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Locked-Up Sex Offenders Run for Office in Small-Town Minnesota by Joe Watson Frustrated by legislative inaction, a group of civilly-committed sex offenders in Moose Lake, Minnesota, ran a voter-registration drive in the small town for four months leading up to this year's midterm elections, hoping to get as many as …
Article • August 5, 2016
DOJ and Department of Education Focus on Education of Juvenile Detainees by Derek Gilna There’s always been plenty of money available to incarcerate juvenile offenders in the United States, but finding funds and motivation to educate those young people has often been sadly lacking.  Recently, however, Attorney General Eric Holder …
New York Pushing Enforcement of Law Prohibiting Discrimination in Felon Hiring by The New York Attorney General’s Office (AG) reached a settlement with a national retailer doing business in the state to end discrimination in the hiring of individuals with criminal records. the terms of settlement provide  the company will …
Article • August 4, 2016
New York Based Ex-Offender Assistance Program Sues Landlord for Discrimination by Gary Hunter On October 30, 2014 the Fortune Society filed suit in United States District Court for the Eastern District in Brooklyn alleging that a New York City apartment complex’s refusal to rent to ex-offenders amounts to racial discrimination …
Report Finds Criminal Justice Debt Creates Barriers to Offender Reintegration by David Reutter Severe financial obligations imposed upon offenders who get entangled with the criminal justice system "perpetually punish many ex-offenders and consign them to a life of permanent debt and poverty," concludes a report published by the John Jay …
New York Holds Sex Offenders Past Their Release Dates Because of 2005 Law by Joe Watson New York's Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) is reinterpreting statutes governing where sex offenders can live post incarceration to keep scores of them behind bars past their release dates. Since February 2014, …
History as Substance Abuser Influences Nation’s Drug Czar by David Reutter America’s drug czar is an alcoholic who is approaching his job differently than his predecessors. In leading the White House Office of National Drug Control, Michael Botticelli is following the Obama administration’s policy of shifting away from the “war …
The Debt Penalty: Financial Barriers to Offender Reintegration, John Jay College, 2014 The Debt Penalty Exposing the Financial Barriers to Offender Reintegration Douglas N. Evans Research & Evaluation Center John Jay College of Criminal Justice August 2014 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | Preparation of this report was supported by a grant from Justice …
Treatment and Reentry Practices for Sex Offenders - An overview of States, Vera Institute, 2008 TREATMENT AND REENTRY PRACTICES FOR SEX OFFENDERS An Overview of States Reagan Daly Vera Institute of Justice September 2008 Suggested citation: Reagan Daly. Treatment and Reentry Practices for Sex Offenders: An Overview of States. New …
Publication • August 4, 2016
Denying Parole at First Eligibility – How Much Public Safety Does It Actually Buy, CAPPS, 2009 Denying parole at first eligibility: How much public safety does it actually buy? A study of prisoner release and recidivism in Michigan August 2009 Denying parole at first eligibility: How much public safety does …
Article • August 3, 2016
Ex-Prisoners Are More Susceptible to Premature Death, Study Says by Joe Watson It’s widely accepted that incarceration—with its inherent violence, poor medical care, inadequate nutrition and exposure to infectious diseases— can be a life-threatening experience for anyone who’s forced to endure it. But a new study says incarceration has a …
Publication • August 3, 2016
Tattoo Prohibition Behind Bars - The Case for Repeal, D'Amico, 2008 Tattoo Prohibition Behind Bars: The Case for Repeal Daniel J. D’Amico* George Mason University Abstract Performing or receiving tattoos is forbidden in American prisons. What are the intentions behind this prohibition? Does the policy meet its intentions? Does it …
No Second Chance – People with Criminal Records Denied Access to Public Housing, HRW, 2004 NO SECOND CHANCE People with Criminal Records Denied Access to Public Housing Human Rights Watch Copyright © 2004 by Human Rights Watch. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America ISBN: 1564323285 Cover …
Publication • August 3, 2016
A Proposed National Corrections College, Jacobs & Cooperman, 2012 A Proposed National Corrections College James B. Jacobs* & Kerry T. Cooperman** I. INTRODUCTION In 1971, Chief Justice Warren E. Burger proposed the establishment of a “National Corrections Academy.”1 Chief Justice Burger explained that “the management and operation of penal institutions …
Publication • August 3, 2016
The Right to Education of Persons in Detention, UN General Assembly HRC, 2009 UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/11/8 2 April 2009 Original: ENGLISH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Eleventh session Agenda item 3 PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, CIVIL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT …
Recidivism of Sex Offenders Released from Prison in 1994, DOJ BJS, 2003 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics Recidivism of Sex Offenders Released from Prison in 1994 Offender characteristics Sentences and criminal records Comparisons to other offenders Rearrests and reconvictions Rearrests for sex crimes …
United Kingdom: Queen Elizabeth Unveils Judicial and Prison Reform Shakeup by On May 18, 2016, Queen Elizabeth announced a plan – touted as the “biggest shakeup” in criminal justice reform since Victorian times – that will provide more self-governance to UK prisons and allow prisoners greater access to technology. The …
Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
Popular New Snack Born Behind Bars by In 2009, Seth Sundberg was sentenced to five years for a fraudulent $5 million tax refund. The former pro basketball player had managed a California mortgage office and went from a comfortable living in the real estate industry to earning $5.25 a month …
Number of State Prisoners Age 55 and Over Increased 400% in 20 Years by Derek Gilna Although much of the attention concerning the huge increase in America’s prison population has focused on the federal prison system, a new U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) report found that the number of prisoners …
In-house Parole Costs New Mexico Over $10 Million Annually by Matthew Clarke Inefficiencies in the New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD) and the state’s Parole Board have resulted in hundreds of prisoners being kept in prison long beyond their parole release dates. The cost of incarcerating each prisoner during this so-called …
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