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Article • July 15, 2025 • from PLN July, 2025
Latest Jail Booking Info Is Based on New Data Source by The U. S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has long collected and published statistics on local jails nationwide, including the number of such facilities and how many people are booked into them each year. Who are these people and why …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Minnesota’s $100 Million-Per-Year Civil Commitment Program Has No “Discernible Impact” on Sex Crimes by A report released on April 16, 2024, concluded that Minnesota’s Sex Offense Civil Commitment (SOCC) program, which is operated by the state Department of Human Services at a cost of over $100 million per year, has …
Article • January 1, 2024 • from PLN January, 2024
Deaths While Incarcerated Up 18% in Louisiana by A June 2023 report by Loyola University College of Law found that annual deaths behind bars in Louisiana jumped over 18% to an average of 187.5 in the period 2020-21. That’s up from an average of 158.6 between 2015 and 2019. Of …
Article • January 1, 2024 • from PLN January, 2024
Private Prisons Hold Almost 100,000 Prisoners, 8% of Total U.S. Prison Population by According to a report published by The Sentencing Project on June 15, 2023, the federal government and 27 states incarcerated 96,370 people in private prisons in 2021, amounting to 8% of America’s prison population. Private prisons are …
153 Killed in Custody in Salvadorian Gang Crackdown by A report by human rights group Cristosal on May 29, 2023, detailed how lethal El Salvador’s war on the Central American country’s gangs has been: 153 people have died in custody since Pres. Nayib Bukele’s campaign began in March 2022. Targeting …
Article • January 1, 2024 • from PLN January, 2024
Another Report Verifies That Prison Deaths Soared During COVID-19 Pandemic by A mortality study released on December 1, 2023, found that the death rate in U.S. prisons spiked 77% during 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, not all the increase was directly attributable to the disease. The …
Article • January 1, 2024 • from PLN January, 2024
Despite “Ban the Box” Laws, Most Prisoners Still Unemployed a Year After Release by In July 2023, the U.S. unemployment rate stood at 3.6%, among the lowest levels seen in 60 years. With nearly two openings for everyone unemployed, all that most Americans need to get a job is to …
Nearly 5,000 Sexual Victimizations Counted in Three Years in U.S. Prisons and Jails by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On January 31, 2023, the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics released a report counting 4,895 sexual assaults on U.S. prisoners and detainees in just three years. From 2016 through 2018, the …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Filed under: Databases, FBI, Police Bias
FBI Crime Report Lacking Data from Police Agencies Serving 25 Percent of U.S. Population by In October 2022, the FBI released its 2021 report titled Crime in the U.S. Published annually for a century, it is considered the gold standard for data on criminal activity in the U.S. However, the …
Article • February 26, 2022
The California Reporting Project: Journalists and Berkeley Students Key to Game Changing Database of Police Misconduct by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott  A cadre of journalists at six news outlets in California joined together to request police misconduct records after these documents became available to the public with …
Article • February 26, 2022
LEWIS Registry: First Crowd-Sourced Public Database for Police Misconduct by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott  The LEWIS Registry, the first crowd-sourced public database for police resignations or terminations due to misconduct, honors the legendary civil rights activist Rep. John Lewis who was a victim of police brutality and …
Publication • 2021
Filed under: Databases
How Best to Mitigate Prison Gerrymandering 1 How Best to do Prison Population Data Reallocation, i.e., How Best to Mitigate Prison Gerrymandering?* Bernard Grofman Distinguished Professor of Political Science University of California, Irvine Bgrofman@uci.edu August 10, 2021 KEY WORDS: prison gerrymandering; one person, one vote; apportionment; redistricting * Grofman is …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Filed under: Reviews, Databases
Book Review: The Habeas Citebook: Prosecutorial Misconduct Is an Invaluable Resource for Challenging Prosecutorial Misconduct by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell I have to admit that the idea of a citebook in the age of searchable databases was a little lost on me. “Who needs a citebook these days,” I …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Artificial Intelligence for Surveillance Spreading to Prisons Around the Globe by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Artificial Intelligence, long thought to be the wave of the future, has become a present reality in prisons around the globe. Facilities in Hong Kong and China have already established themselves on the cutting …
Brief • November 19, 2019
ACLU v. FL Dept of Corrections, FL, Writ of Mandamus, Public Records, 2019 Filing # 99106002 E-Filed 11/19/2019 12:52:00 PM IN THE FLORIDA SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR LEON COUNTY, FLORIDA AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF FLORIDA, INC., Petitioner, Case No.: v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; Respondent. / PETITION …
Brief • October 24, 2019
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Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Filed under: Databases, Internet
Securus Hacked Again; Passwords, Personal Information, Location Data Compromised by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Some readers may recall how a hacker targeted Dallas, Texas-based Securus Technologies, a prison telecom company, resulting in the records of some 70 million phone calls made by over 63,000 prisoners being released on the …
Article • December 5, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018
Louisiana’s Rejection of $3.5 Million Prison Tracking Software to be Reconsidered by R. Bailey by R. Bailey An audit recommended replacing outdated data management software used by Louisiana’s prison system with a previously-rejected upgrade, if the new system could be salvaged. The upgrade would help implement the Justice Reinvestment Act …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Study: Prison Spending Grew at Three Times the Rate of Education Spending over Last Three Decades by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton A July 2016 report by the U.S. Department of Education found that spending on prisons and jails nationwide outpaced what public officials spent on education at a rate …
Study Indicates Racial Bias Skews Criminality Risk Assessment Tool by The use of software to predict future criminality is increasing in popularity. However, a study by ProPublica, an independent, nonprofit news agency that produces investigative journalism, found that prediction programs are racially skewed. Risk assessments are gaining traction in courtrooms …
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