Senior Advisor, Policy Media & Distinguished Fellow; Former Senior Vice President, Policy Media

Ahad Khan

Ahad is a student at Stevenson University studying Criminal Justice and Legal Studies. He serves as the Senior Vice President of Policy at YIP. In school, Ahad competes on Stevenson’s mock trial team, where he was recognized as an All-Regional witness. Ahad plans on going to law school and practicing criminal law.

Behind Bars: An Analysis of Government Prisons vs Private Prisons

Journal article

The growing number of prisoners and prisons is a contentious issue. Proposed ideas of solving this issue include decriminalizing certain crimes, building more government prisons, building private prisons, and building both private and government prisons.

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The Return of Just Deserts: Analyzing Mass Incarceration

Capstone Project

The brief explores the history of the War on Drugs, the effects of its policies, mass incarceration, policies attempted to fight mass incarceration, and policies that can be tried to end mass incarceration. Upon other recommendations, the brief recommends that mandatory minimums and three strike laws be repealed, and the Reverse Mass Incarceration Act be passed.

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Eyes Lie: Examining the Reliability of Eyewitnesses

National Policy

Ahad Khan

Eyewitness testimony has been used for thousands of years in many different jurisdictions and legal systems. Eyewitness testimony is “powerful and convincing to jurors.” Although eyewitness testimony is convincing, it is not reliable. Eyewitness testimony is still admissible in criminal trials, and some trials depend on them. Eyewitness testimony should no longer be used in criminal trials due to memory distortions, memory biases, and additional factors that can reduce accuracy.

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The Return of Just Deserts: Analyzing Mass Incarceration

Social Policy

Ahad Khan

The War on Drugs, started by President Nixon, resulted in the era of mass incarceration. If the total population of prisons and jails were to be a state, it would be the 36th largest state. Many prisons are overcrowded and prisoners’ civil rights are being violated in the name of retribution. The brief explores the history of the War on Drugs, the effects of its policies, mass incarceration, policies attempted to fight mass incarceration, and policies that can be tried to end mass incarceration. Upon other recommendations, the brief recommends that mandatory minimums and three strike laws be repealed, and the Reverse Mass Incarceration Act be passed.

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Policy Briefs by the author

Breaking the Cycle: A Comprehensive Approach to Reducing Recidivism through Holistic Rehabilitation

Criminal Justice

July 4, 2023

The following brief explores the imperative of holistic criminal rehabilitation as an effort to strengthen the justice system. It focuses on educational, resource-related, and psychological models as a way of achieving the former. Furthermore, it discusses the varying stances associated with holistic rehabilitation in the United States alongside the shortcomings of the aforementioned models and the consequences related to avoiding humanizing our justice system.

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