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Prison population

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Bruce Western (from left), professor of sociology, Vincent Schiraldi, HKS senior research fellow, and Nancy Gertner, senior lecturer on law relate their experience with criminal justice policy in a seminar aimed at reducing the country's bloated prison population. “This was, and is, happening to real people,” said Schiraldi. “We should never forget that.”

Hard time gets a hard look

Instructors’ real-world experience guides students in seminar on mass incarceration

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DateNovember 29, 2016