Deeply sorry to hear that Jack Merritt was murdered in the terrorist attack at London Bridge. I interviewed him at Warren Hill prison about the course he ran for prisoners and university students: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… A fine young man, dedicated to improving people’s lives.

Jack Merritt, my Cambridge classmate, was stabbed during a terrorist attack near London Bridge on Friday. He was a tireless advocate for prisoner rehabilitation. His dad reminds us to mourn his death without forgetting what he stood for in life nyti.ms/34F2Twr

Some short points about the law behind the #Jamaica50 deportation flight last night. The law wasn’t always like this: it was changes in 2007, 2012 and 2014 that lead to even those born in the UK or brought here as children being exiled to countries they do not know. 1/?

Sixty prominent Dutch economists just sent a letter to Prime Minister Rutte and Finance Minister Hoekstra: "We call on the Dutch government to change course now and to support a European approach." volkskrant.nl/columns-opinie…

Here is a good summary of our recent report by PBS News on the looming #COVID19 disaster in ICE immigration detention centers #USA. More about the report 👉🏽 amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

1. Had a few senior HMPPS people contact me following my earlier tweets. Extremely concerned that next week prisoners will start to be moved from local prisons (where most infection) to training prisons (with least infection but most vulnerable population). Two big concerns:

📢New article online today with Alexander Testa in Journal of Criminal Justice, "Criminal offending and health over the life-course: A dual-trajectory approach." We find dual trajectories of offending and health co-develop from adolescence to young adulthood. authors.elsevier.com/c/1a~ZK_14l7sa…

"Corrections should disclose, in detail and in real time, the current impact of the virus in their facilities. Stonewalling will cost lives." 👇

I rarely pub specific writers. But Adam Serwer 🍝 piece is probably the most concise, powerful and frightening breakdown of the intersection of #COVID19 and race, from #AhmaudArbery to Trump, that I've read since the pandemic started. Give him your time theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Here is a thread in which I try to summarize what we know thus far about the cause of the recent rise in gun violence in the U.S. In my view, we can rule out some stories but the picture is not very clear and, as far as I'm concerned, many theories remain in play. 👇

New paper by Charles Loeffler and Daniel Nagin in Annual Review of Criminology summarizes the empirical literature on the effect of incarceration on recidivism. A must read for anyone interested in this topic. annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.114…

JEP has just posted a collection on criminal justice, including two papers on policing, two on incarceration, and one on algorithmic decision-making. aeaweb.org/issues/657

Fines and fees in misdemeanor courts saddle people convicted of minor crimes with $1000s of legal debt. What happens if you pay off the debt? 1/9

I’m thrilled to share my new article, Free-World Law Behind Bars, just published in The Yale Law Journal. In the “free world,” we look to regulatory rather than constitutional law to keep us healthy, safe, and connected. But inside prison walls, regulatory law recedes.

How do police compare demographically & politically to civilians they serve? We investigate w/ data on officers from 97 of the 100 largest US agencies, more than ⅓ of local police. We also test whether Dem and Rep officers behave differently in Chicago. 🧵scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/…

Our Faculty of Social Sciences Radboud University @[email protected] is looking for 13(!) assistant professors. Candidates will teach and conduct research into one of three specified topics - see link -, social inequality and diversity is one of them. Application deadline July 4th ru.nl/en/working-at/…

I am seeking formerly incarcerated people who are interested in participating in a focus group on 9/15/22 at 12:00pm EST. If you are interested in participating and available please email [email protected] You will receive an $100 electronic giftcard to compensate you.

🚨JOB ALERT🚨 The District Attorney’s Transparency Analytics (DATA) Lab Philadelphia DAO is excited to be adding a dynamic data analyst to our team. Interested in working at nexus of research, policy, and practice pertaining to prosecutorial reform? Know R? ⬇️ jobapply.page.link/x1paG

📣 📣 Calling Experts With An Interest in Detention 📣📣 .Office of the Inspector of Prisons is seeking Expressions of Interest from well-qualified people interested in being considered for membership of our new Expert Panel, which will support us in carrying out our work. oip.ie/expression-of-…