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Drug Use, Testing and Treatment in Jails 2000, DOJ BJS, 2000 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Revised 9/29/00 Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report May 2000, NCJ 179999 Drug Use, Testing, and Treatment in Jails By Doris James Wilson BJS Statistician In 1998 an estimated 417,000 jail …
Publication • August 3, 2016
Preliminary Report on Progress to Reduce Incidents of Sexual Misconduct (Prison Rape) in the Clark County Jails, Clark County Sheriff’s Office, 2008 Clark County Sheriff’s Office Preliminary Report on Progress to Reduce Incidents of Sexual Misconduct (Prison Rape) in the Clark County Jails OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF Table of Contents …
All Too Familiar – Sexual Abuse of Women in U.S. State Prisons, HRW, 1996 ALL TOO FAMILIAR Sexual Abuse of Women in U.S. State Prisons PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH REPORTS ON WOMEN==S HUMAN RIGHTS, THE U.S., AND PRISONS Selected Reports on Women==s Human Rights Shattered Lives: Sexual Violence during …
Publication • August 3, 2016
A Primer for Jail Litigators - Part 1, ACLU - Koren, 194 . N.ational · Jail Project , ' A PFtIMER FOR JAIL ...LITIGATORS : Edward I. Koren John Boston . ElizabethAlex.ander . . '- . ' : ~ Oan, Manville J 2/10/84 A PRIMER FOR JAIL LITIGATORS: SOME PRACTICAL …
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, U.N. General Assembly, 2011 A/66/268 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 5 August 2011 Original: English Sixty-sixth session Item 69 (b) of the provisional agenda* Promotion and protection of human rights: human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the …
Publication • August 3, 2016
Jails in Indian Country 2000, DOJ BJS, 2001 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics Bulletin July 2001, NCJ 188156 Jails in Indian Country, 2000 By Todd D. Minton BJS Statistician On June 30, 2000, a total of 69 jails, confinement facilities, detention centers, or …
United Kingdom: Queen Elizabeth Unveils Judicial and Prison Reform Shakeup by On May 18, 2016, Queen Elizabeth announced a plan – touted as the “biggest shakeup” in criminal justice reform since Victorian times – that will provide more self-governance to UK prisons and allow prisoners greater access to technology. The …
Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
Popular New Snack Born Behind Bars by In 2009, Seth Sundberg was sentenced to five years for a fraudulent $5 million tax refund. The former pro basketball player had managed a California mortgage office and went from a comfortable living in the real estate industry to earning $5.25 a month …
Number of State Prisoners Age 55 and Over Increased 400% in 20 Years by Derek Gilna Although much of the attention concerning the huge increase in America’s prison population has focused on the federal prison system, a new U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) report found that the number of prisoners …
Illinois DOC Settles Lawsuit Over Mental Health Treatment by Derek Gilna It took eight years but civil rights attorneys finally prevailed in a federal lawsuit against the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC), entering into a settlement that requires prison officials to provide 11,000 mentally ill state prisoners with adequate mental …
A Deadly Dust is Plaguing Hawaii Prisoners in Arizona by Valley fever is widespread in the Southwest, yet Hawaii’s prison officials haven’t paid much attention to it, despite the recent deaths of at least two Hawaii prisoners who had the disease. by Rui Kaneya, Civil Beat In the spring of …
$7,000 Settlement after Second Circuit Reverses Dismissal of New York Prisoner’s Suit by Derek Gilna In 2007, prisoner Aaron Willey filed a pro se federal civil rights lawsuit against guards employed by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, alleging harassment, inadequate nutrition, theft of legal documents, …
Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
Ninth Circuit Reverses Habeas Relief in California Death Penalty Case by Derek Gilna On November 12, 2015, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals delivered a setback to death penalty abolitionists by reversing a grant of habeas corpus relief to a California prisoner who argued that the state’s post-conviction process in …
Report: How Private Prison Companies Cut Corners to Generate Profit by Derek Gilna Private prison companies like Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and the GEO Group earn hundreds of millions of dollars each year, averaging between $2,771 and $3,366 in profit per prisoner based on 2014 data. According to In …
Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
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Prison Tobacco Bans Reduce Smoking-related Deaths by Christopher Zoukis Tobacco use and secondhand smoke kill over 480,000 people in the United States annually. The mortality rate of smokers is three times higher than those who have never smoked, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and smoking reduces …
Hawaii Prisoner Awarded $7.2 Million after Losing His Fingers and Feet by Christopher Zoukis In October 2011, 30-year-old Aaron David Persin was accosted by police officers for having an open container of alcohol. When they determined that he had warrants for missing traffic court they arrested Persin, who was homeless. …
Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
Illinois DOC to Pay Millions in Utility Arrearages by The state of Illinois owes more than $34 million in operational costs for prisons statewide, including $1.2 million owed to the city of Chester for unpaid power, water and sewer bills at the Menard Correctional Center. A short-term budget deal was …
Hawaii Prison Relocation Project Fails to Skirt Environmental Review by Panagioti Tsolkas While lawmakers in Hawaii have advanced bills to fast-track the relocation of a state prison, they were forced to concede that an environmental impact review could not be avoided. In February 2016, the state legislature held a pair of …
Restraint Chair Deaths, Abuses Prompt Questions, Criticism and Lawsuits by Joe Watson Like another jail detainee more than seven years before him, Joshua Grose died while strapped into a restraint chair at the York County Detention Center in South Carolina. In the early morning hours of October 12, 2013, following …
Oklahoma Jail Detainee Handcuffed, Pepper-sprayed and Choked to Death by Caddo County District Attorney Jason Hicks cited his interpretation of the state’s open records law as justification for withholding reports and video footage documenting the death of Darius Robinson at the county lockup in the rural town of Anadarko, Oklahoma. …
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