Criminal Justice

Two criminal justice reform bills sail through the House, as they have in years past. Will they die in the Senate, as they have in years past?

A pair of positive, commonsense criminal justice reform proposals passed House Judiciary Committee this week. But “tough on crime” lawmakers are lurking in the senate, ready to kill any bill that doesn’t keep our prisons overflowing with inmates.

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The Cuts So Far (Part 5): Corrections – The high cost of quitting prison drug rehab ‘cold turkey’

Wyoming legislators cut the state’s prison-based substance abuse programs to save money. But more and more addicts are landing back in prison, continuing the cycle of incarceration and costing the state double what it “saved.”

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Just what Wyoming needs: More laws to imprison people for marijuana

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Proposals to make strangling your wife a “violent” felony test

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More prison or less prison? Judiciary Committee kills a “tough on crime” bill and moves a reform bill forward

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“Actual innocence” expert helps Judiciary Committee see past state lawyer’s preposterous claims

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