by Adam Quirk | Jun 26, 2017 | Adam Quirk, Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Reform, Incarceration, Prison, Scholarly Research
Mandatory minimum sentences, three-strike policies, and mass incarceration are buzzwords that are commonly tossed around by many politicians, in particular by those running for President. Many people believe the U.S. needs major reforms in a broken criminal justice...
by Adam Quirk | Mar 11, 2017 | Adam Quirk, Criminal Justice, Incarceration, Prison
Today, many human rights organizations in the U.S and around the world are raising concerns about the inordinate use of solitary confinement in prisons, and rightly so. In the U.S alone, more than eight thousand people are being held in some form of solitary...
by Adam Quirk | Feb 11, 2017 | Adam Quirk, Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Reform, Incarceration, Prison, Uncategorized
America has a significant prison population, which is common knowledge throughout the world, but the reasons behind mass incarceration here are something few understand. Most of us recognize that prisons in the United States are full of inmates, but the actual figures...
by Adam Quirk | Nov 25, 2015 | Adam Quirk, Criminal Justice
In 2012, almost 130,00 young people, from ages 18-24 were incarcerated in state and federal prisons, according to the Harvard paper. But not all of these young people are served by the same system. Juvenile delinquents are served by a system, that according to the...
