Worth Reading
Worth Reading
The reporting and research we keep returning to. We link out generously; good work deserves readers.
- 'Guilty But Mentally Ill' doesn't protect against harsh sentencesNPR, 2016
A clear, short introduction to the verdict at the center of The Mad and the Bad.
- Punishing the Insane: The Verdict of Guilty but Mentally IllJournal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 2002
Psychiatrists Melville and Naimark on what the GBMI label adds, and what it fails to add.
- Not Guilty, Yet Continuously ConfinedAmerican Criminal Law Review, Georgetown
How a successful insanity defense can lead to confinement longer than a prison sentence.
- Fear keeps insanity acquittees in hospital longer than neededPsychiatric News, 2012
Why release decisions for people found not responsible tend to run long.
- Genesee County jail to offer in-person visits through 'Operation Restoration'ABC12, Michigan, 2024
A sheriff who ended family visits brought them back after families pushed and sued.
- Making jail and prison visits easier makes communities saferUrban Institute
The research case for visits, in plain language.
- Minnesota study shows prisoners receiving visits have lower recidivism ratesPrison Legal News, 2013
Minnesota's Department of Correction tracked 16,000 people. Any visit lowered the odds of a new felony conviction.
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