Jr., a clinical law professor and director of the Criminal Justice Institute at Harvard Law School, talks about U.S. crime and incarceration policies that have led to an unprecedented rate of mass imprisonment. He also discusses the reforms that might reverse that upward trend.