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Combating Inmate Facebook Usage BOP Powerpoint 2014

Publication • 2014

Filed under: Computers, Access to Media, Internet

Combating Inmate Facebook Usage BOP Powerpoint 2014 PLN.3RFP.000041 PLN.3RFP.000042 PLN.3RFP.000043 PLN.3RFP.000044 PLN.3RFP.000045 PLN.3RFP.000046 PLN.3RFP.000047 PLN.3RFP.000048

America's Mass Incarceration and the Role of Discretion Mark Osler DePaul J. of Soc. Just. 2014

Publication • 2014

Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Sentencing

America's Mass Incarceration and the Role of Discretion Mark Osler DePaul J. of Soc. Just. 2014 \\jciprod01\productn\D\DPJ\7-2\DPJ205.txt unknown Seq: 1 24-JUL-14 9:07 A “HOLOCAUST IN SLOW MOTION?” AMERICA’S MASS INCARCERATION AND THE ROLE OF DISCRETION MARK OSLER AND JUDGE MARK W. BENNETT1 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction . . . …

A Slow Motion Lynching?, Article on Mass Incarceration and the War on Drugs, Mark w. Bennett, 2014

Publication • 2014

Filed under: War on Drugs, U.S. Sentencing Guidelines

A Slow Motion Lynching?, Article on Mass Incarceration and the War on Drugs, Mark w. Bennett, 2014 A SLOW MOTION LYNCHING? THE WAR ON DRUGS, MASS INCARCERATION, DOING KIMBROUGH JUSTICE, AND A RESPONSE TO TWO THIRD CIRCUIT JUDGES Mark W. Bennett* Abstract A federal district court judge who has sentenced …

Trends in Prison Litigation and the PLRA Margo Schlanger U.C. Irvine L. Rev. 2014

Publication • 2014

Filed under: PLRA, Attorney Fees (PLRA), Consent Decrees (PLRA), Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Filing Fees (PLRA), Frivolous Litigation (PLRA), Physical Injury Rule, Injunctions (PLRA)

Trends in Prison Litigation and the PLRA Margo Schlanger U.C. Irvine L. Rev. 2014 Schlanger, Trends in Prisoner Litigation, DRAFT October 2, 2014, page 1 of 23 Trends in Prisoner Litigation, as the PLRA Enters Adulthood by Margo Schlanger* Forthcoming, U.C. IRVINE L. REV. (2015) The Prison Litigation Reform Act …

FL DOC Annual Report 2012-2013

Publication • 2014

Filed under: Statistics/Trends

FL DOC Annual Report 2012-2013 FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS ANNUAL REPORT Fiscal Year 2012-2013 Changing Lives To Ensure a Safer Florida Visit our Website www.dc.state.fl.us/index.html Subscribe to our RSS Feed www.dc.state.fl.us/rss/index.html Follow Us on Twitter @FL_Corrections “Like Us” on Facebook www.facebook.com/FLCorrections Visit Our YouTube Channel www.youtube.com/myfloridadoc Find Us on Pinterest …

Blueprint to Ending Mass Incarceration in Wisconsin, WISDOM, 2014

Publication • 2014

Filed under: Advocacy

Blueprint to Ending Mass Incarceration in Wisconsin, WISDOM, 2014 11X15 BLUEPRINT FOR ENDING MASS INCARCERATION IN WISCONSIN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY WELCOME TO WISCONSIN where, in many communities, being taken away to jail or prison is more common than being sent off to college. The prison population in this state has more …

Access to Justice for Immigrant Families and Communities, NCCIJ, 2014

Publication • 2014

Filed under: Immigration

Access to Justice for Immigrant Families and Communities, NCCIJ, 2014 Access to Justice for Immigrant Families and Communities Study of Legal Representation of Detained Immigrants in Northern California OCTOBER 2014 Introduction 2 Northern California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice The Northern California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice is a collaborative of immigration …

Corizon Contracts Contracts Audit, 2014

Publication • 2014

Filed under: Corizon

Corizon Contracts Contracts Audit, 2014 C^RIZON^ As such, we have not included unaudited financial statements for the merged entity, as the bidding entity (Corizon, Inc.) is not In fact a newly formed entity, it Is merely a name change from Correctional Medical Sen/Ices, inc. to Corlzon, inc. I^owever, should the …

Race and Punishment Report on Racial Perceptions of Crime and Punishment Sentencing Project 2014

Publication • 2014

Filed under: Racial Discrimination, Crime/Demographics

Race and Punishment Report on Racial Perceptions of Crime and Punishment Sentencing Project 2014 RACE AND PUNISHMENT: RACIAL PERCEPTIONS OF CRIME AND SUPPORT FOR PUNITIVE POLICIES 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 …

