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Online Series Exposes Effects of Solitary Confinement on Women by Joe Watson An online series on women in solitary confinement illustrates that the practice of extreme isolation is as sadistic and corrosive to female prisoners—if not more so—as it is to men. The two-part series at solitarywatch.com, written by prisoner …
Article • March 7, 2016
Fewer Executions, Fewer Death Sentences, Fewer Death Penalty States in 2013 by Joe Watson The number of death row executions in the U.S. declined slightly in 2013, while the death row population and the number of states to sanction the death penalty—thanks to Maryland's repeal of capital punishment—also fell, according …
Unjust - How the Broken Criminal Justice System Fails LGBT People, CAP MAP AP FT JLUSA, 2016 UNJUST: HOW THE BROKEN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM FAILS LGBT PEOPLE February 2016 Authors Partners This report was authored by: This report was developed in partnership with: Center for American Progress The Center for …
Systemic Abuse of Prisoners in U.S. by By John Kiriakou Two federal prison guards in Florida recently agreed to plead guilty for beating a prisoner and then covering it up. One officer faces up to three years in a federal prison, while the other is looking at a year. The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) issued …
Article • March 1, 2016
“My Words Are Dangerous”: An Interview with Christopher Zoukis by Aviva Stahl By Aviva Stahl While there has been a lot of interest in recent years in journalism about prisons and the criminal justice system, less well known is the journalism being done by prisoners themselves. From the San Quentin News in …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Former Prisoner Appointed to New York City Board of Correction by Gary Hunter Stanley Richards could be called the face of reform at New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex. On May 27, 2015, Richards was appointed to the city’s Board of Correction by a unanimous vote. What makes his …
Jury Awards $40,000 to Transgender Prisoner Raped at Florida Jail by A Florida state court jury awarded $40,000 in a negligence action stemming from the rape of a male-to-female transgender pretrial detainee at the Orange County Jail (OCJ). Donald Brown, also known as Tori Tyrelle, was being held at OCJ …
Article • February 29, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Prison Policy Initiative Releases Report on Email Services for Prisoners by Derek Gilna The non-profit, Massachusetts-based Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) has released a comprehensive study on communication options for prisoners, focusing on email services while also citing issues related to phone calls, visitation and postal mail. According to the January …
Article • February 29, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Professor Urges Study of Unintended Consequences of Court-ordered Prison Reform by Derek Gilna Prison reform, including reforms mandated by the judiciary, is an issue that everyone but shareholders in private prison companies thinks is a positive development, for a number of reasons. Even former advocates of mass incarceration now generally …
Article • February 29, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Oklahoma DOC, Sheriffs Challenge FCC’s Prison Phone Reforms by Carrie Wilkinson A petition for review has been filed in the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the Second Order and Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking released by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on November 4, 2015, which made sweeping …
From the Editor by Paul Wright One downside of publishing a magazine like Prison Legal News for 26 years is that in some respects we are not covering a one-off or isolated story but rather are reporting an ongoing and developing issue. This month’s cover story about the epic abuse, …
Publication • February 19, 2016
Filed under: Organizing, Prison Reform
Confronting Confinement, CSAAP, 2006 Confronting Confinement A Report of the commission on safety and abuse in america’s prisons John J. Gibbons Nicholas de B. Katzenbach commission co-chairs What happens inside jails and prisons does not stay inside jails and prisons. It comes home with prisoners after they are released and …
Article • February 17, 2016
Oregon Grand Jury Faults Lenient Pass Policies for Murder by Mark Wilson "There seemed to be a permeating sense of leniency," that allowed an Oregon prisoner to brutally murder his ex-girlfriend while on a pass, a grand jury report concluded. "Consequently, we feel that the current attitudes and practices at …
Publication • February 16, 2016
Filed under: Organizing, Prison Reform
Recovery Act Fund Usage, US GAO, 2009 United States Government Accountability Office GAO Report to Congressional Committees July 2009 RECOVERY ACT States’ and Localities’ Current and Planned Uses of Funds While Facing Fiscal Stresses GAO-09-829 July 2009 RECOVERY ACT Accountability Integrity Reliability Highlights States’ and Localities’ Current and Planned Uses …
Publication • February 12, 2016
Filed under: Advocacy, Prison Reform
A Blueprint for Criminal Justice Policy Solutions, Harris County, Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, 2015 A BLUEPRINT FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY SOLUTIONS IN HARRIS COUNTY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Authors Sarah R. Guidry, Earl Carl Institute for Legal & Social Policy, Thurgood Marshall School of Law Elizabeth Henneke, Texas Criminal Justice Coalition Jay Jenkins, …
Publication • February 12, 2016
Justice to the TN Governors Task Force on Sentencing and Recidivism, Vera, 2015 CENTER ON SENTENCING AND CORRECTIONS Report of the Vera Institute of Justice to the Tennessee Governor’s Task Force on Sentencing and Recidivism Summary and Analysis of the Task Force’s Recommendations to the Public Safety Subcabinet Christine Herrman …
Publication • February 12, 2016
20. Domestic Criminal Justice Issues and the ICCPR, ICCPR Coalition Report DOMESTIC CRIMINAL JUSTICE ISSUES AND THE ICCPR Introduction 1. The Criminal Justice Policy Foundation, Open Society Policy Center, Penal Reform International, and The Sentencing Project welcome the opportunity to comment on the periodic report of the United States submitted …
Publication • February 12, 2016
Filed under: Organizing, Prison Reform
GAO Briefing on Second Chance Act 2010 ~ GAO AccO<lnlBblilly • Integrity· Relleblilty United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 July 14, 2010 The Honorable Barbara Mikulski Chairman The Honorable Richard Shelby Ranking Member Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations U.S. Senate The Honorable …
Publication • February 11, 2016
Filed under: Prison Reform, Police
Body-Worn Cameras in NYC - Pilot Assessment & Recommendations, OIG-NYPD, 2015 New York City Department of Investigation The Office of the Inspector General for the NYPD (OIG-NYPD) Body-Worn Cameras in NYC: An Assessment of NYPD’s Pilot Program and Recommendations to Promote Accountability Mark G. Peters Commissioner Philip K. Eure Inspector …
Publication • February 11, 2016
Filed under: Prison Reform
Administrative Remedy Program for 9th Cir Corrections Summit, BOP, 2015 U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons Western Regional Office A Snapshot of The BOP’s Administrative Remedy Program for the Ninth Circuit Corrections Summit, November 5, 2015 By Dennis M. Wong, Regional Counsel • Set forth at 28 C.F.R. …
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