Incarceration | crimlawpractitioner

Madelyn Nessler

Nov 254 min read

Cradle to cell: the impact of incarceration on newborns and mothers

In America, approximately 1.5 million children live with a parent in prison. Across the nation, four percent of women in state prisons...

Jordan Singer

Aug 174 min read

The unaddressed issue: trauma in incarcerated women

In recent years, the criminal legal system has experienced a gradual shift towards rehabilitation , emphasizing the creation and...

Madison Gestiehr

Jun 103 min read

Incarcerated and ignored: The consequences of a contract with YesCare

Trigger Warning: Medical Neglect Picture yourself crawling on the floor, clutching your chest as you moan in pain. You lock eyes with...

Kailey Ritchie

Apr 103 min read

The interpretation of imminency for self-defense in nonconfrontational homicides.

TW: Mentions of Domestic Violence Self-defense is considered a justification for homicide under the law, contingent upon four general...

Madelyn Nessler

Apr 93 min read

Unlocking opportunities: The role of education in juvenile reentry.

The United States juvenile system processes more than 2.5 million juvenile arrests per year. However, for as many juveniles that enter...

Kimia Hosseinkhani

Mar 203 min read

Educating incarcerated youth

When addressing the development of our society’s youth, our go-to advice is “stay in school.” However, when it comes to incarcerated...

Kirsten Rowe

Jul 7, 20233 min read

Visitation and protecting rights of incarcerated parents

According to the Prison Policy Initiative, approximately 47% of individuals incarcerated are parents of minors, with 19% of those...

Samuel Disario

Apr 25, 20232 min read

Cruel and unusual or adequate healthcare: Looking at the circuit split

In 1976, the United States Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision where the Court interpreted the Eighth Amendment’s “cruel and...

Grace Schneider

Mar 9, 20233 min read

How cognitive behavioral therapy reduces crime

Almost 50% of inmates suffer from some form of mental health issue that becomes exacerbated when prison walls restrict their freedom....

Gaia Lodovici

Feb 26, 20233 min read

Book censorship in prisons

“The Coloring Book Looney Tunes,” “Learn to Draw Disney Winnie the Pooh,” and “Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game Catalog” may sound like...

Jaxzia Perez

Feb 24, 20233 min read

The foster care-to-prison pipeline: A road to incarceration

In 2020, the Children’s Bureau at the Administration for Children and Families, a division of the United States Department of Health and...

Sarah Pape

Dec 24, 20224 min read

'Some things cannot be fixed': Rikers Island and pretrial detention

Kalief Browder was only 16 years old when he was arrested and incarcerated. He was held in solitary confinement for almost two years out...

Bennett Nuss

Nov 13, 20223 min read

Legal tracking: Blanket pardons - A revolutionary policy idea or merely missing the point?

On Oct. 6, 2022, President Biden issued the following proclamation on the White House website: “Acting Pursuant to the grant of authority...

Lucy Delves

Jun 3, 20223 min read

Pregnant in prison? What’s next for you? Abortion access for the incarcerated

There are over 200,000 women currently incarcerated in the United States. Thousands of these women are pregnant. Many persons become...

Brianna Long

Jun 1, 20224 min read

A pattern of bias in PATTERN

The First Step Act, implemented on Dec. 21, 2018, required the Department of Justice (DOJ) to “develop a risk needs assessment system to...

Siena Richardson

Apr 26, 20222 min read

The high cost of parenting while incarcerated

The moment a parent comes in contact with the criminal legal system, their entire family is impacted. As a result of an arrest alone, a...

W. Connor Smith

Apr 20, 20223 min read

Locked up and left to die: Addiction in America’s prisons

Mass incarceration is an institution as American as apple pie. In 2019, roughly 2.1 million people were incarcerated in the United...

Samuel Disario

Apr 6, 20222 min read

How to ensure every trans person has adequate access to trans-affirming care while incarcerated

On Aug. 16, 2016, Stacy Lorraine Naber, a transgender woman, was found dead in her cell in a mens prison facility at Dade Correctional...

Bennett Nuss

Feb 19, 20224 min read

Legal tracking: Concepcion v. United States

The Supreme Court heard oral argument this term in a case that could substantively change how low-risk prisoners apply for resentencing...

Samantha Hall

Jan 18, 20223 min read

Redesigning youth justice

On Sept. 30, 2021, President Biden proclaimed October 2021 as National Youth Justice Action Month. In this proclamation, he specified...

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