After 20 Years in Prison, Missouri Man Serving Life Without Parole for …

After 20 Years in Prison, Missouri Man Serving Life Without Parole for …
Jeff was convicted under Missouri's "prior and persistent drug offender" statute, a Three Strikes-like statute that permits a court to hand out a life-without-parole sentence to somebody with three nonviolent drug offenses. But Missouri's law is unique … Read more on Riverfront Times (blog)

For-Profit Prisons Are Big Winners Of California's Overcrowding Crisis
"It's outrageous in the 21st century that we still incarcerate people for having a small amount of drugs," said Susan Burton, director of A New Way Of Life, a Los Angeles organization that helps women who have been released from prison. "We know that … Read more on Huffington Post