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GAO Report finds Federal Prison Overcrowding Accelerates by Derek Gilna A General Accounting Office study of the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) that analyzed prisoner population from fiscal years 2006 through 2011, has shown that overcrowding in BOP prisons at all levels of security is increasing and has resulted in …
Justice Department Impedes Release of "Legally Innocent" Prisoners by Derek Gilna Despite several recent high-profile cases where the U.S. Justice Department has urged the release of prisoners who all parties agreed were "legally innocent, dozens more remain behind bars.in North Carolina. The cases arise in instances where men were imprisoned …
9th Circuit: "Adam Walsh" Detention Doesn't toll Supervised Release Term by Derek Gilna The 9th Circuit has ruled that the period of time spent in civil confinement under the Adam Walsh Act did not constitute "imprisonment" and that a defendant's period of supervised release continues to run during that time. …
Article • September 8, 2016
"Specter" Funds for Prisoner Education Cut Endangering Prison College Programs by Matthew Clarke Some prison systems have been providing a college education to prisoners financed, at least in part, by federal funding named after correctional education advocate Arlen Specter, a former U.S. senator. But Congress didn't renew the "Specter" funds …
Article • September 8, 2016
Offenders Help Build Massive Genealogical Index, Fill Gaps in Their Own Family Histories by Joe Watson Prison reform advocates have long since stressed the importance of strong connections between incarcerated offenders and their families in order to lower recidivism rates. But now, it's the prisoners who are working to strengthen …
Should Spend Less Violating Parolees, Probationers by A recent report argues that California's parolees and probationers are proportionally far less of the population arrested for new crimes and, thus, law-enforcement resources should target the overwhelming majority of offenders who aren't under community supervision. The study, released in 2013 by the …
Arizona Protects Juvenile Rehabs, Destroys Reports of Abuse and Neglect by   A recent newspaper investigation revealed that Arizona's would-be oversight of residential treatment centers (RTCs) for at-risk children is as duplicitous and unjust as the state's prisons and jails. A February report from The Arizona Republic found that the …
Article • September 6, 2016
Bureau of Justice Statistics Study on Reentry Released by Derek Gilna In 2012, the last year for which statistics are available, "there were ...over two million people incarcerated in prisons and jails across the country," according to the Bureau of Justice (BJS) statistics on offender reentry published in 2015. The …
Brown v. DPSCS, MD, Amended Complaint, Discrimination Against Blind Prisoners, 2016 Case 1:16-cv-00945-RDB Document 20 Filed 09/06/16 Page 1 of 33 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND ANTHONY BLUE STEVEN BROWN WILBERT DELANO GREGORY HAMMOND SEDRIC HOLLEY RUSSELL HOPKINS JOHNNIE JAMES TYRELL POLLEY MAYNARD SNEED …
Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016
Family Connections Bill Signed into Law in Illinois by Carrie Wilkinson Illinois Governor Bruce V. Rauner signed HB 6200, the Family Connections Bill, into law on August 22, 2016. Under the provisions of that legislation, domestic prison phone rates within the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) and Department of Juvenile …
Private Prison Firms: Family Detention, Federal Contracts and For-profit Reentry Services by Bob Libal by Bob Libal, Holly Kirby and Cristina Parker In July 2016, executives from private prison companies Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and the GEO Group (GEO) held investor calls to report on second quarter earnings and …
Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016
Appeal Doesn’t Stay ODOC’s “Second Look” Release Plan Obligation by Mark Wilson The en banc Oregon Supreme Court held on October 22, 2015 that appealing a trial court order conditionally releasing a juvenile murderer who had served half his minimum sentence did not relieve prison officials of their statutory obligation …
Utah Prisoners Incarcerated Longer Due to Lack of Rehabilitation Program Space by Since 2011, the average length of a Utah state prisoner's incarceration has increased by three months. The reason is a lack of space in rehabilitation programs--especially programs for sex offenders—combined with a parole board requirement that prisoners complete …
Article • August 25, 2016
Forced to Die Alone – A Lonely Bed to Substitute God and Family by An epidemic is slowly taking root throughout the United States prison system. As of 2010, State and federal prisons house more than 26,000 inmates 65+ years old and nearly five times that number 55 and up.1 …
Article • August 23, 2016
Nothing's 'Nonprofit' About Groups Running N.J.'s Broken Halfway Houses by After years of high rates of escapes, poor supervision and rumors of sweetheart deals between politicians and private companies, the curtain is finally being pulled back on New Jersey's halfway houses. A New York Times investigation last year concluded that …
Article • August 23, 2016
Report: BOP Acts as Jailer and Judge in 'Compassionate Release' Requests by In refusing to petition courts on behalf of prisoners who should be considered for what's known as "compassionate release," the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is usurping the decision-making power of judges, argues a recent report released by …
Article • August 23, 2016
Filed under: Release and Reentry
Federal, State Laws Create Unnecessary Obstacles to Reentry, Report Says by Rather than providing a seamless transition out of prison or jail, state and federal laws are making reentry exceedingly hard for former offenders, according to a recent report from the Legal Action Center (LAC) that ranks all 50 states …
Article • August 23, 2016
Department of Justice Publishes Report on Federal Pretrial Release by Matthew Clarke In November 2012, the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice statistics published a report on pretrial release of criminal defendants in federal district courts between 2008 and 2010. The report analyzed how many defendants were released, the …
Article • August 23, 2016
Report: Postcard-Only Jail Policies Bad for Reentry, Recidivism by Contrary to claims that postcard-only mail policies make jails safer and save money, a recent report from the Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) contends that bans on sealed, personal letters merely perpetuate the costs of incarceration and exacerbate the criminal justice system's …
Article • August 23, 2016
Report: 17 States Reduce Recidivism, Save Billions By Reinvesting Wisely by A blueprint for better public safety, long-endorsed by reform advocates and scoffed at by tough-on-crimers, has emerged in 17 states that have managed to reduce recidivism since 2007: Stop building new prisons and reinvest the savings in cost-effective programs …
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