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Article • January 7, 2016
High Speed Car Chases Kill Thousands; Injure Tens of Thousands More by Since 1979 over 5,000 deaths and tens of thousands of drivers, passengers and innocent bystanders have been injured as a result of police car chases in the US. Most of these chases begin as routine minor infractions. On …
Article • January 6, 2016
Filed under: Crime, Statistics/Trends
Sentencing Project Highlights U.S. Incarceration Fascination by Derek Gilna According to a new Sentencing Project study, vividly set forth in a series of graphs and tables, from the 1920’s to the late 1970’s, the total number of people incarcerated in the United States never exceeded 200,000. However, in 2012 the …
GAO Recommends Changes in ICE Collection of Sex Abuse Data by Derek Gilna A new General Accounting Office (GAO) Report has called into question the Completeness of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) collection of data regarding sexual abuse and assault incidents in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention …
Article • January 1, 2016 • from PLN January, 2016
Are We There Yet? The Promise, Perils and Politics of Penal Reform by Marie Gottschalk Fifteen years ago, mass imprisonment was largely an invisible issue in the United States. Since then, criticism of the country’s extraordinary incarceration rate has become widespread across the political spectrum. The huge prison buildup of …
Article • January 1, 2016 • from PLN January, 2016
Report: Nearly One in Four Exonerations Involves Crimes that Never Occurred by Christopher Zoukis A report issued by the National Registry of Exonerations in November 2013 found that 22% of the known exonerations in the U.S. resulted from “no-crime” convictions – that is, cases in which the offender was cleared …
Article • January 1, 2016 • from PLN January, 2016
Getting the Money Out of Prison Reform by Dan Berger By Dan Berger, Truthout Much has been made about the bipartisan nature of contemporary efforts to end mass incarceration, as everyone from Newt Gingrich and the Koch Brothers to Van Jones and the American Civil Liberties Union, and now even Hillary …
Article • January 1, 2016 • from PLN January, 2016
Report Calls for End of Welfare and Food Stamp Restrictions for Felony Drug Offenders by Derek Gilna Report Calls for End of Welfare and Food Stamp Restrictions for Felony Drug Offenders by Derek Gilna Congress should repeal the ban on Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) and the Supplemental Nutritional …
Publication • January 1, 2016
Roadblock to Economic Independence - How Driver's License Suspension Policies in Indiana Impede Self-Sufficiency, Burden State Government & Tax Public Resources, HHRC, 2016 ROADBLOCK TO ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE: How Driver’s License Suspension Policies in Indiana Impede Self-Sufficiency, Burden State Government & Tax Public Resources Ryan T. Schwier Autumn James Health and …
Article • December 1, 2015 • from PLN December, 2015
Filed under: Escapes, Statistics/Trends
Texas Prison Escapes Down Since “Texas Seven” by Matthew Clarke Texas Prison Escapes Down Since “Texas Seven” by Matt Clarke Officials with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) say the number of escapes from state prisons dropped sharply after seven prisoners staged a brazen break-out in 2001. Since 2012 …
Article • November 10, 2015
Study Details States’ Abuses of Out-Of-State Prisoner Transfers to For-Profit Prisons by Derek Gilna Study Details States’ Abuses of Out-Of-State Prisoner Transfers to For-Profit Prisons by Derek Gilna            The corrections industry maintains that one of its priorities is to help detainees maintain ties with their family and communities to assist …
Article • November 10, 2015
GAO Report Faults BOP’s Lack of Budget Transparency by Derek Gilna GAO Report Faults BOP’s Lack of Budget Transparency by Derek Gilna A December 2013 General Accounting Office (GAO) report, faulting the lack of transparency in the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) budget, shows that the agency spent $6.9 billion …
Article • November 2, 2015
Study Finds Victims of Bullying More Likely to Enter Criminal Justice System by Christopher Zoukis Study Finds Victims of Bullying More Likely to Enter Criminal Justice System by Christopher Zoukis A new study suggests a direct link between childhood bullying and later imprisonment for bullying victims. The study, presented at …
Publication • November 2, 2015
ACLU-NH - Debtors' Prison in New Hampshire, 2015 Debtors’ Prisons in New Hampshire A Report by the American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire Published September 23, 2015 www.aclu-nh.org Table of Contents Executive Summary………………………………..1 Debtors’ Prisons and the Law …………………….3 The Investigation and Quantitative Findings ……5 Analysis ……………………….…………….……..7 Recommendations………………………………...11 Personal …
Publication • November 2, 2015
DOJ, Bureau of Justice Statistics - Assessment of Coverage in the Arrest-Related Deaths Program, 2015 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics TECHNICAL REPORT October 2015, NCJ 249099 Assessment of Coverage in the Arrest-Related Deaths Program Duren Banks, Ph.D. and Lance Couzens, RTI International Michael …
Publication • November 2, 2015
DOJ, Bureau of Justice Statistics - Jail Inmates at Midyear 2014, 2015 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics June 2015, NCJ 248629 Todd D. Minton and Zhen Zeng, Ph.D., BJS Statisticians T he number of inmates confined in county and city jails was an …
Publication • November 2, 2015
DOJ, Bureau of Justice Statistics - Mortality in Local Jails and States Prisons, 2000-2013, 2015 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics August 2015, NCJ 248756 Margaret Noonan, BJS Statistician Harley Rohloff and Scott Ginder, RTI International F or the third consecutive year, the number …
Article • October 30, 2015
Filed under: Statistics/Trends, Internet
Mistakes and Misinformation Force Temporary Closure of Texas "Prisoner" Website by Mistakes and Misinformation Force Temporary Closure of Texas "Prisoner" Website An excessive amount of mistakes and misinformation on a Texas prisoner information website caused its creators to remove it from the Internet. The Texas Tribune embraces its mission of …
Article • October 30, 2015
Heart Disease, Cancer, and Suicide Continue to be Leading Causes of Prisoner Deaths by Derek Gilna Heart Disease, Cancer, and Suicide Continue to be Leading Causes of Prisoner Deaths by Derek Gilna In 2000, the Bureau of Justice Statistics began to compile statistics from state and local jails on causes …
Article • October 28, 2015
The Truth About Who Is Really Responsible for Our Current Police and Prison State by Zaid Jilani Democratic leaders are complicit in creating our out-of-control, militarized police forces. by Zaid Jilani  The 200 protesters arrested last night in New York City and others being arrested elsewhere in demonstrations against police brutality …
Prison: America’s Most Vile Export? by Baz Dreisinger Prison: America’s Most Vile Export? The U.S. incarceration problem is now the world’s to solve. by Baz Dreisinger Behind the bars of a prison in Brazil, the federal agent on duty sidled up to me. “You’re getting a good report, yes?” he …
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