Levin: The incarceration of youth for status offenses behaviors that would not be considered criminal if committed by adults is one of the major shortcomings of a juvenile justice system that has relied on one-size-fits-all solutions.
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Levin, Cohen: An emphasis on incarcerating nonviolent offenders without a focus on proven strategies for changing offender behavior, both behind bars and in the community, will not provide Nebraska taxpayers a good public safety return on their dollars.
Levin: Our country's prisons are filled with nonviolent offenders and streets are filled with ex-offenders who cannot secure employment or housing.
Levin: Prisons must discontinue the practice of releasing inmates directly from solitary confinement to the public.
Levin: As conservatives who believe in holding an overbearing government accountable when it intrudes on our liberties, we must apply that same lens of scrutiny to this practice that involves the most restrictive form of government coercion.
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