The New Jersey Sentencing Commission proposed a program to allow eligible incarcerated individuals to seek resentencing by demonstrating that they have been successfully rehabilitated. Researchers recently surveyed 1,529 New Jerseyans to better understand their support for or against four areas of prison sentencing reform, including examples of this rehabilitative sentencing program.
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Prison
Wolff – We need to embrace restorative justice over retaliation, punishment
American culture tends to prioritize punishment and retaliation in various aspects of society, such as the criminal justice system and school discipline. It contrasts this punitive approach with the concept of restorative justice, which aims to repair harm and...