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Article • August 10, 2016
Report: Decreases in U.S. Jail Population Slowed By California's Realignment by Joe Watson Exponential increases in the U.S. jail population over the past 20 years appear to have leveled off and even reversed slightly, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). The DOJ's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported …
Article • August 10, 2016
Report: Virginia's Prisons, Jails Overburdened by Nonviolent Drug Offenders by Joe Watson Virginia should decriminalize drug-related behavior and treat drug abuse as a public health issue, while increasing educational resources and opportunities in low-income communities of color in order to improve public safety and lower the state's prison population, according …
Article • August 9, 2016
New Congressional Research Report Criticizes Federal Prisoner Increases by Derek Gilna The Congressional Research Service, or CRS, a non-partisan research arm of the United States Congress, has released an extensive report highly critical of the “unprecedented increase in the federal prison population” since the early 1980’s.  The report notes that …
CA: 'Realignment' Forcing Jail Improvements for Disabled Prisoners by A landmark case nearly 20 years ago forced California's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to properly care for its disabled prisoners. Now, a federal lawsuit aims to do the same for those being held in the state's county jails. Since …
Article • August 9, 2016
Federal Court Gives CA Six Month Extension to Reduce Prison Population by The three-judge court in the ongoing prison healthcare civil rights suit against California took a slight turn on January 20, 2013, when the court gave California a six-month extension of time to achieve the prison population reduction it …
Article • August 4, 2016
Jail Crowding at Texas County That Recently Sold Expansion Jail by Matthew Clarke In 2008, Montgomery County, Texas built the 1,293-bed Joe Corley Detention Center (JCDC) for $45 million. The voters who approved the bond issue believed the JCDC would be used to expand the capacity of the 1,251-bed Montgomery …
California Parole Agents Often Have Dangerously High Caseloads by When Jaycee Dugard escaped from captivity in Oakland, California sex offender Phillip Garrido's backyard, it became apparent that both state and federal parole officers had missed multiple opportunities to discover and rescue her during the 18 years she was held captive. …
Hawaii Prison Relocation Project Fails to Skirt Environmental Review by Panagioti Tsolkas While lawmakers in Hawaii have advanced bills to fast-track the relocation of a state prison, they were forced to concede that an environmental impact review could not be avoided. In February 2016, the state legislature held a pair of …
Article • August 1, 2016
Broward County Jail Conditions Subject to Consent Decree by The Broward County Sheriff entered into a consent Decree to settle a class action lawsuit challenging the conditions at the County’s jails. The suit, filed in 1976, resulted in the federal district court overseeing the litigation to determine the conditions of …
Publication • August 1, 2016
ACLU National Prison Project - U.S. Cases Citing U.N. Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules), 2016 U.S. Cases Citing U.N. Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules) David C. Fathi ACLU National Prison Project 915 15th St. N.W., 7th …
Settlement in condition Suit Challenging Birmingham Jail by A settlement agreement was reached in a class action lawsuit concerning the conditions of confinement in Alabama’s Birmingham jail.  The suit was filed in 2011 and was the subject of several PLN reports.  The April 15, 2014, settlement required 100 pre-trial detainees …
Publication • July 28, 2016
Philadelphia's Crowded, Costly Jails - The Search fo Safe Solutions, PEW, 2011 Philadelphia’s Crowded, Costly Jails: The Search for Safe Solutions Aerial photo of the Philadelphia Prison System main campus in Northeast Philadelphia CREDIT: POLICE AERIAL UNIT Philadelphia’s Crowded, Costly Jails: The Search for Safe Solutions The Pew Charitable Trusts’ …
Study Shows Modest Decline in Prison Populations by Derek Gilna A February 2016 study by The Sentencing Project, “U.S. Prison Population Trends 1999-2014: Broad Variation Among States in Recent Years,” found there has been a 2.9% average decline in the number of state prisoners during that period. Over those 15 …
Overcrowding at South Dakota Prison Impacts Family Visitation Program by A surge in female prisoners incarcerated on low-level drug charges led to the temporary shutdown of a program at the South Dakota Women’s Prison that helps prisoners maintain family ties and relationships. The Parent and Children Together (P.A.C.T.) program provides …
Dunn et. al. v. Dunn et. al Case 2:14-cv-00601-MHT-TFM Document 555-2 Filed 07/13/16 Page 1 of 106 Expert Report of Eldon Vail Dunn, et. al. v. Dunn, et. al. The District Court of the United States Middle District of Alabama 2:14-cv-601-MHT-TFM Submitted: July 5, 2016 Case 2:14-cv-00601-MHT-TFM Document 555-2 Filed …
Dunn v. Dunn, AL, Expert Report of Eldon Vail, Alabama DOC Healthcare Administration, 2016 Case 2:14-cv-00601-MHT-TFM Document 555-2 Filed 07/13/16 Page 1 of 106 Expert Report of Eldon Vail Dunn, et. al. v. Dunn, et. al. The District Court of the United States Middle District of Alabama 2:14-cv-601-MHT-TFM Submitted: July …
Does Smarter Sentencing Equal Lower Prison Numbers? by By Adam Wisnieski, The Crime Report The United States has the world’s highest incarceration rate—and efforts to reduce it have been the focus of studies by leading academics, advocacy groups and policymakers. Most recognize that if significant change is going to come, it …
Incarceration, Justice and the Planet: How the Fight Against Toxic Prisons May Shape the Future of Environmentalism by Panagioti Tsolkas Prisons inspire little in terms of natural wonder. It might be a weed rises through a crack and blooms for a moment. It might be a prisoner notices. But prisoners, …
Article • June 3, 2016 • from PLN June, 2016
Illinois Prisoner Wins $125,000 Civil Rights Jury Verdict by Derek Gilna Illinois state prisoner Lincoln Lee had a bad feeling about his new cellmate, who was bigger and younger than him, and prone to repeated verbal threats. The Illinois River Correctional Center, like most state prisons, was overcrowded – so …
Problems with California’s New Medical Prison by Matthew Clarke With construction costs of $840 million and a capacity to provide care to almost 3,000 patients, California’s new medical prison near Stockton is the largest and most expensive in the nation. Unfortunately, that expense has not resulted in a smooth-running operation; …
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