Think Outside the Cage
A blog of the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition, focused on reversing the trend of mass incarceration.
Author: Christie Donner, executive director of the coalition, and Pamela Clifton, the coalition's outreach coordinator, contribute to the blog.
Blawg Related Categories: Civil Rights • Criminal Justice • States • Colorado
Recent Posts from Think Outside the Cage
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Methland: The Life and Death of An American Small Town
Real Cost of PrisonsReviewed By WALTER KIRNPublished: NY Times Book Review July 1, 2009 Think globally, suffer locally. This could be the moral of “Methland,” Nick Reding’s unnerving investigative account of two gruesome years in…
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Progressives Push Against Drug Laws: Will Dems Listen?
Huffington PostIt's official. We can now talk openly about what the great majority of us have known for a long time: drug prohibition isn't working, and never will. It's time to try something different. News…
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Bernie Hires Help To Survive Hard Time
Times Online Bernard Madoff has hired a veteran prison consultant to help him to find the best possible jail in which to serve his 150-year sentence for Wall Street’s biggest fraud. After his sentencing this…
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Colorado Crime Rates Continue Decline
The Denver PostColorado's overall crime rate dropped last year for the third time since 2005, and property crimes continued to fall in the state despite a persistent recession. The total number of major crimes reported…
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Black, Paranoid and Absolutely Right
The RootHow the Press Covered for the CIA in the Iran-Contra Affair In an excerpt from the new book, "This is Your Country on Drugs", Ryan Grim explains how the press covered for the CIA…
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Mother Jones: This Is Your War On Drugs
Mother JonesAMONG OUR LEADERS in Washington, who's been the biggest liar? There are all too many contenders, yet one is so floridly surreal that he deserves special attention. Nope, it's not Dick Cheney or Alberto…
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Biff America: The Innocence Of Pot
Summit DailyI'm ready for my close-up and drug test Mr. DeMilleSamples of my urine are available upon request.It is not that I expect a huge demand — the holidays are long past and, with this…
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Critical Medical Marijuana Hearing
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NY Times: Two Meals and Not Always Square
The New York TimesWith budgets tight, states and local governments have been looking at prisons — and prison food — as a place to save money. Three days a week, Georgia now serves inmates only…
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Jena 6 Wraps Up With Plea Deal
The Real Cost Of PrisonsJENA, La. – Five members of the Jena Six pleaded no contest Friday to misdemeanor simple battery and won't serve jail time, ending a case that thrust a small Louisiana town…