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Society United States

2. March 2023

Redefining Criminal Justice Through “Second-Look” Sentencing

A new United States study found that there is public support for second-look sentencing - particularly for incarcerated individuals who committed a crime when young.

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Society United States

2. November 2022

Broad Pardon Might Change the Future of Thousands

Thousands of people charged with federal offenses for marijuana possession may soon be pardoned in the United States

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Society USA

7. October 2022

Success Story: Prison Populations See Big Drop

Reforms have been taken over the last five years in Oklahoma, United States, which led to a successful reduction of its prison populations and improved social rehabilitation for former inmates.

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Society Canada

17. August 2022

Come One, Come All: Here, Immigration Detention Is Over

After reviewing its immigration detention contract, British Columbia became the first Canadian province to stop detaining immigrants and asylum-seekers solely on immigration grounds, a historic move that may encourage other provinces to also put an end to the harmful practice.

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Society Malaysia

1. July 2022

Second Chance at Life: Mandatory Death Penalty Abolished in This Country

In a rare sign of progress for Southeast Asia, Malaysia has decided to abolish its mandatory death penalty sentence.

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Society USA

20. April 2022

Arrests Have Decreased Massively… So Goodbye Prison!

Due to the lowest incarceration rate in 35 years as well as high maintenance costs, Massachusetts, United States is closing its longest-standing prison within the next two years.

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Society USA

22. November 2021

Completely Exonerated… After 55 Years!

More than 55 years after being wrongfully convicted of the murder of civil rights leader Malcolm X in 1965, two men have been exonerated, correcting the historical record of one of America’s influential leaders of the civil rights era.

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Society USA

14. September 2021

“Former Inmates Have a Right to Vote,” Decides Court in Historic Ruling

North Carolina, United States has become the first southern state to grant former inmates their right to vote, a ruling which aims at redressing the state’s racist origins of its “felon disenfranchisement” law.

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Society Sierra Leone

23. August 2021

Bye-Bye, Death Row – We Don’t Need You Here

In the wake of a continental movement against capital punishment, Sierra Leone became the 23rd African country to abolish the death penalty, thus getting rid of a cruel relic of its colonial past.

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Society USA

16. June 2021

Fewer Prisons, More Shelters and Training Centers

Since crime rate is declining and alternatives to jailtime for nonviolent offenses - like drug crimes - are rising across the United States, prisons are shutting down and being repurposed to better serve the communities.