The LGBTQIA+ Community and the Criminal Justice System
Reading time: 5 minutes
Introduction to Private Prisons
Reading time: 2 minutes
Introduction to the Death Penalty
Reading time: 3 minutes
Perspectives on the Legalization of Marijuana
Reading time: 2 minutes
Nineteen states have enacted laws that either legalize or decriminalize the use of marijuana, although the issue of legalization still remains highly contentious.
No Knock Warrants
Reading time: 4 minutes
Introduction to the United States Prison System
Reading time: 4 minutes
Introduction to Policing
Reading time: 3 minutes
Disenfranchisement of Convicted Felons and Incarcerated People
Disenfranchisement, or the deprivation of the right to vote, of criminals is a practice adopted from English law which many states integrated into their constitutions after the Civil War. Every state except Maine, Vermont, and Washington, D.C., enforces some restriction on voting for incarcerated persons. The Tenth Amendment gives states jurisdiction over their election and […]