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Article • January 12, 2015
GEO Group Reaps Higher Profit from New Mexico Prisons than Other States by GEO Group Reaps Higher Profit from New Mexico Prisons than Other States New Mexico pays significantly more to house prisoners in private prisons than other states, concluded a 2007 state legislative report. “Business decisions across two administrations …
America’s Prisons: A Road to Nowhere by Ben Notterman America’s Prisons: A Road to Nowhere by Ben Notterman Video of Henry McCollum’s release from a North Carolina prison in September 2014 shows the exonerated death row prisoner making his way through a crowd of excited onlookers and into his family’s …
Article • December 3, 2014 • from PLN December, 2014
Texas Prison Population Drops as Guard Shortage Persists by Matthew Clarke Texas Prison Population Drops as Guard Shortage Persists by Matt Clarke In spite of a three-year downward trend, Texas continues to lead the nation with the largest state prison population. At the same time, the state has pursued a …
Article • December 3, 2014 • from PLN December, 2014
Overtime Pay for New York Prison Guards, Nurses “Out of Control” by Overtime Pay for New York Prison Guards, Nurses “Out of Control” Some blame prison understaffing on a weak talent pool or an inability to hire sufficient staff in the rural areas where prisons are often located. Others theorize …
Repackaging Mass Incarceration by James Kilgore Repackaging Mass Incarceration by James Kilgore Since my CounterPunch article in November 2013, which assessed the state of the movement against mass incarceration, the rumblings of change in the criminal justice system have steadily grown louder. Attorney General Eric Holder has continued to stream …
Publication • November 1, 2014
On Life Support: Public Health in the Age of Mass Incarceration, Vera Inst., 2014 VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE On Life Support: Public Health in the Age of Mass Incarceration NOVEMBER 2014 David Cloud FROM THE PRESIDENT Vera’s Justice Reform for Healthy Communities initiative aims to improve the health and well-being …
Article • October 10, 2014 • from PLN October, 2014
California Prison Healthcare Costs Soar Under Federal Receiver by California Prison Healthcare Costs Soar Under Federal Receiver Creating a balance between adequate healthcare for prisoners at a reasonable and affordable cost for taxpayers is at the heart of a debate being argued in legislative offices and behind prison walls in …
Article • October 10, 2014 • from PLN October, 2014
Tennessee Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Hearings on Criminal Justice Reform by Tennessee Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Hearings on Criminal Justice Reform On September 15 and 16, 2014, while Tennessee’s General Assembly was out of session, the Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings on criminal justice reform – the first time a …
Article • October 3, 2014
Audit for California Prison System Reveals High Potential for Fraud and Misappropriation of Public Funds by Audit for California Prison System Reveals High Potential for Fraud and Misappropriation of Public Funds   In July 2011, the California State Controller’s Office (SCO) released the results of its accounting audit of the …
Arizona DOC Cancels 5,000 Bed Private Prison Contract by Arizona DOC Cancels 5,000 Bed Private Prison Contract   by Matt Clarke   Since January 2009, the Arizona Department of Corrections (DOC) has been working on a contract for private prison corporations to build and operate prisons with a capacity of …
Article • October 3, 2014
California Auditor: Data Hinders Effectiveness of Juvenile “Realignment” by California Auditor: Data Hinders Effectiveness of Juvenile “Realignment”   It’s the rare public policy that succeeds in spite of bureaucratic incompetence and a lack of vision. But, according to a recent state audit, California’s decision in 2007 to transfer the supervision …
Article • October 3, 2014
Auditors Find Deficiencies in Tennessee Prison Operations by David Reutter Auditors Find Deficiencies in Tennessee Prison Operations   by David M. Reutter   A performance audit of the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) was released in September 2012 by the state’s Comptroller of the Treasury. It made five findings related …
Article • October 3, 2014
Private Probation Firms Costing Georgia Taxpayers by Private Probation Firms Costing Georgia Taxpayers   After several probation companies operating in Georgia were sued last year, a TV news investigation on private probation yielded some persuasive perspectives.   Some probationers explained to WSB-TV that private probation firms–which account for about 40% …
Article • October 3, 2014
Pew Center Report Finds Increasing Incarceration Expensive and Ineffective by Matthew Clarke Pew Center Report Finds Increasing Incarceration Expensive and Ineffective   by Matthew Clarke   On June 6 2012, the Pew Center on the States issued a report on the consequences of the trend toward longer terms of imprisonment …
Publication • August 1, 2014
Incarceration and Divorce, NIH Criminology, 2014 NIH Public Access Author Manuscript Criminology. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2015 August 01. NIH-PA Author Manuscript Published in final edited form as: Criminology. 2014 August ; 52(3): 371–398. doi:10.1111/1745-9125.12040. EXPLAINING THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN INCARCERATION AND DIVORCE* Sonja E. Siennick1, Eric A. Stewart1, and …
Publication • July 1, 2014
Osborn Association, The Crisis of America's Aging Prison Population, 2014 The High Costs of Low Risk: The Crisis of America’s Aging Prison Population Prepared by the Osborne Association for: The Florence V. Burden Foundation July 2014 Executive Summary For the past four decades, we have witnessed the most sustained and …
Publication • 2014
Filed under: Cost of Prison Systems
Northern Branch Jail Operating Cost Santa Barbara CA Grand Jury Report 2014 Northern Branch Jail Operating Cost When They Build It You Will Pay SUMMARY After years of study and planning, Santa Barbara County is confronting its jail-overcrowding problem by constructing a new Northern Branch Jail, which includes a transition …
Publication • 2014
Eloy Family Residential Center - ICE and City of Eloy Contract Modification, 2014 (b)(6) (b)(6) (b)(6) 1. CONTRACT D CODE AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT 2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE PAGE OF PAGES 1 4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO. 7 5. PROJECT NO. (If applicable) P00010 09/22/2014 ICE/DCR ICE/Detention Compliance …
Brief • April 9, 2014
Second District Ct Davis Co. UT Standing Order County Taking Funds from Inmate Accts for Jail & Medical Costs 2014 Before the COMMONWEALTH OF MASACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND CABLE No. D.T.C 11-16 PETITION OF REIPIENTS OF COLLECT CALLS FROM PRISONERS AT CORRECTIOANL INSTITUTIONS IN MASSACHUSETTS SEEKING RELIEF FROM THE …
United States Attorneys FY 2014 Performance Budget Congressional Submission, DOJ, 2014 U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorneys FY 2014 Performance Budget Congressional Submission THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Table of Contents Page No. I. Overview....................................................................................................................... 1 II. Summary of Program Changes ............................................................................... 16 III. Appropriations Language and Analysis of …
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