, the Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) discovered that the sheer size of the growing prison population (now over 2 million) was seriously distorting how political decisions were being made. Through the efforts
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, along with the many ways it distorts the labor market outside prison walls. At the very least, residents of states like Georgia would be forced to reckon with the shortage of paid emergency responders
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use. By distorting the facts, Commissioner Horn would have the public believe that 20 percent of the prison population (700) used drugs. The reality is, 20 percent of those suspected of drug use tested
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Connecticut Prison Writing Program Leads to Lawsuits
by David M. Reutter
by David M. Reutter
Wally Lamb was an English teacher when he published his first novel, She’s Come Undone
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Pre-Release Jail-Abuse Questionnaires Said to Pressure Prisoners
by John Dannenberg
by John E. Dannenberg
Civil rights advocates and attorneys have raised concerns over a recent policy
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, accumulating a reputation for lawlessness on the part of prisoners and staff members alike. [See: PLN, June 2018, p.28; Jan. 2016, p.29]. The inability of the current Sheriff-Coroner, Sandra Hutchens, to resolve
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;s research, “Do Private PrisonsDistort Justice? Evidence on Time Served and Recidivism,” is available on the Social Science Research Network (http://papers.ssrn.com).
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Local Officials Tell Prisoners: "You don't live here"
by Peter Wagner
Many prison town officials are quick to claim prisoners as residents when the Census Bureau comes to town, but prisoners
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been violated and wanted a law to prevent prisoners from "telling what may be distorted versions of their stories." Internet pen pal sites seem to be the main target of the law. Phelps also claims
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Texas Convict-Leasing Burial Ground Uncovered
by Matthew Clarke
by Matt Clarke
The first prison ever closed in Texas was the Central Unit in Sugar Land, which had originally been
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difficulty. The plaintiffs, inmates of Whiteville Correctional Facility, a private prison (owned by Corrections Corporation of America) that is under contract to the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, claim
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is no exception. Within the private prison industry, two firms stand out for their sheer size: Florida-based GEO Group, with 2019 revenues of $2.477 billion, and Tennessee-based CoreCivic, with $1.981 billion
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American Gulag: Inside U.S. Immigration Prisons, By Mark Dow University Of California Press, 413 pages, $27.50
by Ashley Makar
American Gulag: Inside U.S. Immigration Prisons, By Mark Dow
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Restrained Washington Prisoner Exonerated in Assault on Guard
by Terry A Kupers
by Terry A. Kupers and Marybeth Dingledy
Rodney Gitchel had been in 4-point restraints for two months inside
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incriminating testimony against Danziger. A jury convicted Danziger at trial and sentenced him to life in prison. In 1996, someone else confessed to the murder and DNA evidence exonerated both Ochoa and Danziger
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, Chambliss shows us how the figures are fraught with error and paint a highly distorted picture of crime trends in America. In what he characterizes as "law enforcement propaganda," Chambliss shows how
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Nonetheless, this did not end abuses. The IG noted that MHS had expensed the purchase of 22 cars in their year of purchase, rather than using the customary five-year depreciation schedule. This distorted
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of
plaintiff.
The question is not whether items found in
plaintiff's mail are mere pUffing or distortions, or
whether this court agrees with prison officials'
interpretations of those items.
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Wood Report Re Prison Phone Rates Filed in Fcc Wright Petition 2008
Inmate Calling Services
Interstate Call Cost Study
August 15, 2008
Prepared by:
Don J. Wood
WOOD & WOOD
30000 Mill Creek Avenue
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For MARY ELLEN THOMAS, Assistant Director Central Office Bureau of Prisons, SHARON SEANZ, Facility Health Service Administrator, THOMAS WEBSTER, Doctor, Respondents - Appellees: Jeffrey L. Hunter, OFFICE
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