Webinar: America’s Enduring Reliance on Life Imprisonment
The Sentencing Project hosted a webinar on the latest research and advocacy around life imprisonment, including information on race, women and the elderly life-sentenced population.
Related to: Sentencing Reform, Incarceration, Racial Justice
The United States is a global outlier in its reliance on life sentences as a remedy for violent crime. More than 200,000 people are locked behind bars for life, according to new research by The Sentencing Project. We can’t solve our nation’s mass incarceration crisis without ending the culture of extreme sentencing that makes life sentences viable. The Sentencing Project calls for the abolition of life-without-parole sentences and a 20-year cap on all life sentences.
Our webinar highlighted the latest research and advocacy around life imprisonment, including information on race, women and the elderly life-sentenced population.
Panelists:
Melody Brown: Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop
Amy Fettig: The Sentencing Project
Robert Saleem Holbrook: Abolitionist Law Center
Renaldo Hudson: Illinois Prison Project
Cyntoia Brown-Long: Criminal Justice Reform Advocate
Ashley Nellis: The Sentencing Project
