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Webb Sets His Sights On Prison Reform

— washingtonpost.com — 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 ... (more) Webb Sets His Sights On Prison Reform

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washingtonpost.com - 12/29/2008

Webb Sets His Sights On Prison Reform

— washingtonpost.com — Senator Proposes National Panel Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, December 29, 2008; Page B01... (more) Webb Sets His Sights On Prison Reform

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Webb Sets His Sights On Prison Reform

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Webb eyes prison reform
Political Animal — WEBB EYES PRISON REFORM.... It's a crowded policy landscape, and it's daunting to consider which challenges to address first, but kudos to Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) for raising the importance of an issue that too often goes overlooked. 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 ...

Senator To Take On Nation's Overflowing Prisons
ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society — ... The blog cites, a recent Washing Post article on Webb’s prison reform work, but notes that it “makes Senator Webb seem like an odd duck for having this priority.” The Post article maintains that “as the country struggles with two wars overseas and an ailing economy, overflowing prisons are the last thing on many lawmakers’ minds.” The article, however, does cite Pew Center research showing that the United States “has imprisoned a higher percentage of its population than any other nation,” and Webb’s ...

Webb eyes prison reform
Political Animal — WEBB EYES PRISON REFORM.... Back in December, Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) said he'd launch an initiative to reform the U.S. prison system in the spring. Here we are in late March, and Webb is ...

Prison reform gets off to a good start
Political Animal — ... his National Criminal Justice Act, which he and his aides began crafting late last year. It's easy to remember a time that a politician even broaching the subject -- especially a Democrat -- would set off all kinds of alarms. Predictable conservative rhetoric about being "soft" on crime and/or "coddling" criminals would knock down the policy discussion before it could begin. ...

Welcome Aboard Stephen Walt
democracyarsenal.org — ... Walt is frustrated by the fact that the US military is spearheading a major prison reform effort in Afghanistan, which is all well and good . . . except for the fact that we can't get a prison reform effort off the ground here in the United States! But his takeaway is one worthy of consideration: ...

Empire Watch
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — ... , this situation has far-reaching negative consequences. Although Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) has been trying to spearhead a reform effort, this hasn't generated a lot of momentum so far. So the Afghans may get significant prison reform before Americans do. ...