I highlighted here last month a new essay series assembled by the Brennan Center for Justice, titled “Punitive Excess,” in which “writers highlight how our nation has prioritized excess punishment over more supportive and less traumatic ways of dealing with social harm.” The first three essays in the series were linked in this prior post, and now I see that these three additional essays have been added to the series:
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“Crime, the Myth” by Emile DeWeaver
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“Race, Mass Incarceration, and the Disastrous War on Drugs” by Nkechi Taifa
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“The American ‘Punisher’s Brain’” by Andrew Cohen