More freedom, less violence: Some states look to European prisons
More freedom, less violence: Some states look to European prisons
- July 25, 2025
- Keramet Reiter, criminology, law, and society and CPIP, The New York Times, July 25, 2025
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āIām amazed by how quickly these ideas are taking off across the United States,ā said Keramet Reiter, a criminology professor at the University of California, Irvine. ā¦ Guards whose interactions with prisoners go beyond shackling and unshackling them are likely to consider their work more meaningful, said Reiter, the criminology professor.
For the full story, please visit https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/us/prison-improvements-oklahoma-germany.html.
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