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Publication • 2016
Residential Services Program Contract, Wisconsin DOC, 2016 DocuSign Envelope ID: 4E5D1586-4EC7-41BD-A024-7A0F64639121 2F879A54-F787-45CC-BB48-E64CCB6A9C16 Contract No. 410036-M16-CJO5388-RFP-01 Page 1 of 10 Mailing Address Scott Walker Governor Jon E. Litscher Secretary State of Wisconsin Department of Corrections 3099 E. Washington Ave. Post Office Box 7991 Madison, WI 53707-7991 Telephone (608) 240-5571 Fax (608) …
Publication • May 26, 2016
The High Cost of Incarceration in Florida - Recommendations for Reform, Reason Foundation, 2015 Reason Foundation Policy Study No. 444 April 2015 The High Cost of Incarceration in Florida: Recommendations for Reform by Lauren Galik Reason Foundation Reason Foundation’s mission is to advance a free society by developing, applying and …
Publication • May 26, 2016
Economic Perspectives on Incarceration and the Criminal Justice System, Executive of Office of the President, 2016 ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES ON INCARCERTATION AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM April 2016 Contents Executive Summary....................................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 7 I. Defining the Landscape: Current Criminal Justice Policies and Historical Context.................................. 10 Incarceration Growth and the …
Article • May 13, 2016
Report: Six States Shuttered Prisons, Reduced Bed Space in 2013 by Joe Watson A new report from the Sentencing Project highlights prison closures and correctional bed reductions in a half-dozen states in 2013 and outlines the dynamics for more closures in 2014 and beyond. North Carolina led what the Sentencing …
Georgia Sentencing Reform Saving $20 Million a Year by David Reutter Georgia’s 2012 sentencing reform law is saving taxpayers $20 million annually, said Gov. Nathan Deal during a speech to a University of Georgia alumni group. The top priority for Deal going into the 2012 legislative session was House Bill …
Article • May 13, 2016
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Shuttered Florida Prison Converted Into 'Empowerment Center' for Homeless by Joe Watson After Florida officials closed the Gainesville Correctional Institution (GCI) for good in March 2012, the state's Department of Corrections fought to keep the property and lobbied to use some of the space left behind for probation offices. Instead, …
DOJ Increases Budget Even as Americans Tire of Costs of Drug War by Derek Gilna Sometimes the federal government just can’t help itself.  At a time when the majority of Americans still feel that their country is headed in the wrong direction, and have expressed their weariness of the “war …
Article • May 5, 2016 • from PLN May, 2016
Prisoner Rights Advocates Disappointed with Pace of Obama Clemency Initiative by Derek Gilna President Barack Obama made news in December 2015 when he commuted the sentences of 95 federal prisoners. However, with only one year left in his second term, it is unlikely that he will act on thousands of …
Former U.S. Attorney General’s Legacy: Too Little, Too Late by Derek Gilna The U.S. Sentencing Commission’s unanimous vote in April 2014 to reduce sentencing guidelines two levels for certain defendants convicted of nonviolent drug crimes was a major step in cutting the federal prison terms of both the newly-convicted and …
Idaho Prison Population Drops, Out-of-State Prisoners Re-turned by Christopher Zoukis In a positive sign of declining prison populations, on February 10, 2016, Idaho Department of Correction Director Kevin H. Kempf announced that all 173 state prisoners remaining at the Kit Carson Correctional Center, a Colorado facility operated by Corrections Corporation …
Article • May 5, 2016 • from PLN May, 2016
A “Quantum Leap” Isn’t Far Enough for the Prison Phone Industry by Carrie Wilkinson The December 2015 issue of Prison Legal News detailed a historic October 2015 rulemaking decision by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to comprehensively reform the prison phone industry. Regular PLN readers are all too familiar with …
From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to the 26th anniversary issue of Prison Legal News! I would like to thank all the people around the country who have helped PLN and the Human Rights Defense Center grow and prosper over the past 26 years. This includes all of our …
Article • April 1, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
Architects’ Ethics Panel to Consider Boycott of Execution Chambers and Prison Design by David Reutter by David Reutter An advocacy group composed of architects, building designers and planners is hailing a decision by the National Ethics Council of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) to reconsider a proposal to prohibit …
Article • April 1, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
Colson Task Force Report Highlights BOP Issues, Makes Recommendations by Derek Gilna According to the Charles Colson Task Force on Federal Corrections, named after the former top advisor to President Richard Nixon who served a stint in federal prison before dedicating his life to prisoner rehabilitation and spiritual growth, “the …
Article • April 1, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
Book Review: "Illegal to Legal: Business Success for (ex)Criminals, by R.L. Pelshaw" by Christopher Zoukis Illegal to Legal: Business Success for (ex)Criminals, by R.L. Pelshaw (The Pelshaw Group, 2014). 241 pages, $17.50 paperback Book review by Christopher Zoukis Criminal justice reform is an issue that has gained significant political and …
Kickback publication • March 21, 2016
UT DOC CenturyLink Contract Amendment 1 - Call Rates - 3-21-2016 - 11-1-2019 AMENDMENT# I I CONTRACT # PD2 l 7S I Original Starting Date: I l/l/2014 I Expiration Date: \ I/ I /2019 TO BE ATTACHED AND MADE PART OF the specified contract by and between the Stale of …
Publication • March 10, 2016
Smart Reform is Possible - States Reducing Incarceration Rates and Cost, ACLU, 2011 SMART REFORM IS POSSIBLE States Reducing Incarceration Rates and Costs While Protecting Communities www.aclu.org SMART REFORM IS POSSIBLE States Reducing Incarceration Rates and Costs While Protecting Communities AUGUST 2011 SMART REFORM IS POSSIBLE States Reducing Incarceration Rates …
Publication • March 8, 2016
Compact for Racial Justice - An Agenda for Fairness and Unity, Applied Research Center An Agenda for Fairness and Unity A proactive plan for fairness and unity in our communities, politics, the economy and the law TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 PREAMBLE Linda Burnham Rinku Sen: President & Executive Director, Applied …
Publication • March 8, 2016
How to End Impunity for Private Security and Other Contractors, HRF, 2008 How to End Impunity for Private Security and Other Contractors Blueprint for the Next Administration November 2008 About Us Human Rights First believes that building respect for human rights and the rule of law will help ensure the …
California Prisoners Unite in Hunger Strike to Protest SHU by David Reutter Official with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) devised a plan in 2006 that aimed to chop the head off of prison gangs. What CDCR did not consider was that the gang leaders it indefinitely isolated …
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