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Read News: Marc Mauer, Executive Director of The Sentencing Project, Receives Volunteers of America Maud Booth Correctional Services Award

By The Sentencing Project

Early prison reformer Maud Booth campaigned against abuses in the prison system before the turn of the 20th century when the U.S. made use of the ball and chain, prison stripes and the indiscriminate use of solitary confinement. From 1896 to Booth’s death in 1948, the Volunteers of America cofounder worked tirelessly – and successfully – at prison reform. Carrying her torch and continuing the legacy more than 100 years later are those honored annually with the Volunteers of America Maud Booth Correctional Services Award. The Sentencing Project’s Executive Director, Marc Mauer was named this year’s honoree August 11, 2008, at the American Correctional Association’s 138th Congress of Correction in New Orleans, LA...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Sentencing Project on August 19, 2008 (boomark / email).