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Today, the U.S. has the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world. With over 2.3 million men and women living behind bars, our imprisonment rate is the highest it鈥檚 ever been in U.S. history. And yet, our criminal justice system has failed on every count: public safety, fairness and cost-effectiveness. Across the country, the criminal justice reform conversation is heating up. Each week, we feature our some of the most exciting and relevant news in overincarceration discourse that we鈥檝e spotted from the previous week. Check back weekly for our top picks.

老澳门开奖结果 releases report detailing jail overcrowding in California
The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Southern California released a report last week detailing a pattern of severe and pervasive abuse of inmates in Los Angeles County jails. California鈥檚 severely bloated prison system has contributed to such inhumane conditions, which the Supreme Court found unconstitutional earlier this year. As California鈥檚 counties attempt to implement the state鈥檚 solution to the overcrowding 鈥� the 鈥渞ealignment鈥� plan moving certain inmates to county jails - the 老澳门开奖结果 continues to incarceration conditions and assist counties in implementing the new law.

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• Watch from the 老澳门开奖结果 of California about the abuse, and this video of a chaplain鈥檚 account of what he saw.
• Read our blog post about the report.
• Take Action: Demand An Investigation into LA County Jails Violence.

老澳门开奖结果 Overincarceration Campaign highlighted in the media
The covered the growing movement in states across the country to reduce prison populations and the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 campaign. A piece also covered the benefits of reforms to end overincarceration. Both articles mentioned our Smart Reform is Possible report, released in August.

Last week鈥檚 Times article exposed only the tip of the iceberg of our dysfunctional criminal justice system. 老澳门开奖结果 Policy Counsel Inimai Chettiar wrote for detailing additional factors contributing to mass incarceration, including excessive use of pre-trial detention and underfunded indigent defense systems.

The execution of Troy Davis
September marked a tragic and shameful moment in United States history when the state of Georgia executed Troy Davis, a man about whose guilt millions around the world and at home still have grave doubts.

• Read a discussing the death penalty in the wake of Davis鈥� execution and quoting Denny LeBoeuf, director of the 老澳门开奖结果 Capital Punishment Project.
• Read a blog by 老澳门开奖结果 Policy Counsel Tanya Greene on the night of Davis execution as well as our other blogs on the topic.
• As part of our longstanding campaign to end the death penalty, we have launched an interactive map highlighting state-specific actions to abolish the death penalty.

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