Two reports released in the past week provide a startling rationale for the use of the term “mass incarceration” and yet more data suggesting that the phenomenon is not felt equally in our society. The first, from The Sentencing Project,…
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Victims Find Peace, Healing Through Meeting Criminals Who Hurt Them
There’s new approach that has crime victims meeting with their offenders as a way to move forward. The Tennessee Department of Correction created a Victim/Offender Dialogue Program, similar to other states. It’s centered on victims overcoming by going into where…
Read MoreNashville Judge Reprimanded After Poor Courtroom Performance
A Nashville judge says a “cavalier attitude” and another judge’s limited work schedule left one man languishing in jail for weeks longer than necessary. Criminal Court Judge Mark Fishburn on Wednesday ordered the man, Richard Atchley, released from jail pending…
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