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Article • August 23, 2016
Texas Ramps Up Medical Paroles by Matthew Clarke Recently, Texas has increased the use of medically-recommended parole. The parole board approved over twice as many medical releases in Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 than it did in FY 2009. Even so, the 85 Texas prisoners approved to be released for medical …
Article • August 23, 2016
High Costs, Not Human Rights, Forces Georgia to Release Its Sickest Prisoners by For now, fiscal crises in Georgia will have to suffice for human decency with the state's Board of Pardons and Paroles releasing dozens of sick and elderly prisoners annually to save millions in medical spending. But even …
Publication • August 23, 2016
Criminal Justice Debt – A Barrier to Reentry, Brennan Center for Justice, 2010 brennan center for justice criminal justice debt: a barrier to reentry Alicia Bannon Mitali Nagrecha Rebekah Diller Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law about the brennan center for justice The Brennan Center …
Article • August 22, 2016
Filed under: Release and Reentry
New York Not Liable for Unauthorized Addition of Post-Release Supervision by  The New York Court of Appeals has held that the state cannot be held liable for the Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) adding post-release supervision to prisoners' sentences when it had not been ordered by a judge. Farrah Donald, …
Article • August 22, 2016
New Ways to Help HIV+ Texas Releasees Receive Meds Promised by When Diana Harris was released from a Texas prison over a decade ago, she wasn't given any information on how to continue her regime of HIV medication. When the ten-day supply of meds the prison had issued her ran …
Fifth Circuit Reverses District Court's Denial of Appointment of Counsel by On March 6, 2009, Fifth Circuit reversed the district court's denial of appointment of counsel and upheld the dismissal of free exercise, equal protection and retaliation claims. Texas prisoner Willie Lee Garner filed a pro se lawsuit pursuant to …
Publication • August 22, 2016
The Health Status of Soon-To-Be-Released Inmates Vol 1, NCCHC, 2002 A Report to Congress Volume 1 The Health Status of Soon-To-Be-Released Inmates Volume 1 March 2002 This project was supported by cooperative agreement 97–IJ–CX–K018 awarded by the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. It …
Article • August 19, 2016
Fifth Circuit Reverses Supervised Release Condition Prohibiting Defendant from Residing with Anyone Who Is Not A Blood Relative or Who He Is Not Married To by On June 16, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed a supervised release condition prohibiting a defendant from living with …
Oseguenda v. Stanislaus County Public Safety Center, CA, Complaint and Demand for Trial, Due Process, Pretrial Detainees. 2016 (Rev. 12/12) 12/12) JS 44 44 (Rev. Case 1:16-at-00670CIVIL Document 1 Filed 08/16/16 Page 1 of 21 COVER SHEET contained herein herein neither replace replace nor nor supplement supplement the The JS …
Publication • August 12, 2016
Building Effective Partnerships for High-Quality Postsecondary Education in Correctional Facilities, Vera, 2016 Building Effective Partnerships for High-Quality Postsecondary Education in Correctional Facilities JANUARY 2016 FACT SHEET In 2015, the United States Department of Education announced the Second Chance Pell Pilot Program, aimed at supporting postsecondary education programs for people in …
Publication • August 12, 2016
Making the Grade - Developing Quality Postsecondary Education Programs in Prison, Vera, 2016 Center on Sentencing and Corrections Making the Grade Developing Quality Postsecondary Education Programs in Prison Ruth Delaney, Ram Subramanian, and Fred Patrick From the Director The benefits of postsecondary education programs for incarcerated students extend far beyond …
Brief • August 11, 2016
Fox v Peters, OR, Order, Spinal Injury Release Plan, 2016 Case 6:16-cv-01602-MC Document 14 Filed 08/11/16 Page 1 of 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON STEVEN FOX, Case No. 6:16-cv-01602-MC Plaintiff, ORDER v. COLETTE PETERS, Director of the Oregon Department of Corrections, in her …
Publication • August 11, 2016
Making the Transition - Rethinking Jail Reentry in Los Angeles County, Vera Institute, 2013 SUBSTANCE USE AND MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM Making The Transition: Rethinking Jail Reentry in Los Angeles County Talia Sandwick Karen Tamis Jim Parsons Cesar Arauz-Cuadra Vera Institute of Justice February 2013 Page intentionally left blank Acknowledgments The …
Publication • August 11, 2016
Public Safety Realignment – What is it?, CPOC, 2012 changes occurring in the wake of the new sentencing options; however, prior to October, there had already been a trend of decreasing felony probation grants. It is expected that Realignment will have an impact on regular felony grants of probation, but …
Publication • August 11, 2016
A Courtroom Unlike Any Other - Santa Clara County’s Parolee Reentry Court is a Case Study in Reducing Prison Recidivism, SOOO, 2011 ‘A Courtroom Unlike Any Other’ Santa Clara County’s Parolee Reentry Court is a Case Study in Reducing Prison Recidivism A report prepared for the California Senate Rules Committee …
The Impact of Probation and Parole Populations on Arrests in Four California Cities, Justice Center, 2013 The Impact of Probation and Parole Populations on Arrests in Four California Cities A report prepared by the Council of State Governments Justice Center The Impact of Probation and Parole Populations on Arrests in …
Article • August 10, 2016
New Law Allows for Release Consideration for Kentucky Prisoner after 54 Years by David Reutter A new law is giving the hope of parole to aged Kentucky prisoner s. Amongst those is prisoner Willie Gaines Smith, who has served 54 years in prison. Kentucky legislators approved a program that allows …
Article • August 10, 2016
Legislators Support TV over Education in New York State Prisons by Christopher Zoukis While combating idleness and restlessness in America's prisons is certainly necessary to avoid disruptions and violence, how this is accomplished is up for debate. Lawmakers in New York State said no to a proposal this month, during …
Article • August 10, 2016
Oregon Expands Visiting Opportunities to Reduce Recidivism by Mark Wilson Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) officials are working to expand prisoner visiting opportunities, in response to a 2011 study that found a positive correlation between prison visits and recidivism rates. In November 2011, the Minnesota Department of Corrections released a …
Article • August 10, 2016
California, Other States Weigh Banning Late-Night Releases from Custody by Joe Watson Late-night releases from prisons and jails place former prisoners across the country at not only an immediate disadvantage—possibly unable to access transportation and shelter or a support system of friends and family— but also in the dangerous position …
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