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Vera Institute of Justice, People in Jail and Prison in Spring 2021 People in Jail and Prison in Spring 2021 Jacob Kang-Brown, Chase Montagnet, and Jasmine Heiss June 2021 Summary When the COVID-19 pandemic was first detected Figure 1 in the United States, it was clear that the virus The …

Viral Injustice, 2021 VIRAL INJUSTICE by Brandon L. Garrett & Lee Kovarsky* INTRODUCTION .............................................................................. 1 I. COVID-19 AS A NEW LEGAL CHALLENGE.............................. 6 A. COVID-19 in Detention Facilities .................................... 6 1. Vulnerable detention communities ........................ 7 2. The official response ............................................. 11 B. Rights, Custody, and Remedies ...................................... 14 1. …

Legislative Regulation of Isolation in Prison, 2018-2021 1 Legislative Regulation of Isolation in Prison: 2018-2021 Abstract Legislative activity seeking to limit or abolish the use of solitary confinement (often termed “restrictive housing”) has increased in recent years. Efforts to “stop” solitary (nationally and internationally) are underway through organizing, hunger strikes, …

Reducing Restrictive Housing Use in Washington State, 2021 REDUCING RESTRICTIVE HOUSING USE IN WASHINGTON STATE RESULTS FROM THE 2016-2020 STUDY “UNDERSTANDING AND REPLICATING WASHINGTON STATE’S SEGREGATION REDUCTION PROGRAMS,” CONTRACT NO. K11273 Keramet Reiter, JD, PhD With: Kelsie Chesnut, PhD; Gabriela Gonzalez, MA; Justin Strong, MA; Rebecca Tublitz, MPP; Dallas Augustine, …

U.S. Office of Deputy Attorney General, Chokeholds & Carotid Restraints and Knock & Announce Policy, 2021 U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Deputy Attorney General The Deputy Attorney General Washington , D.C. 20530 September 13, 2021 MEMORANDUM FOR ACTING DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS & EXPLOSIVES ADMINISTRATOR, DRUG …

