Commissioner Letter to President of MS Sheriffs Association re new appointment, MDOC, 2015 STATE OF MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS MARSHALL FISHER, COMMISSIONER April 30, 2015 Mississippi Sheriffs Association President/Sheriff Harold Jones P.O. Box 547 Hazlehurst, MS 39083 Dear Sheriff Jones: As many of you are aware, I was appointed by …

Common Law of Supermax Litigation, Pace Law Review, 2004 Pace Law Review Volume 24 Issue 2 Spring 2004 Prison Reform Revisited: The Unfinished Agenda Article 13 April 2004 The Common Law of Supermax Litigation David C. Fathi Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.pace.edu/plr Recommended Citation David C. Fathi, The …

Confidential Informant Guidelines, DOJ OAG Q:!)ffitt of t~t Att(trnt~ (I1)ttttrul Btts ~in9ton. E. (!t.20.5:30 THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S GUIDELINES REGARDING THE USE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANTS Preamble The following Guidelinesregardingthe useof confidentialinfomlants areissuedunder the authorityof the Attorney Generalasprovidedin sections509,510, and 533 of title 28, United StatesCode. They apply to the useof confidentialinfomlantsin …

Confidential Informants and Information, IACP, 2008 IACP National Law Enforcement Policy Center Confidential Informants and Information Concepts and Issues Paper Originally Published: June 1990 Revised: December 2003, October 2008 I. INTRODUCTION A. Purpose of Document This paper was designed to accompany the Model Policy on Confidential Informants established by the …

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Corizon Health Report, NYC Department of Investigation, 2015 New York City Department of Investigation Investigation Finds Significant Breakdowns by Corizon Health Inc., the City-Contracted Health Care Provider in the City's Jails, and a Lack of Oversight by the City Correction and Health Departments MARK G. PETERS COMMISSIONER June 2015 Executive …

Correctional Grants Audit of Navajo Division of Public Safety, DOJ, 2015 Office of the Inspector General U.S. Department of Justice Audit of the Office of Justice Programs Correctional Systems and Correctional Alternatives on Tribal Lands Program Grants Awarded to the Navajo Division of Public Safety Window Rock, Arizona Audit Division …

Correctional Mental Health Best Practices, 9th Cir Corrections Summit, 2015 Correctional Mental Health: Best Practices: What Works? Presentation to the 2015 Ninth Circuit Corrections Summit Robert L Trestman PhD MD Professor of Medicine, Psychiatry, and Nursing Executive Director, Correctional Managed Health Care Interim Director, Center for Public Health and Health …

Criminal Justice - Changing Course on Incarceration, Data Center Research, 2015 D ATA C E N T E R R E S E A R C H . O R G The New Orleans Index at Ten Criminal Justice: Changing Course on Incarceration Judge Calvin Johnson (Ret.), Orleans Parish Criminal …

Rigged Justice 2016 - How Weak Enforcement Lets Corporate Offenders Off Easy, US Senate, 2016 Rigged Justice: 2016 How Weak Enforcement Lets Corporate Offenders Off Easy January 2016 Prepared by the Office of Senator Elizabeth Warren CONTENTS I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................1 II. INTRODUCTION...........................................................4 III. RIGGED JUSTICE: 2015 CASES................................5 A. Financial …

