Lauren-Brooke (L.B.) Eisen
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Senior Director, Justice Program @BrennanCenter | author - Inside Private Prisons @ColumbiaUP | @pulitzercenter grantee @verainstitute alum & former prosecutor
New York, New York
Joined February 2011
RT @JohnArnoldFndtn: Though largely unsung, inspectors general are the first line of defense and by far the most effective check on governm…
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RT @Lab4Justice: "There is no evidence that pro-reform prosecutors are responsible for crime rising or falling,” write Authors @lbeisen, Ji…
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RT @BrennanCenter: Trump reverses a Biden administration criminal justice policy that eliminated Department of Justice contracts with priva…
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RT @glennEmartin: By replacing your morning coffee with green tea, you can lose up to 89% of what little joy you still have left in your li…
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RT @MarcALevin: My latest in @TheHillOpinion examines how we can build on the progress of the bipartisan First Step Act championed by @real…
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Thrilled by President Biden’s commutations of 37 people on federal death rows. Let’s urge POTUS to continue to use the clemency power in his remaining days in office for thousands of people who are serving unfairly long drug sentences
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RT @BrennanCenter: Today, President Biden commuted the death sentences of 37 individuals on federal death row to life without parole. As @l…
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RT @BrennanCenter: President Biden granted clemency to nearly 1,500 individuals, a record high for a single day by any president. But there…
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Incredible news out of the White House this morning and hope the Biden administration continues to grant more clemency to thousands whose sentences continue to be disproportionately long
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Weighing in on other jurisdictions’ experiences with federal receivership for jails and prisons, my @BrennanCenter colleague @hernandezstroud discusses what a federal takeover of Rikers Island could entail
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Today, a federal judge found NYC in contempt for failing to reduce violence at the Rikers Island jail complex. My @BrennanCenter colleague @hernandezstroud joined NY1 to break down what federal receivership could look like for the City’s largest jail.
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Important work by @RachelRMarshall @IIP_JohnJay highlighting critical strategies prosecutors across the country have employed to improve public safety while addressing over-incarceration
Criminal Justice Reform Didn't Die on Nov. 5 | Opinion
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RT @fjp_org: The @BrennanCenter took a closer look at crime trends in cities with and without pro-reform prosecutors. The findings? There i…
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RT @BrennanCenter: Swing states have been blanketed with ads blaming crime on immigration, justice reform, and other politically-motivated…
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RT @BrennanCenter: Violent crime has declined nationally over the past few years. That includes swing states.
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RT @NYUJLPP: JLPP and the Brennan Center will be hosting a symposium on federal prison reform, Nov. 18 at 4:30pm! Sign up here https://t.co…
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Thank you to @MNReformer for covering our @BrennanCenter study finding no clear relationship between the pro-reform prosecutorial approach and the incidence of crime. via @MNReformer
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RT @RachelRMarshall: Proud to have played a small role in this piece—and grateful it’s out there correcting this false narrative about refo…
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