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Don't Build It Here - The Hype Versus the Reality of Prisons and Local Employment
Don't Build it Here - The Hype Versus the Reality of Prisons and Local Employment
by Clayton Mosher, Gregory Hooks, and Peter Wood
Fueled by the war on drugs, Draconian sentencing policies, and more general get tough on crime policies, the United States has experienced phenomenal growth in prison populations ...
by Clayton Mosher, Gregory Hooks, and Peter Wood
Fueled by the war on drugs, Draconian sentencing policies, and more general get tough on crime policies, the United States has experienced phenomenal growth in prison populations ...
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- Florida's Private Prison Industry Corporation Under Siege, by David Reutter
- Is There A Winning Argument Against Excessive Rates For Collect Calls From Prisoners?, by John E Dannenberg
- Prison Needle Exchanges Around the World, by Julie Falk
- Latest Honduran Prison Massacre: "Homies Were Burning Alive", by Tom Hayden
- Texas "Gang Expert" Indicted for Sex Assaults
- Ex-Rikers Island Chief Indicted
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- Massachusetts Court Enjoins Sheriff from Charging Jail Prisoners Assorted Fees, by Michael Rigby
- Don't Build It Here - The Hype Versus the Reality of Prisons and Local Employment, by Clayton Mosher
- Washington Jail Settles Wrongful Death Suit For $1.6 Million, by Michael Rigby
- California Initiative To Soften "3-Strikes" Law Defeated; DNA Collection From Arrestees Approved
- Washington Prison's Water System and Meat Contaminated With Feces, by Roger Smith
- Qualified Immunity Denied to Supervising Driver's License Examiner in Oklahoma Prisoner's Rape, by David Reutter
- New York Prisoner's Retaliation Suit Remanded for Trial
- HIV Is Occupational Disease for Connecticut Prison Guards
- DNA Profiling of Conditionally Released Federal Offenders Upheld, by John E Dannenberg
- Los Angeles Voters Reject 5,000 More Cops; Invest In Clear Ocean Instead, by John E Dannenberg
- Washington ISRB Departure From Standard Sentencing Range Upheld
- Misidentification Requires Washington Jail Officials Take Reasonable Steps to Confirm Identity
- Texas Supreme Court clarifies Procedures For Civil Court Prisoner Appearances
- Uprisings at CCA Prisons Reveal Weaknesses in Out-of-State Imprisonment Policies
- Colorado DOC Report: CCA At Fault for Crowley Uprising
- City Settles In Death of Prisoner at CCA-Operated Tulsa Jail
- Kansas Supreme Court Upholds Gift Subscription Ban
- Non-Contact Visits for Pennsylvania Sex Offenders Upheld
- Total Confinement: Madness and Reason in the Maximum Security Prison, by David C Fathi
- Gang Validation in Retaliation for Filing Grievances Is Actionable, by Marvin Mentor
- Verdict for Other Defendants Cannot Negate Jury Question of Warden's Liability in Transsexual's Assault, by John E Dannenberg
- Illinois ETS Injury Claim Allowed To Proceed; Out-of-State Legal Materials Ordered Provided, by John E Dannenberg
- Public and Press Have First Amendment Right to Access Court Docket Sheets, by David Reutter
- Prisoner Stated Deliberate Indifference Claim, But Summary Judgment Denial Reversed
- Verdict for Other Defendants Cannot Negate Jury Question of Warden's Liability in Transsexual's Assault
- News in Brief
- Arizona Adopts Favorable Termination Rule in Attorney Malpractice Suits
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