Pris. Indus. Enhancement Certification Program Statistics NCIA 2014

Publication • 2014

Filed under: Prison Industries, Statistics/Trends

Pris. Indus. Enhancement Certification Program Statistics NCIA 2014 PRISON INDUSTRY ENHANCEMENT CERTIFICATION PROGRAM CERTIFICATION & COST ACCOUNTING CENTER LISTING STATISTICS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH 31, 2014 CERTIFICATIONS GRANTED: 46 192 ACTIVE COST ACCOUNTING CENTERS: This figure includes: New cost centers denoted by "*" (added): 5 Undesignated cost centers (subtracted): …

License Plate Readers for Law Enforcement Study Rand Corp. 2014

Publication • 2014

Filed under: Mechanical Searches/Scanners, Police Searches

License Plate Readers for Law Enforcement Study Rand Corp. 2014 Safety and Justice Program CHILDREN AND FAMILIES EDUCATION AND THE ARTS ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. …

Toxic Coal Waste Exposure at PA SCI Fayette Abolitionist Law Center 2014

Publication • 2014

Filed under: Toxic Fumes/Chemicals, Environmental Law

Toxic Coal Waste Exposure at PA SCI Fayette Abolitionist Law Center 2014 No Escape: Google Earth, 2014 Exposure to Toxic Coal Waste at State Correctional Institution Fayette DUSTIN S. MCDANIEL Executive Director, Abolitionist Law Center BRET GROTE Legal Director, Abolitionist Law Center BEN FIORILLO Human Rights Coalition DEVON COHEN Human …

Solitary Confinement Self-Harm Study of NYC Jails Am. J. of Pub. Health 2014

Publication • 2014

Filed under: Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides

Solitary Confinement Self-Harm Study of NYC Jails Am. J. of Pub. Health 2014 RESEARCH AND PRACTICE Solitary Confinement and Risk of Self-Harm Among Jail Inmates Fatos Kaba, MA, Andrea Lewis, PhD, Sarah Glowa-Kollisch, MPH, James Hadler, MD, MPH, David Lee, MPH, Howard Alper, PhD, Daniel Selling, PsyD, Ross MacDonald, MD, …

Prisoner Death Rates Study Pridemore J. of Health and Soc. Behavior 2014

Publication • 2014

Filed under: Medical, Statistics/Trends, Wrongful Death, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Accidents

Prisoner Death Rates Study Pridemore J. of Health and Soc. Behavior 2014 533119 research-article2014 HSBXXX10.1177/0022146514533119Journal of Health and Social BehaviorPridemore Incarceration and Health The Mortality Penalty of Incarceration: Evidence from a Population-based Case-control Study of Working-age Males Journal of Health and Social Behavior 2014, Vol. 55(2) 215–233 © American Sociological …

Judiciary 2014 Congressional Budget Justification Excerpt, 2014

Publication • 2014

Filed under: PLRA

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NYPD Internal Memo re Right of Public to Record, NYPD, 2014

Publication • 2014

Filed under: Censorship, First Amendment, Police

NYPD Internal Memo re Right of Public to Record, NYPD, 2014

Watkins v. Ghosh, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2014

Brief • 2014

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Systemic Medical Neglect, Pain, Skeletal Injury, Failure to Treat, Deliberate Indifference

Watkins v. Ghosh, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2014 RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS In consideration of the payment to the undersigned of $5,000.00 (FIVE mouSAND DOLLARS AND NO CENTS), the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned, being of lawful age, does hereby release and forever discharge Parthasarathi Ghosh, M.D., …

Zeigler v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2014

Brief • 2014

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Pain, Skeletal Injury, Failure to Treat, Need for Medical Consensus, Deliberate Indifference

Zeigler v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2014 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE ("Release") WHEREAS, RAYMOND ZEIGLER ("Plaintiff') filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, against Wexford Health Sources, Inc., Imhotep Carter, M.D., and Alethea Harper, R.N. ("Defendants"), entitled Raymond …

Cruz v. Haleas, IL, Complaint, False Arrest, 2014

Brief • 2014

Filed under: False Arrest

Cruz v. Haleas, IL, Complaint, False Arrest, 2014 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT, LAW DIVISION RICARDO CRUZ, ) ) PLAINTIFF, ) ) vs. ) ) ) ) ) OFFICER JOHN HALEAS (star #6719) ) and the CITY OF CHICAGO, ) ) DEFENDANTS. ) Case No.: …

Craft v. Norman Robinson, OH, Complaint, Death Row Suicide, 2014

Brief • 2014

Filed under: Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Suicides

Craft v. Norman Robinson, OH, Complaint, Death Row Suicide, 2014 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION LISA CRAFT, individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of BILLY SLAGLE, 7015 Westlake Ave. Parma, OH 44129 CASE NO. JUDGE And CASEY LOPEZ 2129 West 83rd Street Cleveland, OH, …