Essay: US prisons hold more than 550,000 people with intellectual disabilities – they face exploitation, harsh treatment
In an article first published on The Conversation, JENNIFER SARRETT, of the Center for Study of Human Health at Emory University in the US, argues that it’s time cognitive, intellectual and developmental disability form part of the conversation on reforming the US prison system…
Evangelical leaders push for criminal justice reform in the US
RNS Evangelical Christian leaders are spearheading a campaign for criminal justice reform, calling for equitable punishment, alternatives to incarceration and a different take on the “tough on crime” language of the Trump administration. “Our country’s overreliance on incarceration fails to make us safer or to restore people and communities who have been harmed,” said James Ackerman, CEO of […]