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The current spike in homicides and other violent crime has created an urgent need for more and better policing. Unfortunately, the lingering effects of the anti-police hysteria that swept the…
Calls for defunding the police have been heard across the country this month, but there is a body of research that calls defunding into question. In his recent research brief…
George Floyd’s death has elicited many proposals for improving America’s criminal justice system. Some of these, such as banning public employee unions, ending qualified immunity, and reducing our currently absurd…
Charles Fain Lehman of the Washington Free Beacon highlights the interesting findings of a new Norwegian study. A criminal going to prison substantially cuts the chances his peers and younger…
Jon Sanders writes about a fascinating subject here: state licensing requirements that hurt people who are trying to re-enter society following a criminal conviction by finding a job and becoming…
Polk County leadership is considering spending $7,971,058 on a facility to can 74 people at a time. It’s a shame. People are a terrible thing to waste. But since that’s…
Polk County has joined the ranks of jurisdictions requiring another jail. Current criminal law could be summarized as assuming it is less expensive for taxpayers if they pay room and…
Attention all criminals: If you are going to be so rude as to intentionally damage somebody’s person or property, at least have the consideration to be physically fit before getting…
The Cherokee Nation is independent of a lot of weird government things affecting the rest of the state, and vice versa, but it is home to a lot of interesting…
Swain County Sheriff Curtis Cochran told the commissioners prisoners are not cleaning trash off roadsides because both inmates and refuse are potential hazards that can ignite on contact.
The excessive Buncombe County jail space referenced in an earlier post is attributable to the county’s jail diversion programs. Prior to implementing the programs, experts expected they’d need to build…
The Buncombe County jail annex has been closed for renovations. The facility is perhaps best known for stashing as rebar the confiscated firearms that took a walk from the county’s…