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Building Bridges - An Act to Reduce Recidivism by Improving Access to Benefits for Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities upon Release from Incarceration, Bazelon Center, 2002 Building Bridges An Act to Reduce Recidivism by Improving Access to Benefits for Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities upon Release from Incarceration MODEL LAW AND COMMENTARY …
33 States Reform Criminal Justice Policies Through Justice Reinvestment, PEW, 2016 A fact sheet from Nov 2016 33 States Reform Criminal Justice Policies Through Justice Reinvestment Overview Since 2007, 33 states have reformed their sentencing and corrections policies through the Justice Reinvestment Initiative, a public-private partnership that includes the U.S. …
Publication • December 29, 2016
Aging of the State Prison Population, 1993–2013, DOJ BJS, 2016 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics MAY 2016 Special Report NCJ 248766 Aging of the State Prison Population, 1993–2013 E. Ann Carson, Ph.D., BJS Statistician, and William J. Sabol, Ph.D., former BJS Director T …
Bail Fail - Why the U.S. Should End the Practice of Using Money for Bail, JPI, 2012 BAIL FAIL: Why the U.S. Should End the Practice of USING Money for BaiL JUSTICE POLICY INSTITUTE | SEPTEMBER 2012 2 justice policy institute CONTENTS 3 PART 1: INTRODUCTION 5 PART 2: BACKGROUND …
Better by Half - The New York City Story of Winning Large-Scale Decarceration while Increasing Public Safety, Greene & Schiraldi, 2016 Better by Half: The New York City Story of Winning Large-Scale Decarceration while Increasing Public Safety JUDITH A. GREENE* Director, Justice Strategies VINCENT SCHIRALDI Senior Research Fellow, Harvard Kennedy …
Report Finds Criminal Justice System Financially Overburdens Prisoners and Their Families by Christopher Zoukis The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, a nonprofit focused on racial and economic policy, in conjunction with Forward Together and a dozen other community and civil rights organizations recently released a study which surveyed hardships …
Cost of Incarceration Assessment Handcuff Poor Releasees by David Reutter The imposition of cost of incarceration fees upon released prisoners is a “permanent financial sentence” that overwhelms those trying to successfully integrate into society. Fees for room and board are authorized in at least 43 states.  “We’re seeing it all …
Article • December 28, 2016
California Prison System Reluctantly Consents to Prison Worker Early Release by Derek Gilna The state of California, under pressure from the U.S. Department of Justice and singled out by the U.S. Supreme Court for endemic overcrowding in its prison system, still had to be compelled to do the right thing …
Dudley v. Vagara, AZ, Settlement, Retaliation, 2016 , SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Release (the "Agreement") 1s made between: (i) The Plaintiff Damian Dudley, ADC #-(hereinafter "Dudley"); and · (ii) the State of Arizona Defendants Edna Vergara and Alvato Roberts (hereinafter "State Defendants"). Plaintiff Dudley and State …
Brazilian Prisoners Receive Mind-altering Drugs to Modify their Behavior by Derek Gilna In a controversial move, Brazilian prisoners convicted of murder and rape have been allowed to take a drug called dimethyltryptamine (DMT), in a drink known as Ayahuasca, as part of a spiritual rehabilitation program. Generally ingested in a …
Another Appeal in New York Post-Release Supervision Case by Matthew Clarke On October 14, 2015, U.S. District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin held she would retain jurisdiction over a class-action civil rights lawsuit in order to determine the damages to be awarded former prisoners for the imposition or continuation of post-release …
Article • December 8, 2016 • from PLN December, 2016
Prison Survival Guides Find Audience Beyond Soon-to-be Prisoners by Derek Gilna Those people unfortunate enough to have been incarcerated are all too aware of the harsh realities of life “on the inside.” Thanks to America’s fascination with prison as a solution for all anti-social behavior, as well as draconian sentences …
Article • December 7, 2016 • from PLN December, 2016
Missouri: Habeas Corpus Granted to Prisoner Denied Jail Credit by A Missouri Court of Appeals granted a prisoner’s writ of habeas corpus and ordered him “immediately released from custody.” Before the state appellate court was the habeas petition of Andrew Kory. Kory was imprisoned on July 2, 2014 and charged …
If the Risk is Low, Let Them Go by by Renee Feltz, The Indypendent Back in 1978, Mujahid Farid had already decided to turn his life around when he entered the New York prison system to begin a 15-year-to-life sentence for attempted murder of an NYPD officer.  Held in Rikers Island …
Prison Rodeos: A Bunch of Bull? by David Reutter Rarely does the public find anything entertaining about a person who has been convicted of a crime and sent to prison. That is not the case with prison rodeos, however, which draw people from all over the U.S. and even other …
Publication • December 7, 2016
Re-Entry Housing Options - The Policymakers' Guide, BJA, 2010 -~........ .......... REENTRY HOUSING OPTIONS: THE POLICYMAKERS' GUIDE Reentry Housing Options: The Policymakers’ Guide Katherine Cortes Shawn Rogers Council of State Governments Justice Center New York, New York This project was supported by Grant No. 2005-RE-CX-K002, awarded by the Bureau of …
Publication • December 6, 2016
Homelessness and Prisoner Re-Entry, BJA, 2006 Re-Entry POLICY COUNCIL strategies for addressing housing needs and risks in prisoner re-entry Homelessness and Prisoner Re-Entry An unprecedented number of people are coming out of prison and jail. • Each year, more than 650,000 people are released from state prisons in the United …
Publication • November 30, 2016
Reforming Federal Halfway Houses, DOJ Dep AG - Memo for the Acting Director of FBOP, 2016 U. S. Department of Justice Office of the Deputy Attorney General The Deputy Attorney General Washitl8101I. D.C. 20530 Novembe r 30, 20 16 MEMORA N DUM FO R TH E ACT ING DI RECTO …
Publication • November 28, 2016
After Prison - Roadblocks to Re-entry, Legal Action Center, 2004 AFTER PRISON: ROADBLOCKS TO REENTRY A REPORT ON STATE LEGAL BARRIERS FACING PEOPLE WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS A REPORT BY THE LEGAL ACTION CENTER AFTER PRISON: ROADBLOCKS TO REENTRY A REPORT ON STATE LEGAL BARRIERS FACING PEOPLE WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS A …
Orden v. Schafer, MO, Order, Sex Offender Rehabilitation Programs, 2016 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION JOHN VAN ORDEN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. KEITH SCHAFER, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 4:09CV00971 AGF MEMORANDUM AND ORDER This matter …
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