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Violence in Texas Prisons Tied to Mental Illness by Violence in Texas Prisons Tied to Mental Illness Conclusions of a longitudinal study found that the most violent Texas prisons also house the highest percentage of mentally ill prisoners. The study conducted by the Texas Tribune from 2006 to 2012 collected …
Mississippi Private Prisons Have High Prisoner Assault Rates by Matthew Clarke Mississippi Private Prisons Have High Prisoner Assault Rates by Matt Clarke A report on the number of prisoners assaulted in Mississippi prisons shows that the assault rates in private prisons average two to three times the rate of assaults …
Article • October 27, 2015
Concerns about Michigan Prisoners’ Lost Property Claims by David Reutter Concerns about Michigan Prisoners’ Lost Property Claims by David Reutter Fearing many Michigan prisoners’ claims for lost or damaged property may be fraudulent, state officials are looking for ways to end such abuse. The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) paid …
Article • October 26, 2015
Audit of Solitary Confinement in Federal Prisons: An Inside Job Reaches Foregone Conclusions by James Ridgeway Audit of Solitary Confinement in Federal Prisons: An Inside Job Reaches Foregone Conclusions by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway A long-awaited audit of the use of solitary and other forms of isolated confinement in the …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
Association of State Correctional Administrators Study Criticizes Solitary Confinement by Derek Gilna Association of State Correctional Administrators Study Criticizes Solitary Confinement by Derek Gilna In August 2015, the Association of State Correctional Administrators (ASCA), made up of the heads of state prison systems, the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
Jails: Time to Wake Up to Mass Incarceration in Your Neighborhood by James Kilgore By James Kilgore, Truthout Jails admit nearly 12 million people every year. Yet they are largely off the radar of critics of mass incarceration. However, as a new report by Vera Institute and actions by activists around …
Article • October 16, 2015
Study Finds Prison Education Beneficial to Utah Prisoners and Taxpayers by Joe Watson Study Finds Prison Education Beneficial to Utah Prisoners and Taxpayers by Joe Watson When Utah prisoners get an education behind bars that they can use to find work upon their release, good things happen, according to a …
Article • October 14, 2015
Report Finds Two Percent of Counties Produce Majority of Death Penalty Cases by Derek Gilna Report Finds Two Percent of Counties Produce Majority of Death Penalty Cases by Derek Gilna A report issued by Death Penalty Information Center claims that only 2% of all U.S. counties are responsible for a …
Article • October 9, 2015
Urban Institute Report Backs Sweeping Reform of Federal Incarceration by Derek Gilna Urban Institute Report Backs Sweeping Reform of Federal Incarceration by Derek Gilna A new report published by the non-partisan Urban Institute calls for “sweeping reform” of the overcrowded and costly federal prison system. The document combines previously-reported data …
Untreated Drug Offenders Cost Oregon $21.6 Million by Mark Wilson Untreated Drug Offenders Cost Oregon $21.6 Million by Mark Wilson Failing to treat substance abuse addictions of nearly half of the highest risk Oregon offenders, released between 2008 and 2011, cost crime victims and the state an estimated $21.6 million, …
Article • September 28, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
Filed under: Statistics/Trends, PLRA
Trends in Prisoner Litigation, as the PLRA Enters Adulthood by Margo Schlanger Trends in Prisoner Litigation, as the PLRA Enters Adulthood by Margo Schlanger* The Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA),1 enacted in 1996 as part of the Newt Gingrich “Contract with America,”2 is now as old as some prisoners. In …
Publication • September 28, 2015
Filed under: Crime, Statistics/Trends
DOJ, Bureau of Justice Statistics - Multistate Criminal History Patterns of Prisoners Released in 30 States, 2015 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics SEPTEMBER 2015 Special Report NCJ 248942 Multistate Criminal History Patterns of Prisoners Released in 30 States Matthew R. Durose, Howard N. …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
Sesame Street Creates Muppet with Father in Jail by Christopher Zoukis Sesame Street Creates Muppet with Father in Jail by Christopher Zoukis Sesame Street has a new muppet character: Alex, whose father is incarcerated. “My dad’s in jail,” he says in an online video. “I don’t like to talk about …
Article • September 22, 2015
Safety at Any Price - Massachusetts Corrections Fiscal Failure by Bob Williams Safety at Any Price - Massachusetts Corrections Fiscal Failure by Bob Williams The guiding fiscal model of the Massachusetts criminal justice system for decades has been “safety at any price,” according to a December 2009 report by The …
Publication • September 21, 2015
DOJ, Office of Inspector General - Status Review, International Prisoner Transfer Program, 2015 Office of the Inspector General U.S. Department of Justice Status Review on the Department’s International Prisoner Transfer Program Evaluation and Inspections Division 15-07 August 2015 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Introduction This is the second Office of the Inspector General …
Article • September 16, 2015
Moneyballing Justice: "Evidence-Based" Criminal Reforms Ignore Real Evidence by Kay Whitlock   By Kay Whitlock and Nancy A. Heitzeg, Truthout Proponents of the new wave of "criminal justice reform" claim that their efforts are nonpartisan, non-ideological and "evidence-based." This "evidence-based" frame asserts that mass incarceration and "overcriminalization" will be remedied by …
Publication • September 11, 2015
UW Law Societies & Justice - Life Without Parole, Washington 2015 Life Without Parole Sentences in Washington State Dakota Blagg – Madison Brown – Alison Buchanan – Bryce Ellis – Olivia Gee – Andreas Hewitt – Zoe Liebeskind – Katelyn Lowthorp – Alexandra Lynch – Hannah Schwendeman – Nicholas Scott …
Publication • September 11, 2015
Filed under: Statistics/Trends
Criminology - Historical Contingencies Explaining Mass Incarceration 2015 HISTORICAL CONTINGENCIES AND THE EVOLVING IMPORTANCE OF RACE, VIOLENT CRIME, AND REGION IN EXPLAINING MASS INCARCERATION IN THE UNITED STATES∗ MICHAEL C. CAMPBELL, MATT VOGEL, and JOSHUA WILLIAMS Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Missouri—St. Louis KEYWORDS: incarceration, crime policy, …
New York Impedes Department of Justice Juvenile Custodial Sexual Abuse Analysis by Mark Wilson New York Impedes Department of Justice Juvenile Custodial Sexual Abuse Analysis by Mark Wilson Ten percent of New York juvenile offenders reported being sexually abused while in custody in 2010, which was consistent with the 12 …
Article • June 13, 2015
Texas Group Finds Correlation between Incarceration Rate and Academic Achievement by Matthew T. Clarke Texas Group Finds Correlation between Incarceration Rate and Academic Achievement by Matt Clarke Stand for Children – Dallas used data from the Justice Atlas of Sentencing and Correction to determine which ten Dallas zip codes had …
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