The criminal justice system is not the right place - or it shouldn't be the place of first resort to provide addiction… — Ted Wheeler Copy Share Image
“As the tough-on-crime movement gathered force, those who had been arrested or convicted rarely participated in debates over criminal justice policy, in… — James Forman Jr Copy Share Image
I co-sponsored the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act to improve access to mental health services for people in the criminal justice… — Roy Blunt Copy Share Image
I don't want to exaggerate; having as many African American men as we've had in the criminal-justice system, and the amount of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“The first job of copaganda is to narrow our conception of threat. Rather than the bigger threats to our safety caused by… — Alec Karakatsanis Copy Share Image
People who face discrimination due to the color of their skin, are often obstructed by institutional barriers across our society - from… — Wayne Messam Copy Share Image
“Saying mass incarceration is an abysmal failure makes sense, though, only if one assumes that the criminal justice system is designed to… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
The key thing is to ensure that we give the criminal-justice system the tools it needs, so that women's rights are turned… — Jon Kyl Copy Share Image
“The towering lie of the criminal justice system—that we can reliably determine the truth, that we can know “beyond a reasonable doubt”… — William Landay Copy Share Image
The fact that our legal system has become so tolerant of police lying indicates how corrupted our criminal justice system has become… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
People talk about Jim Crow as if it's dead. Jim Crow isn't gone. It's adjusted. Look at the disproportionate sentences meted out… — Aldis Hodge Copy Share Image
Once brave politicians and others explain the war on drugs' true cost, the American people will scream for a cease-fire. Bring the… — Larry Elder Copy Share Image
“The U.S. Supreme Court has called free will a “universal and persistent” foundation for our system of law, distinct from “a deterministic… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
I've written about illegal immigrants in the United States; I spent a year following migrant farm workers as they were harvesting. I've… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
If you're not thinking about the way systemic bias can be propagated through the criminal justice system or predictive policing, then it's… — Kate Crawford Copy Share Image
Black people are dying in this country because we have a criminal justice system which is out of control, a system in… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
I think it's important to encourage young people to tell their own stories and to speak openly about their own experiences with… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“In the U.S. criminal justice system, someone accused of a crime cannot be convicted unless evidence demonstrates that person’s guilt “beyond a… — Victor Cheng Copy Share Image
The criminal justice system should have the authority to determine the immigration status of all criminals, regardless of race or ethnicity, and… — Susana Martinez Copy Share Image
“I use the term "punishment bureaucracy" instead of "criminal justice system" because it is a more accurate and less deceptive way to… — Alec Karakatsanis Copy Share Image
I am convinced that, because the criminal justice system is run by humans, it is naturally subject to human error. There is… — Tom Price Copy Share Image
Prosecutorial misconduct is one of the most detrimental problems in our criminal justice system, because prosecutors are essentially the most powerful actors… — Maya Moore Copy Share Image
These are young people who made mistakes that aren't that different than the mistakes I made and the mistakes that a lot… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It's just a fact that if you're a young African-American man and you do the same thing as a young white man,… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
“No more self-defeating device could be discovered than the one society has developed in dealing with the criminal. It proclaims his career… — Frank Tannenbaum Copy Share Image
I think we need to rethink our ideas about what policing is and should be. I think we need to rethink our… — Don Winslow Copy Share Image
There can be racism in a system even if a particular episode of injustice is not a manifestation of that racism. Every… — James Forman, Jr Copy Share Image
