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The U.S. today 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, criminal justice reform is heating up. Each week, we feature exciting and relevant news from around the country related to de-incarceration efforts and criminal justice reform that we鈥檝e spotted from the previous week. Check back weekly for our top picks.

As research increasingly suggests that prosecuting teens as if they were adults is inappropriate as well as ineffective, New York and North Carolina remain the last stubborn states standing that try 16-year-olds as adults.

In response to this letter points out what the story doesn鈥檛. Cheap prison labor threatens to violate the rights of an already vulnerable population, and many of the impractical tasks assigned to incarcerated workers do little to prepare them for successful reentry or gainful employment after their release.

The 鈥渓ock 鈥榚m up and throw away the key鈥� attitude of the so-called 鈥渨ar on drugs鈥� may finally be fading out of fashion, as more states begin to recognize that treatment is a viable and cost-effective alternative to incarceration.

Prisoners are now allowed to file federal civil-rights lawsuits that push for DNA testing of crime-scene evidence, thanks to this U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

Florida legislators from traditionally opposing parties have come together to sponsor two bills that would end mandatory minimum sentences for some drug offenders.

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