Women, Incarceration, and Violent Crime, MA, 2021 Women,‌‌Incarceration,‌‌and‌‌Violent‌‌Crime:‌‌A‌‌Briefing‌‌in‌‌Response‌‌to‌‌ Plans‌‌for‌‌Building‌‌a‌‌New‌‌Women’s‌‌Prison‌‌in‌‌Massachusetts‌1‌ ‌ ‌ “[T]he‌‌effort‌‌to‌‌divide‌‌up‌‌the‌‌world‌‌into‌‌the‌‌violent‌‌and‌‌the‌‌nonviolent,‌‌or‌‌into‌‌any‌‌other‌‌sharply‌‌ drawn‌‌dichotomous‌‌categories,‌‌blinds‌‌us‌‌too‌‌often‌‌to‌‌the‌‌gradations‌‌that‌‌actually‌‌characterize‌‌ our‌‌collective‌‌life”‌‌(Sklansky,‌‌2021,‌‌p.‌‌5).‌ ‌ ‌ Introduction‌ ‌ The‌‌Massachusetts‌‌Department‌‌of‌‌Correction‌‌(DOC)‌‌has‌‌announced‌‌its‌‌intention‌‌to‌‌close‌‌ MCI-Framingham,‌‌the‌‌oldest‌‌functioning‌‌women’s‌‌prison‌‌in‌‌the‌‌country,‌‌by‌‌2024‌‌(Williams,‌‌ 2020).‌‌The‌‌primary‌‌state‌‌prison‌‌for‌‌women,‌‌MCI-Framingham‌‌currently‌‌houses‌‌fewer‌‌than‌‌200‌‌ women.‌2‌‌ ‌This‌‌number‌‌includes‌‌women‌‌awaiting‌‌trial‌‌as‌‌well‌‌as‌‌women‌‌sentenced‌‌on‌‌a‌‌wide‌‌ range‌‌of‌‌governing‌‌charges‌‌(Cannata‌‌et‌‌al.,‌‌2021).‌ ‌ To‌‌replace‌‌MCI-Framingham,‌‌Governor‌‌Baker’s‌‌administration‌‌plans‌‌to‌‌build‌‌a‌‌new‌‌women’s‌ prison‌‌or‌‌substantially‌‌renovate‌‌an‌‌unused‌‌men’s‌‌prison‌‌at‌‌an‌‌estimated‌‌cost‌‌of‌‌$50,000,000.‌ That‌‌sum‌‌is‌‌in‌‌addition‌‌to‌‌the‌‌operating‌‌cost‌‌of‌‌$162,000‌‌per‌‌woman‌‌per‌‌year‌‌(Cannata‌‌et‌‌al.,‌‌ 2021).‌‌ ‌ In‌‌response,‌‌coalitions‌‌of‌‌community‌‌organizations,‌‌academics,‌‌social‌‌workers,‌‌and‌‌attorneys‌‌ argue‌‌that‌‌the‌‌time‌‌has‌‌come‌‌to‌‌end‌‌the‌‌punitive‌‌policies‌‌that‌‌gave‌‌rise‌‌to‌‌mass‌‌incarceration;‌‌that‌‌ $50,000,000‌‌could‌‌be‌‌put‌‌to‌‌better‌‌use‌‌supporting‌‌housing,‌‌families,‌‌education,‌‌parks,‌‌local‌‌ businesses‌‌and‌‌services‌‌that‌‌build‌‌up‌‌people,‌‌not‌‌prisons‌‌(Building‌‌Up‌‌People‌‌Not‌‌Prisons,‌‌n.d.).‌‌ ‌ The‌‌population‌‌of‌‌women‌‌incarcerated‌‌for‌‌crimes‌‌labeled‌‌as‌‌violent‌‌has‌‌emerged‌‌as‌‌a‌‌sticking‌‌ point‌‌in‌‌efforts‌‌to‌‌balance‌‌concerns‌‌for‌‌public‌‌safety‌‌with‌‌the‌‌rights‌‌and‌‌well-being‌‌of‌‌women‌‌ and‌‌communities‌‌most‌‌impacted‌‌by‌‌pro-incarceration‌‌policies‌‌of‌‌the‌‌late‌‌20th‌‌and‌‌21st‌‌centuries.‌‌ ‌ To‌‌help‌‌ground‌‌these‌‌concerns‌‌in‌‌research,‌‌this‌‌briefing‌‌presents‌‌an‌‌overview‌‌of‌‌the‌‌scholarly‌‌ literature‌‌on‌‌women,‌‌violence,‌‌and‌‌crime.‌‌That‌‌literature‌‌is‌‌illustrated‌‌through‌‌the‌‌stories‌‌of‌‌real‌‌ women‌‌who‌‌have‌‌been‌‌incarcerated‌‌for‌‌crimes‌‌classified‌‌as‌‌violent‌‌in‌‌Massachusetts.‌ ‌ ‌ T ‌ his‌‌briefing‌‌was‌‌written‌‌by‌‌Rebecca‌‌Stone,‌‌Susan‌‌Sered,‌‌Amanda‌‌Wilhoit,‌‌and‌‌Cherry‌‌Russell‌‌together‌‌with‌‌ members‌‌of‌‌the‌W ‌ omen‌‌and‌‌Incarceration‌‌Project‌‌‌at‌‌Suffolk‌‌University.‌‌ …

Institute for New Economic Thinking, Mass Incarceration Retards Racial Integration, 2021 Working Papers Institute for New Economic Thinking 1neteconom1cs.org/wo rk1ngpapers Mass Incarceration Retards Racial Integration Peter Temin* Working Paper No. 155 April 8, 2021 ABSTRACT President Nixon replaced President Johnson’s War on Poverty with his War on Drugs in 1971. …

