I just returned from the annual U.S. Sentencing Commission seminar in Los Angeles. It is the only forum I am aware of in which the BOP presentation is open to the public. While it is usually a superficial session, this one lacked the technical policy information of past seminars and was more of a public [...]
Early this week, a brief Op Ed was published in The Hill related to solitary confinement by co-authors Collette Peters, Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons and Nancy Levigne, Director of the National Institute of Justice. https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/4175480-promoting-safer-and-more-humane-environments-the-imperative-of-studying-restrictive-housing-in-corrections/ While I applaud their efforts and intention, the article is one of many in a long line [...]