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Analysis

  • A System That Rewards Results

    In his essay for Solutions: American Leaders Speak Out on Criminal Justice, Marc Levin urges a shift toward a results-oriented criminal justice system that takes a cue from successful state efforts to reduce incarceration.
  • Treat Drug Addiction and Address Character

    In his essay for Solutions: American Leaders Speak Out on Criminal Justice, Mike Huckabee writes that we should invest in communities, education, and treatment, rather than in prisons.
  • A New Way of Policing

    In her essay for Solutions: American Leaders Speak Out on Criminal Justice, Washington, D.C. police chief Cathy L. Lanier revisits the nation’s immense success at reducing crime and pinpoints stronger relationships between police and communities as being core to that effort.
  • Shut the Revolving Door of Prison

    In her essay for Solutions: American Leaders Speak Out on Criminal Justice, Kamala Harris promotes “smart on crime,” data-driven criminal justice approaches.
  • Get People Ready for Work

    In his essay for Solutions: American Leaders Speak Out on Criminal Justice, Scott Walker proposes increased drug testing in order to identify addictions while there’s still time to help people recover.
  • A National Agenda to Reduce Mass Incarceration

    In her essay for Solutions: American Leaders Speak Out on Criminal Justice, the Brennan Center’s Inimai Chettiar explains that a comprehensive mix of federal, state, and local reforms will be necessary to end mass incarceration—the fundamental civil rights issue of our time.
  • Respect by the Law, Respect for the Law

    In her essay for Solutions: American Leaders Speak Out on Criminal Justice, Hillary Rodham Clinton writes that we should make sure federal funds to state and local law enforcement are used to bolster proven best practices, not contributing to unnecessary incarceration or police militarization.