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Senator Proposes National Panel By Sandhya Somashekhar Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, December 29, 2008; B01 Somewhere along the meandering career path that led James Webb to the U.S. Senate , he found himself in the frigid interior of a Japanese prison. A journalist at the time, he was ...
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Webb Sets His Sights On Prison Reform
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Jim Webb Takes on Prison Reform
Blogs | Mother Jones —
... Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) is about to take on one of the most thankless issues in America: prison reform. Here's the Washington Post, explaining Webb's interest: ...
Midday Open Thread
Daily Kos —
... to industry pressure. The result is a legacy of unregulation common to several health-protection agencies under Bush: From 2001 to the end of 2007, OSHA officials issued 86 percent fewer rules or regulations termed economically significant by the Office of Management and Budget than their counterparts did during a similar period in President Bill Clinton's tenure, according to White House lists. Sen. Webb appears ready to take on a desperately needed fight: This spring, Webb (D-Va.) plans to introduce ...
Webb To Take On Prison Industrial Complex
Open Left - Front Page —
Via TPM, apropos to Chris' agenda below, it looks like we can watch Jim Webb for some hopeful legislation on prison reform:
This spring, Webb (D-Va.) plans to introduce legislation on a long-standing passion of his: reforming the U.S. prison system. Jails teem with young black men who later struggle to rejoin society, he says. Drug addicts and the mentally ill take up cells that would be better used for violent criminals. And politicians have failed to address this costly problem for fear of being labeled "soft on crime." ...
The Backlog
Ross Douthat —
... and Matt Yglesias ponder whether the newspaper business could have done more to save itself. David Frum and Alan Jacobs ponder the decline of literature. The New York Times ponders the decline of moviegoing. Ta-Nehisi Coates ponders racial politics and Roland Burris. George Packers ponders inauguration poetry - and then ponders it again, in response to a response from Ta-Nehisi. Jim Webb ponders prison reform - and good for him, provisionally, even though Virginia Republicans will ...
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openleft.com 12/30/2008 — Via TPM , apropos to Chris' agenda below, it looks like we can watch Jim Webb for some hopeful legislation on prison reform :
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politics.theatlantic.com 3/26/2009 — Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) will launch an effort to reform the nation's prison system today at noon, his staff says, introducing a bill--the National Criminal Justice Act of 2009--that would create a bipartisan commission no reform. The commission would ...
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Jim Webb’s talked about prison reform before, and now is prepared to take action on the issue with a new bill . The introductory document notes that “with 5% of the world’s population, our country now houses 25% of the ...
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