Wait, the government can take YOUR property without convicting you of a crime?
Civil asset forfeiture laws allow the government to seize private property, even when citizens’ haven’t been charged with a crime. These laws are a glaring violation of our 5th Amendment…
Chicago Nightmare Prison Showcases the Dangers of Police Militarization
Prisons, when used correctly, serve an important purpose of keeping violent criminals off the street and protecting the general population. But one prison in Chicago is allegedly operating less like…
Less Imprisonment Doesn’t Lead to More Crime
The United States has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world, as well as the largest prison population anywhere on Earth. With all those people locked away, one…
18 Must-Know Facts about U.S. Prisons
Over 2.2 million people are currently in U.S. jails or prisons. That’s more than the entire population of New Mexico. It’s the highest prison population…
House Hearing on Civil Forfeiture
Imagine this, you are moving from Michigan to California to start a new life and your dad gave you $2,500 to help you start out on your feet. While driving…
Tell Your Members of Congress: Support the Smarter Sentencing Act
As one of our more than 6.9 million FreedomWorks members nationwide, I urge you to contact your representative and senators today and ask them to support the Smarter Sentencing Act…
Successful conservative reforms could be coming to the federal prison system
Political pundits and the media like to tell Americans that there’s no hope of President Barack Obama and Republican-controlled Congress getting anything done. They’re too far apart on almost everything,…
Mandatory minimums are not a conservative approach to criminal justice
The United States’ criminal justice system is so terribly broken that it resembles "socialism with restrained mobility," says one House Republican, and it’s imperative that Congress act now to begin…
Sentencing Reform: Let Judges Do their Jobs
The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the developed world, with enough people in prison to populate a small country. Preserving law and order is obvious a priority…
Support the FAIR Act to Stop Abuses of Civil Asset Forfeiture
As one of our more than 6.7 million FreedomWorks members nationwide, I urge you to contact your representative and senators today and ask them to support and co-sponsor the Fifth…