Month: November 2012

City Agrees to Pay $850,000 to End Suit Over Inmate’s 2004 Beating Death

New York City has agreed to make a large payment to settle a lawsuit claiming violence against a city inmate. Learn more here.

Invitation to a Dialogue: Alternatives to Prison

 

A third-year student at the University of Wisconsin Law School wrote a response letter to the editor regarding the article in the previous post: “How to Cut Prison Costs” (editorial, Nov. 10).

How to Cut Prison Costs

A recent New York Times article explains how some states are finding creative ways to cut prison costs by making sure that people who are released from prison do not reenter.