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Publication • February 8, 2016
State Recidivism Studies Compendium, The Sentencing Project, 2010 STATE RECIDIVISM STUDIES This database provides references for 99 recidivism studies conducted between 1995-2009 in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The studies have been produced by a variety of agencies, including departments of corrections, sentencing commissions, statistical analysis centers, …
Pennsylvania Law Requiring Lifetime Registration of Juvenile Sex Offenders Unconstitutional by The Pennsylvania Supreme Court Held the Commonwealth's mandatory lifetime registration of juvenile sexual offenders is unconstitutional. The Court concluded that juveniles have “a constitutionally protected interest in their reputation that has been encroached by the use of an  irrebuttable …
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Former Washington Prisoner Exonerated, Receives Compensation, Arrested Again by A wrongfully convicted former Washington prisoner was awarded $546,383 in compensation under a new state law for spending 10 years in prison on robbery and burglary charges for crimes he did not commit. Brandon Redtailhawk Olebar was arrested following a February …
Computer Risk Assessments Gaining Popularity in Granting Paroles by Derek Gilna New diagnostic computer programs designed to predict whether an offender will re-offend are being credited with helping reduce the number of prisoners in correctional facilities across the nation, but experts caution that while useful, the software tools are not …
Article • January 12, 2016
Hawaii Warden Allegedly Sexually Abuses Female Prisoners In Guise of Rehabilitation by Christopher Zoukis   By Christopher Zoukis A Hawaii prison warden who allegedly forced female prisoners to disclose their sexual history -- in some cases while being filmed or in front of male prisoners -- is being sued in …
Article • January 12, 2016
Releasees under Three Strikes Reform Have Lower Recidivist Rate by David Reutter More than 1,000 prisoners have been released since California voters approved in 2012 the reform of the state’s harsh three strikes law. Despite not being provided pre-and post-release services afforded other prisoners, the strikers have a lower recidivism …
Article • January 7, 2016
Polk County Florida Juvenile Prison Conditions Corizon Treatment Held Constitutional by On March 15, 2012, suit was brought against Grady Judd, Sheriff of Polk County, Florida and the jail’s health care provider Corizon Health Inc. for violating the constitutional rights of its juvenile prisoners. Plaintiffs filed for class certification, temporary …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
Study Finds Private Prisons Keep Prisoners Longer, Without Reducing Future Crime by Peter Kerwin Study Finds Private Prisons Keep Prisoners Longer, Without Reducing Future Crime by Peter Kerwin A new study finds that prisoners in private prisons are likely to serve as many as two to three more months behind bars …
Article • October 16, 2015
Study Finds Prison Education Beneficial to Utah Prisoners and Taxpayers by Joe Watson Study Finds Prison Education Beneficial to Utah Prisoners and Taxpayers by Joe Watson When Utah prisoners get an education behind bars that they can use to find work upon their release, good things happen, according to a …
Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Social Impact Bonds in Criminal Justice: A Deal We Can’t Refuse? by Jennifer R. Zelnick Social Impact Bonds in Criminal Justice: A Deal We Can’t Refuse? by Jennifer R. Zelnick, MSW, ScD Over the past several years there has been a lot of buzz about Social Impact Bonds (SIBs). More …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Pell Grants for Prisoners: New Bill Restores Hope of Reinstating College Programs by Christopher Zoukis Pell Grants for Prisoners: New Bill Restores Hope of Reinstating College Programs by Christopher Zoukis It’s been over 20 years since Jon Marc Taylor, Ph.D., a Missouri state prisoner and author of the Prisoners’ Guerrilla …
Colorado Parolees' Violent Crimes Attributed to DOC Ineptitude by Joe Watson Colorado Parolees' Violent Crimes Attributed to DOC Ineptitude By Joe Watson It took the March 2013 murder of Tom Clements, then director of the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC), to bring to light the ineptitude of the state's prisons …
Article • June 3, 2015 • from PLN June, 2015
Is Redemption Possible for Former Prisoners? by Is Redemption Possible for Former Prisoners? The three women who were kidnapped and held hostage by Ariel Castro in a “house of horrors” in Cleveland, Ohio – tortured and sexually abused for roughly a decade – have been repeatedly praised for their strength …
Publication • April 24, 2015
PA DOC community corrections contract Appendix L re recidivism measures 2014 APPENDIX L Recidivism Monitoring Recidivism Monitoring At a minimum, facilities operated by selected contractors must maintain a baseline rate of recidivism. Facilities reducing recidivism rates below the baseline recidivism range will be eligible to receive a price increase during …
How Former Prisoners Are Set Up to Fail, Especially if They're Women by Jean Friedman-Rudovsky How Former Prisoners Are Set Up to Fail, Especially if They're Women Orange Is the New Black has shined a light on women's experiences behind bars, but what happens when they're no longer locked up? …
Article • February 4, 2015 • from PLN February, 2015
Prison Legal News Interviews Musician Wayne Kramer by Paul Wright Prison Legal News Interviews Musician Wayne Kramer On October 13, 2014, PLN editor Paul Wright interviewed Wayne Kramer at his office in Los Angeles. Mr. Kramer is a musician, singer, songwriter and producer; he also served more than two years …
Private Prison Companies Reject Resolutions to Fund Rehabilitative, Reentry Programs by Private Prison Companies Reject Resolutions to Fund Rehabilitative, Reentry Programs On December 23, 2014, GEO Group, the nation’s second-largest for-profit prison firm, demonstrated it was a “grinch” by objecting to a shareholder resolution that would require the company to …
When Halfway Houses Pose Full-Time Problems by Derek Gilna When Halfway Houses Pose Full-Time Problems by Derek Gilna A recent interest among government officials in reducing prison populations as a way to cut costs, stemming from the 2008 Great Recession that resulted in significant budget deficits, has placed renewed emphasis …
America’s Prisons: A Road to Nowhere by Ben Notterman America’s Prisons: A Road to Nowhere by Ben Notterman Video of Henry McCollum’s release from a North Carolina prison in September 2014 shows the exonerated death row prisoner making his way through a crowd of excited onlookers and into his family’s …
Controversy, Criticism Plague Brooklyn Halfway House by Derek Gilna Controversy, Criticism Plague Brooklyn Halfway House by Derek Gilna Community First Services, Inc., established by Jack A. Brown III in 2005 to provide transitional services for prisoners returning to New York City, has come under scrutiny following news reports that cast …
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