PROFILE
W. Scott Cole
United States
- Colorado
BIOGRAPHY
Mr. Cole is a 62 year old freelance writer and aspiring author from Colorado. He has had over 15 years experience with the criminal justice system and advocates sensible reform. When not working or writing, he volunteers for a non-profit that provides furniture to homeless veterans who are trying to get off the streets by graduating from a VA program that helps them overcome their demons and find stable housing. He also sits on the non-profit's Board as Director of Communications He enjoys camping, fishing, and most other outdoor activities.
LATEST OPINIONS
Another State Takes a Step in the Right Direction
August 20, 2020
Play It Again, Sam
July 24, 2020
Need More Proof That Prison Sentences Are Too Long?
July 14, 2020
What About the Others?
July 03, 2020
Criminal Justice and Fictional Crimes
June 14, 2020
Sometimes It Takes a Pandemic
June 01, 2020
The Bill of Rights and COVID-19
May 18, 2020
COVID-19 and Prison By the Numbers
May 08, 2020
The Effects of a Pandemic in the System
April 26, 2020
An Egregious Violation of Justice
April 16, 2020
From Death Row to Parole
April 07, 2020
We’re Number 1…and Number 22
March 30, 2020
Coronavirus in Prison
March 20, 2020
Prison and Politics
March 13, 2020
Prison: This is How it Works
March 03, 2020
Good Use of Technology or Big Brother?
February 18, 2020
What is it About Mississippi?
February 02, 2020
Do You Know Anyone Impacted By The Criminal Justice System?
January 24, 2020
A Small Victory
January 14, 2020
The FISA Court and the FBI
January 05, 2020
The Night Before Christmas… Prison Style
December 24, 2019
One Part of Reform Nobody is Talking About
December 16, 2019
Another Reason to Abolish the Death Penalty
December 06, 2019
Why Death Penalty Appeals Are So Hard
November 27, 2019
Not Too Late… This Time
November 18, 2019
What Passes for Email in Prison
November 06, 2019
Doing Things the Oklahoma Way
October 29, 2019
Bad Cops, Bad Convictions
October 19, 2019
Good News about Violent Crime
October 07, 2019
Should We Be Wary of Warren?
September 30, 2019
The Case Against Kamala
September 20, 2019
Revenue or Public Safety?
September 09, 2019
The Power of Words
August 30, 2019
Jailhouse Cooking
August 20, 2019
Questions about a Jailhouse Suicide
August 12, 2019
Adult Diversion Programs: A Better Way
August 04, 2019
When Logic Goes Out the Window
July 28, 2019
The Cost of the New Incarceration
July 20, 2019
The New Incarceration
July 12, 2019
Innocent and In Prison
July 02, 2019
The Supreme Court Got It Right…
June 25, 2019
The Unwanted Work Force
June 17, 2019
Should Courts Use Video Hearings?
June 10, 2019
What Happened to the First Step Act?
June 03, 2019
Police Transparency
May 26, 2019
Fighting Back Against Gun Crime
May 19, 2019
Incorporation of the Bill of Rights
May 12, 2019
A Case in Point
May 03, 2019
Good News and Bad News on Incarceration
April 28, 2019
The Actuality of the Sixth Amendment
April 18, 2019
What About Bail?
April 12, 2019
The Next Step in the War on Drugs
April 04, 2019
The Damage Nobody is Talking About
March 28, 2019
It’s About Education, Not Just Race
March 21, 2019
There are Secret Courts in the United States
March 14, 2019
The Problem with Red Flag Laws
March 07, 2019
We Lost the Drug War
February 28, 2019
The Eighth Amendment is Alive and Well
February 22, 2019
Because They Deserve It
February 14, 2019
Civil Asset Forfeiture- Valid Law Enforcement Tool or Legal Theft?
February 06, 2019
A Good Name Goes Bad
January 31, 2019
Every Good Reform Starts With One Success Story
January 24, 2019
More Reasons to End the Death Penalty
January 17, 2019
The Modern Era’s “Humane” Executions
January 10, 2019
Inside the First Step Act
December 31, 2018
The Top 5 Criminal Justice Reforms of 2018
December 25, 2018
Sometimes They Get It Right
November 22, 2018
And Now for Something Really Different
November 14, 2018
It Wasn’t Even Close
November 07, 2018
The Secret Courts of the United States
October 25, 2018
A New Model for the US Prison System
October 10, 2018
When Does the Punishment End? (Part Four)
October 03, 2018
When Does the Punishment End? (Part Three)
September 26, 2018
When Does the Punishment End? (Part Two)
September 19, 2018
When Does the Punishment End? (Part One)
September 16, 2018
Alternative Sentencing Does Work
September 12, 2018
Prison Labor or Slavery… You Decide
September 03, 2018
The Real Cost of Prisons
August 26, 2018
It’s Time to Reform the Bail Bond System
August 19, 2018
The Next Step in Criminal Justice Reform
August 12, 2018
Felons and the Second Amendment
August 05, 2018
Justice or Retribution?
July 29, 2018
Recidivism by the Numbers - Part Two
July 20, 2018
Recidivism by the Numbers- Part 1
July 15, 2018
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Plea Bargains
July 08, 2018
The Second Step
July 02, 2018
A Huge First Step
June 24, 2018
Justice and the Sixth Amendment
June 17, 2018
Private Prisons: Dealing in Human Misery
June 10, 2018
One Fast, Easy Way to Reduce Recidivism
June 03, 2018
The Reality of Police Perjury
May 27, 2018
There Are Too Many People in Our Prisons
May 18, 2018
How Dangerous Are Infirm Inmates?
May 11, 2018
Rehabilitation of Prison Inmates (Part 2)
May 03, 2018
Rehabilitation of Prison Inmates
April 27, 2018
Slavery Is Alive and Well in The U.S.
April 20, 2018
What Isolation Does
April 13, 2018
We Can Do Better
April 05, 2018
Should the Death Penalty be Abolished?
March 29, 2018
