The Robina Institute’s work in Sentencing Law and Policy seeks to effect large scale and systemic improvements by providing direct assistance to jurisdictions exploring ways to advance their sentencing systems and by producing, encouraging, collecting, and disseminating policy-relevant research about the operations and effects of sentencing systems. This research looks at the impacts of sentencing systems on public safety, sentencing proportionality, racial and ethnic disparities, and imprisonment rates.
Recent Highlights
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Policy BriefTimelines of Sentencing Commissions and Sentencing Guidelines Enactments: 1978 to the Present
June 3, 2016
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News & Views from RobinaAttitudes to Prior Record Sentencing Enhancements: What do the Public Think?
June 1, 2016
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NewsKelly Mitchell on KSTP Discussing Civil Commitment
May 12, 2016
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NewsKevin Reitz Interviewed on WVTF Public Radio for a 5-part series on "Crowded Prisons, Rare Parole"
May 3, 2016
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NewsKelly Mitchell Discusses Proposals for Minnesota's Prison Population on Access Minnesota
April 20, 2016
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Conference Video
The Impact of Fees and Fines for Individuals on Probation and Parole
April 14, 2016
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NewsMitchell Submits Proposals to MN Prison Population Task Force
March 3, 2016
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In the NewsRobina Executive Director Kelly Mitchell and Co-Director Richard Frase Interviewed in Star Tribune Article on the Rise of Prison Populations in Minnesota
February 9, 2016
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NewsRobina Foundation Continues Funding for Years 4 & 5 in Sentencing Law and Policy
December 3, 2015
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News
Robina Executive Director Participates in Inaugural Meeting of Minnesota's Prison Population Task Force
September 25, 2015
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NewsRobina Co-Director Richard Frase and UMN Law Prof. Michael Tonry Cited in Atlantic Article “The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration” by Ta-Nehisi Coates
September 24, 2015
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ABA Publishes National Summit on Collateral Consequences Report by Robina Executive Director, Kelly Mitchell
September 14, 2015
