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Articles by Joshua Aiken
Seizing Chicago: Drug stings and asset forfeiture target the poor
Instead of protecting Chicago's communities, state asset forfeiture practices and drug stings set up by federal agents target low-income, Black, and Latino residents, setting them up to fail. Aug 11, 2017
New District of Columbia profile page
Mass incarceration sits on the doorstep of American democracy: the District of Columbia is not only the nation’s capital but also the incarceration capital of the free.... Jun 14, 2017
New report, Era of Mass Expansion, looks at states to explain jail growth
Since the 1980's crime has fallen, but the number of people in jails tripled. Our new report finds two troubling explanations for why this has occurred: the rise in pre-trial detention and the renting of jail space to other authorities. May 31, 2017
Another century of mass incarceration?
If the U.S. doesn't make reducing the correctional population a policy priority, generations will continue to be burdened by mass incarceration. Dec 30, 2016