Risk Assessment Instruments in Correctional Settings, Council of State Governments Justice Center, 2013 ! Risk!Assessment!Instruments!Validated!and!Implemented!in!Correctional!Settings!in!the!United! States:!!! An!Empirical!Guide!! ! An#executive#summary#drawn#from#Sarah#L.#Desmarais#and#Jay#P.#Singh,#Instruments#for# Assessing#Recidivism#Risk:#A#Review#of#Validation#Studies#Conducted#in#the#U.S.#(New!York:# Council!of!State!Governments!Justice!Center,!2013).! INTRODUCTION! ! The!rates!of!crime,!incarceration,!and!correctional!supervision!are!disproportionately! high!in!the!U.S.!and!translate!into!exorbitant!costs!to!individuals,!the!public,!and!the!state.! Within!three!years!of!release!from!jail!or!prison,!twoSthirds!of!offenders!are!rearrested!and!half! are!incarcerated!for!a!new!crime!or!parole!violation.1!Though!many!offenders!recidivate,!a! considerable!proportion!do!not.!Thus,!there!is!a!need!to!identify!those!offenders!at!greater!risk! of!recidivism!and!to!allocate!resources!and!target!risk!management!and!rehabilitation!efforts! accordingly.!Risk!assessment,!a!crucial!component!to!implementing!evidenceSbased!recidivism! reduction!strategies,!is!the!process!of!estimating!the!likelihood!an!offender!will!recidivate!by! identifying!those!offenders!at!higher!risk!and!in!greater!need!of!interventions.!Assessment! results,!based!on!ratings!of!empirically!or!theoretically!based!risk!and/or!protective!factors,!can! be!used!to!determine!intervention!targets,!appropriate!programming!level!and!intensity,!and! supervision!level.!There!is!overwhelming!evidence!to!suggest!that!assessments!of!risk! completed!using!structured!approaches!produce!estimates!that!are!both!more!accurate!and! more!consistent!across!assessors!compared!to!subjective!or!unstructured!approaches.2!More! and!more,!structured!risk!assessment!approaches!are!being!used!in!correctional!agencies.3! ! The!nearly!100Syear!history!of!risk!assessment!instrument!development!has!been! documented!on!several!occasions.4!The!focus!and!structure!of!risk!assessment!tools!have! shifted!significantly!over!time.!Studies!have!identified!the!important!evolution!of!risk! assessment!and!predictability!of!criminal!behavior,*!from!Burgess’!(1928)5!seminal!work!on!the! application!of!a!systemized!prediction!methodology!through!the!progression!of!the!four!distinct! generations!summarized!below.!! ! ! The!first!generation!of!risk!assessment!is!best!described!as!unstructured!professional! judgment,!in!which!the!assessor!relies!on!his!or!her!professional!training!and!information! gathered!from!the!incarcerated!individual,!official!records,!or!other!sources!to!inform!his!or!her! …

Role of For-Profit Prisons in Shaping U.S. Detention & Deportation Policies, Governing Under the Influence, 2015 THE ROLE OF FOR-PROFIT PRISON CORPORATIONS IN SHAPING U. S . IMMIGR ANT DE TENTION & DEP ORTATION P OLIC IES GOVERNING UNDER THE INFLUENCE D EC EM B ER 201 5 Q uerem …

Roadmap to Reentry - A California Legal Guide, Root & Rebound, 2015 A CALIFORNIA LEGAL GUIDE ©2015 ROOT & REBOUND ROADMAP TO REENTRY: A California Legal Guide Copyright © 2015 by Root & Rebound Published by Root & Rebound ABOUT ROOT & REBOUND Root & Rebound is a nonprofit reentry …

Selective Policing, ACLU, 2015 Jersey City New Brunswick Elizabeth Millville December 2015 Selective Policing Racially Disparate Enforcement of Low-Level Offenses in New Jersey A Report by the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey Selective Policing: Racially Disparate Enforcement of Low-Level Offenses in New Jersey Acknowledgements This report was written …

Screening Out Family Time, Prison Policy Initiative, 2015 PRISON POLICY INITIATIVE AC KNOWLEDGMENTS This report was made possible by the passion of hundreds of people for a fair communications system. This report was supported by the Returning Home Foundation, by the individual donors who invest in our work so that …

Sentencing in California, California Budget & Policy Center, 2015 calbudgetcenter.org DECEMBER 2015 Sentencing in California: Moving Toward a Smarter, More Cost-Effective Approach CALIFORNIA BUDGET & POLICY CENTER | MAKING ENDS SENTENCING INMEET CALIFORNIA Contents Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …

Sentencing, Recidivism & the Positive Impact of Successful Reentry, Governor's Public Safety Summit, 2014 Sentencing, Recidivism, and the Positive Impact of Successful Reentry Agenda • Governor’s Task Force on Sentencing and Recidivism • Tennessee Trends • Sentencing • Recidivism • Reentry • Going Forward Governor’s Task Force on Sentencing and …

Separation by Bars and Miles, PPI, 2015 Home Page > Blog > Separation by Bars and Miles: New report finds that great... Separation by Bars and Miles: New report finds that great distances make prison visits few and far between by Bernadette Rabuy, October 20, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October …

Sexual Abuse and Assault Prevention and Intervention Policy, CCA, 2014 POLICY TITLE CHAPTER SIGNATURE ON FILE AT FACILITY SUPPORT CENTER Harley G. Lappin Executive Vice President/Chief Corrections Officer Sexual Abuse and Assault Prevention and Intervention 14 POLICY NUMBER 14-2 EFFECTIVE DATE SUPERSEDES DATE DECEMBER 4, 2014 NONE FACILITY NAME Page …

FL Corrections Officer Training Manual, FDLE, 2013 Florida Basic Recruit Training Program: CORRECTIONS VOLUME 1 Florida CMS Correctional Basic Recruit Training Program: Volume 1 © 2013 by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE). All rights reserved. ISBN 13: 978-1-58152-934-0 ISBN 10: 1-58152-934-1 Disclaimer FDLE makes a sincere effort to …