Publications
Criminal Justice

The Case for Community Defense in New Orleans

New Orleans�s system of public defense is broken. However, building a strong system of community defense today will help prevent more onerous and expensive steps tomorrow.

Authored by: Chris Muller
– 12/31/06

COD Newsletter 2006

Newsletter published by the Brennan Center for the Community Orientated Defender Network.

– August 2006

The New York Bar Re-entry Report Chapter on Fees and Fines

The financial penalties imposed, directly or indirectly, as a result of a criminal conviction, are among the least recognized of the collateral consequences. New York and the federal government have developed a vast array of fines, fees, costs, penalties, surcharges, forfeitures, assessments, and restitutions that are levied against people convicted of criminal offenses.

Authored by: Special Committee on Collateral Consequences of Criminal Proceedings
– 06/01/06

“Home” in 2010

A report on the feasibility of enumerating people in prison at their home addresses in the next census. People in prison are temporarily absent from their home communities. Yet at census time the Bureau enumerates them as if prison were their usual residence.

Authored by: Kirsten D. Levingston and Christopher Muller
– 02/15/06

Incarcerated People and the Census

Painting a distorted picture of Virginia. This report outlines the state level effects of the United States Census Bureau’s policy for counting prison populations.

Authored by: Patricia Allard and Chris Muller
– 01/11/05