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Article • August 10, 2016
New Hamilton Study Report Details Benefits of Reduced Incarceration by Derek Gilna The Hamilton Project, a non-partisan organization based in California that studies the relationship of incarceration to crime rates and its broad impacts on society, has published a new study that puts forward several new theories on how to …
Article • August 10, 2016
Filed under: Advocacy, Prison Reform
American Bar Association Wants Public to Have Voice in Prison Rules and Regulations by Joe Watson The American Bar Association (ABA), based in Washington, D.C., passed a resolution in February 2014 urging state governments to require public comment before corrections departments institute rules and regulations affecting prisoners and their families. …
Publication • August 10, 2016
Children Facing Life Without Possibility of Release in USA, Amnesty International, 2011 ‘This is where i’m going To be when i die’ ChIldReN fACINg lIfe IMpRIsoNMeNt wIthout the possIbIlIty of ReleAse IN the usA amnesty international is a global movement of more than 3 million supporters, members and activists in …
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 …
Article • August 9, 2016
Last Act in Office - Maryland Governor Commutes Four Death Row Prisoners by Christopher Zoukis In a highly controversial decision, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley (D) commutes the sentences of four death-row prisoners to spend the rest of their lives in prison without the possibility of parole. An opponent of the …
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 …
Publication • August 9, 2016
Commission on Reducing Racial Disparities in WI Justice System - Final Report, Doyle, 2008 Commission on Reducing Racial Disparities in the Wisconsin Justice System Jim Doyle Governor Spencer Coggs ◊ Noble Wray Co-Chairs Final Report February 2008 Commission on Reducing Racial Disparities in the Wisconsin Justice System Co-Chairs Spencer Coggs, …
Publication • August 9, 2016
Finding Direction - Expanding Criminal Justice Options by Considering Policies of Other Nations, Justice Policy Institute, 2011 FINDING DIRECTION: EXPANDING CRIMINAL JUSTICE OPTIONS BY CONSIDERING POLICIES OF OTHER NATIONS J U S T I C E P O L I C Y I N S T I T U T …
Publication • August 9, 2016
Roadblocks to Reform - Perils of Georgia’s Criminal Justice System, SCHR, 2012 Roadblocks to Reform REF OR Perils for Georgia’s Criminal Justice System M Submitted to the Georgia Criminal Justice Reform Council November 2012 THE LAW OFACE OF 'HE - SOUTHERN Cllrlll F •• HUMAN RIGHTS 83 Poplar Street, NW …
Publication • August 9, 2016
Ending Mass Incarceration - Charting New Justice Reinvestment, Austin et al, 2014 Ending Mass Mass Ending Incarceration Incarceration ChartingaaNew NewJustice Justice Charting Reinvestment Reinvestment A paper co-authored by a group of researchers, analysts, and advocates dedicated to ending mass incarceration in the U.S. ENDING MASS INCARCERATION: CHARTING A NEW JUSTICE …
Article • August 4, 2016
Law Forbidding the Shackling of Pregnant Women Fails to End Practice by David Reutter Four years after Pennsylvania passed legislation prohibiting the shackling of pregnant prisoners after their second trimester, the law is frequently disobeyed. As a result, many prisoners are enduring “barbaric” shackling while in labor.                 PLN previously …
History as Substance Abuser Influences Nation’s Drug Czar by David Reutter America’s drug czar is an alcoholic who is approaching his job differently than his predecessors. In leading the White House Office of National Drug Control, Michael Botticelli is following the Obama administration’s policy of shifting away from the “war …
Solutions: American Leaders Speak Out on Criminal Justice, Brennan Center for Justice, 2015 SOLUTIONS: AMERICAN LEADERS SPEAK OUT ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE Edited by Inimai Chettiar and Michael Waldman at New York University School of Law Foreword by President William J. Clinton Authors Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Cory Booker Chris Christie …
Publication • August 4, 2016
Filed under: Organizing, Prison Reform
Turning the Corner on Mass Incarceration, Cole, 2011 GEORGETOWN LAW The Scholarly Commons 2011 Turning the Corner on Mass Incarceration? David Cole Georgetown University Law Center, cole@law.georgetown.edu Georgetown Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 11-141 This paper can be downloaded free of charge from: http://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/734 http://ssrn.com/abstract=1972284 9 Ohio …
Article • August 3, 2016
Human Rights Report Reveals Inequities in U.S. Sentencing Practices by Gary Hunter “Nation Behind Bars” is a 36 page report exposing the egregious effects that decades of unfair sentencing practices have had on U.S. citizens. Pointing back to the “tough on crime” stance taken by many politicians in their quest …
Publication • August 3, 2016
A Proposed National Corrections College, Jacobs & Cooperman, 2012 A Proposed National Corrections College James B. Jacobs* & Kerry T. Cooperman** I. INTRODUCTION In 1971, Chief Justice Warren E. Burger proposed the establishment of a “National Corrections Academy.”1 Chief Justice Burger explained that “the management and operation of penal institutions …
Publication • August 3, 2016
The Power of Justice - Applying International Human Rights Standards to American Domestic Practices, Center for American Progress, 2009 AP Photo/Mel Evans The Power of Justice Applying international human rights standards to American domestic practices William F. Schulz June 2009 w w w.americanprogress.org The Power of Justice Applying international human …
Publication • August 3, 2016
Filed under: Organizing, Prison Reform
To Build a Better Criminal Justice System, The Sentencing Project, 2012 To Build a Better Criminal Justice System 25 Experts Envision the Next 25 Years of Reform Marc Mauer and Kate Epstein Editors This publication was edited by Marc Mauer, executive director of The Sentencing Project, and Kate Epstein, text …
Publication • August 3, 2016
America’s Problem-Solving Courts – The Criminal Cost of Treatment and the Case of Reform, NACDL, 2009 America’s Problem-Solving Courts: The Criminal Costs of Treatment and the Case for Reform N A T I O N A L A SS O C I A T I O N O F C …
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