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Penal Reform International, Thailand Institute of Justice: Global Prison Trends, 2018 GLOBAL PRISON TRENDS 2018 SPECIAL FOCUS Pull-out section The rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders in the era of sustainable development Global Prison Trends 2018 This document is co-published and produced with financial assistance from the Thailand Institute of Justice …
Publication • February 23, 2018
HRDC comment on federal bills to reinstate Pell grants for prisoners - February 2018 Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS February 23, 2018 SENT VIA EMAIL Senator Patty Murray United States Senate 154 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Representative Susan A. Davis U.S. House of …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Filed under: Work, Release and Reentry
Unable to Find Work, Some Former Prisoners Become Entrepreneurs by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke It’s an age-old story. Despite EEOC guidance instructing employers not to have blanket policies against hiring ex-felons – and efforts to lift restrictions on occupational licenses for former prisoners – those released from prison soon …
Griffin v. Condon, MI, Appellate Brief, Retaliation, 2018 Case: 17-1931 Document: 16 Filed: 01/10/2018 Page: 1 CASE NO. 17-1931 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT RANDLE GRIFFIN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RUM LOUIS CONDON, RUO JOSEPH DOWNARD, and RUO GARY MCMURTRIE, Defendants-Appellants. ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Solitary to the Streets: Studies Find Such Releases Result in Higher Recidivism Rates, Violent Behavior by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton Several studies have shown that prisoners released directly to the streets from solitary confinement are more likely to reoffend, commit new crimes sooner and exhibit violent behavior after release. …
Brief • January 1, 2018
Cole et al. v. Collier, TX, Settlement Agreement-Release, ADA-Rehabilitation Act Violation, 2018 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON DIVISION KEITH COLE, JACKIE BRANNUM, RICHARD KING, MICHAEL DENTON, FRED WALLACE, and MARVIN RAY YATES, individually and on behalf of those similarly situated, Plaintiffs, § § § § § …
Publication • January 1, 2018
The Sentencing Project - Expanding the Vote - Two Decades of Felony Disenfranchisement, 1997-2018 EXPANDING THE VOTE Two Decades of Felony Disenfranchisement Reform For more information, contact: The Sentencing Project 1705 DeSales Street NW 8th Floor Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 628-0871 sentencingproject.org twitter.com/sentencingproj facebook.com/thesentencingproject This report was written by Morgan …
Article • December 27, 2017
Reversed by Supreme Court, Eighth Circuit Remands Prisoner Grooming Case Back to District Court by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Arkansas state prisoner Larry Jones desired to grow a beard, as his religion required. Arkansas prison officials, citing an Arkansas Department of Corrections (ADC) policy disallowing beards, said no. Jones …
Article • December 27, 2017
Eleventh Circuit Defers to Alabama DOC on Short Hair Requirement by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled against a class of prisoners who challenged the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) hair-length policy as a violation of the Religious Land Use …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Volunteers, Mayor Take Action to Clothe Freezing Prisoners in New York City by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The New York City Department of Correction and city officials are rethinking their policy of releasing prisoners without jackets during frigid winter months. The New York Daily News reported in December 2016 …
Private Prison Company’s Announcement to Reduce Recidivism Criticized as PR Ploy by In October 31, 2017, CoreCivic, formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest for-profit prison company, announced via a press release that it was launching an initiative to advocate for policies designed to reduce recidivism. …
Publication • December 1, 2017
The Effects of Aging on Recidivism Among Federal Offenders The Effects of Aging on Recidivism Among Federal Offenders U N I T E D S TAT E S S E N T E NC I NG COM M I S S ION United States Sentencing Commission One Columbus Circle, N.E. …
Article • November 30, 2017
Failing to Report on Hawaii Furlough Is Not Escape by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The Hawaii Supreme Court reversed an escape conviction, finding that failing to report to a caseworker while on extended furlough is not escape. In June 2011, Hawaii prisoner Eugene Paris Jr. was released on an …
Publication • November 17, 2017
A Place to Call Home A Place to Call Home A Vision for Safe, Supportive and Affordable Housing for People with Justice System Involvement © 2017 Prisoner Reentry Institute John Jay College of Criminal Justice City University of New York 524 West 59th Street, Suite 609BMW New York, NY 10019 …
Article • October 10, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
Filed under: Release and Reentry
Eighth Circuit Vacates Supervised Release Order Barring Wife from Contact with Husband by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Cynthia Louis Hobbs was convicted, along with her husband, of aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to commit bank fraud, and sentenced to 56 months in prison and five years of supervised release. …
Article • October 9, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
Filed under: Statistics/Trends, Tattoos
Tattoo Recognition: Law Enforcement’s Newest Identification Tool by David Reutter by David Reutter New technology is giving law enforcement agencies the ability to identify people by taking a photo of their tattoos; it can also group people with others who have the same type of body art. Federal researchers at …
Article • August 30, 2017 • from PLN September, 2017
DOJ Publishes Ten-step Program for Halfway House Reforms by Halfway houses, known as Residential Reentry Centers (RRCs), are the last stop for federal prisoners before they are released from the Bureau of Prisons (BOP). According to a recent U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) memorandum on the subject, the BOP “maintains …
Article • August 29, 2017 • from PLN September, 2017
Pretrial Diversion: Pay Not to Stay (in Jail) by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis As government authorities come to grips with the massive and costly incarceration problem in the United States, efforts to find alternatives to expensive prison and jail sentences are underway. Pretrial diversion, an old favorite, is once …
Article • August 29, 2017 • from PLN September, 2017
Re-entry Program for Federal Prisoners on Supervised Release Has Low Participation by The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania is trying to beef up its Court-Assisted Re-entry Program (CARE), which is available to federal prisoners placed on supervised release after they serve their prison term. The program’s …
Going to Prison in Texas in 2015 by William T. Habern by William T. Habern, David P. O’Neil, and Debra Bone Introduction For over 30 years our firm has represented offenders and their families in prison and parole administrative and legal issues. The first version of this article was published …
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