Cambridge University Press, Cosponsoring and Cashing in - US House Members' Support for Punitive Immigration Policy, 2021 Business and Politics (2021), 1–18 doi:10.1017/bap.2021.6 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS RESEARCH ARTICLE Cosponsoring and Cashing In: US House Members’ Support for Punitive Immigration Policy and Financial Payoffs from the Private Prison Industry Jason L. …

Harvard Environmental Law Review, Environmental Indifference, 2021 \\jciprod01\productn\H\HLE\45-2\HLE206.txt unknown Seq: 1 18-JUN-21 8:44 ENVIRONMENTAL INDIFFERENCE Anthony Moffa* TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …

John Howard Association, IL, Covid Deaths Within Illinois Dept of Corrections, 2021 Data Report Facility Report COVID-19 Deaths Reported within IDOC from March 2020-2021 Table of Contents COVID-19 Deaths Reported within IDOC from March 2020-2021 ........................................ 3 COVID-19 Deaths by Prison ..................................................................................................................... 3 Age at Death .............................................................................................................................................. 4 Age Comparison …

Struggle for Power - the Ongoing Persecution of Black Movement by the US Government, 2021 STRU R E W O P R O F E L GG LACK B F ON O I T ENT U M C N E VER ERS O P G G . U.S GOIN E …

SPLC Action Fund, How Southern States Struggle With Long-Term Incarceration, 2021 LONG ROAD TO NOWHERE How Southern States Struggle with Long-Term Incarceration February 2021 SPLC IACTION @ About the SPLC Action Fund The SPLC Action Fund is a catalyst for racial justice in the South and beyond, working in partnership …

The Sentencing Project, America's Enduring Reliance on Life Imprisonment, 2021 NO END IN SIGHT AMERICA’S ENDURING RELIANCE ON LIFE IMPRISONMENT THE SENTENCING - - PROJECT RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY FOR REFORM THE SENTENCING - - PROJECT RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY FOR REFORM For more information, contact: The Sentencing Project 1705 DeSales Street …

Bars Behind Bars - Digital Techonology in the Prison System, 2021 BARS BEHIND BARS: DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY IN THE PRISON SYSTEM Paolo Arguelles* 1 Isabelle Ortiz-Luis Abstract With little opportunity to engage with technology while behind bars, returning citizens are finding themselves on the far side of the digital divide and …

US DOJ, Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 24 States in 2008, a 10 Year Follow-Up, 2021 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics SEPTEMBER 2021 Special Report NCJ 256094 Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 24 States in 2008: A 10-Year Follow-Up Period (2008–2018) Leonardo Antenangeli, …

Urban Institute, Racial and Ethnic Disparities Throughout the Criminal Legal System, 2021 JUSTICE POLICY CENTER Racial and Ethnic Disparities throughout the Criminal Legal System A Result of Racist Policies and Discretionary Practices Susan Nembhard and Lily Robin August 2021 Differential treatment on the basis of race is well documented in …

The Sentencing Project, Women Serving Life Without Parole and Death Sentences in the United States, 2021 In The Extreme Women Serving Life Without Parole and Death Sentences in the United States ~ ~ ~~:TENCING PROJECT RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY FOR REFORM Nat·onal Black Women's Justice Institute Camell aw School Cornell CPnter …

Outbreak of Delta Variant Infections Among Incarcerated Persons in a Federal Prison, TX, 2021 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 (Delta) Variant Infections Among Incarcerated Persons in a Federal Prison — Texas, July–August 2021 Liesl M. Hagan, MPH1*; David W. McCormick, MD1,2*; Christine Lee, PhD1; Sadia Sleweon, …

Law & Policy, Understanding the Place of Punishment, Disadvantage, Politics, and the Geography of Imprisonment in 21st Century America, 2021 1') Check for updates DOI: 10.1111/lapo.12161 WILEY ORIGINAL ARTICLE Understanding the place of punishment: Disadvantage, politics, and the geography of imprisonment in 21st century America Katherine Beckett1 | Lindsey Beach2 …