Affiliation:
1. University of Essex, UK
2. Yale University School of Law, USA
Abstract
There are close to seven million people under correctional supervision in the United States, both in prison and in the community. The US criminal justice system is widely regarded as an inherently unmerciful institution by scholars and policymakers but also by people who have spent time in prison and their family members; it is deeply punitive, racist, expansive and damaging in its reach. In this article, we probe the meanings of mercy for the institution of parole.
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences,General Engineering,General Environmental Science