Justice and Due Process

What Happens After the Sentence?

Three families share what happens after a prison sentence ends, and why helping people rebuild their lives can be as important as the sentence itself.

Libertas Institute Staff
| 18th Sep 2026

Justice and Due Process

Utah Should Track Recovery Outcomes After Treatment Ends

Utah appropriated more than $675 million for behavioral health services in fiscal 2027 without that measurement.

Josh Nemeth
| 28th Aug 2026

Justice and Due Process

The Insanity Debate Changes at the State Line

Clancy’s jurors are applying a Massachusetts rule that asks whether she could appreciate the wrongfulness of her conduct. Utah abandoned that question in 1983

Josh Nemeth
| 25th Aug 2026

Justice and Due Process

Prison Isn’t the Only Way to Hold Someone Accountable

Dangerous people have to be held accountable. But is a cell the only instrument? There is an older American answer that owes nothing to Marx.

Josh Nemeth
| 17th Aug 2026

Justice and Due Process

Supreme Court Narrows Drug-User Gun Ban Enforced in Utah

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the government cannot strip Second Amendment rights based only on drug use.

Josh Nemeth
| 19th Jun 2026

Justice and Due Process

Here’s What You Need To Know About Utah’s New Supreme Court Justices

Utah’s highest court is about to look very different, and Governor Spencer Cox gets to reshape it.

Josh Nemeth
| 16th Jun 2026

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