Change from the Inside | Scholars Strategy Network

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David Dagan outlines the GOP’s journey from being “tough on crime” to embracing prison reform. Despite falling crime rates, the party could only change from the inside - with key Republicans leading the way after experiencing prison for themselves.

For more on this topic

Read his two-page brief or his book, Prison Break: Why Conservatives Turned Against Mass Incarceration with Professor Steven M. Teles.
Check out his article in Vox, Why Criminal Justice Reform Isn't Dead Yet.