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March 30, 2023
HomeLaw enforcement in the United States

Law enforcement in the United States

photo by Lance Wheeler for Columbia-Greene Media. State St Hudson NY 6/12/2018
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Recently Noted – Hudson NY and Its SWAT Team

September 1, 2018
Hudson NY and Its SWAT Team Even here in our little city of Hudson NY (population ~ 7,000) we have a police SWAT team, benignly referred to officially as the Columbia County Shared Services Team. There has been plenty of concern over its use here in the last couple of years, --->> read more -->>
New JIm Crow book cover
Justice/Jails

Mass Incarceration – The New Jim Crow – Michelle Alexander

March 7, 2018
Mass Incarceration – The New Jim Crow – Michelle Alexander (download a PDF of this article here) It is well known and frequently cited that the US leads the world in jailing its citizens. In this case we win this standing not by a nose but by a mile. Within --->> read more -->>
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Recently Noted – women in prison in the US – more on mass incarceration

November 21, 2017
“If New York were a separate country, its incarceration rate [for women] would be the 8th highest in the world. A woman in New York is 12 times more likely to be incarcerated than she would be in France.” The Prison Policy Initiative has released a new study “Women’s Mass --->> read more -->>
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