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Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
New York Federal Judge Challenges Collateral Consequences by In a move The New York Times called “striking,” and Gabriel J. Chin, a professor at the University of California, Davis School of Law said was “groundbreaking,” U.S. District Court Judge Frederic Block sentenced a young woman in a drug case to …
Study Shows Modest Decline in Prison Populations by Derek Gilna A February 2016 study by The Sentencing Project, “U.S. Prison Population Trends 1999-2014: Broad Variation Among States in Recent Years,” found there has been a 2.9% average decline in the number of state prisoners during that period. Over those 15 …
Overcrowding at South Dakota Prison Impacts Family Visitation Program by A surge in female prisoners incarcerated on low-level drug charges led to the temporary shutdown of a program at the South Dakota Women’s Prison that helps prisoners maintain family ties and relationships. The Parent and Children Together (P.A.C.T.) program provides …
Does Smarter Sentencing Equal Lower Prison Numbers? by By Adam Wisnieski, The Crime Report The United States has the world’s highest incarceration rate—and efforts to reduce it have been the focus of studies by leading academics, advocacy groups and policymakers. Most recognize that if significant change is going to come, it …
Still Blocking the Exit, ACLU, 2015 S L L I T B C O L t he G N I K About this Report web mrji.org mandalaenterprise.org email waltermandalalomax@hotmail.com mrji4phases@yahoo.com phone 443.413.6076 This report is about Maryland’s broken parole system for individuals serving life sentences. It was authored by Walter …
Formerly Incarcerated Moms Fight for Reforms to Save Families by Victoria Law By Victoria Law, Yes! Magazine Diana waited at the bus stop for her children to arrive from school one afternoon 20 years ago. She had planned a party to celebrate her daughter’s sixth birthday. The party, however, never happened. …
Publication • June 3, 2016
Alternatives to Detention - ICE Improved Data Collection and Analyses Needed, GAO, 2014 United States Government Accountability Office Report to Congressional Committees November 2014 ALTERNATIVES TO DETENTION Improved Data Collection and Analyses Needed to Better Assess Program Effectiveness GAO-15-26 November 2014 ALTERNATIVES TO DETENTION Improved Data Collection and Analyses Needed …
Publication • June 2, 2016
Justice in Review - New Trends in State Sentencing and Corrections 2014-2015, Vera, 2016 Justice in Review: New Trends in State Sentencing and Corrections 2014-2015 .": CENTER ON SENTENCING AND CORRECTIONS 3FCFDDB4JMCFSt3BN4VCSBNBOJBOt.BJB4QPUUT FROM THE DIRECTOR This analysis of state-level changes in sentencing and corrections laws enacted in 2014 and 2015 …
Publication • May 26, 2016
Is Proposition 47 to Blame for California's 2015 Increase in Urban Crime, CJCJ, 2016 IS PROPOSITION 47 TO BLAME FOR CALIFORNIA’S 2015 INCREASE IN URBAN CRIME? Mike Males, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice March 2016 Research Report Introduction In November 2014, nearly 60 percent of …
Georgia Sentencing Reform Saving $20 Million a Year by David Reutter Georgia’s 2012 sentencing reform law is saving taxpayers $20 million annually, said Gov. Nathan Deal during a speech to a University of Georgia alumni group. The top priority for Deal going into the 2012 legislative session was House Bill …
2013 A Busy Year for Sentencing Reforms in 31 States by Joe Watson Closing a few prisons won’t be enough for significantly reduce the U.S. prison population of more than 1.5 million men and women, according to a report from the Sentencing Project. Real reductions argues the Washington, D.C. advocacy …
DOJ Increases Budget Even as Americans Tire of Costs of Drug War by Derek Gilna Sometimes the federal government just can’t help itself.  At a time when the majority of Americans still feel that their country is headed in the wrong direction, and have expressed their weariness of the “war …
Article • May 12, 2016
Louisiana Drug Offender Program Leaves $5 Million Shortfall by David Reutter A 2013 law passed by Louisiana lawmakers was expected to save $6 million by diverting drug offenders to treatment and shortening the prison sentences of such offenders by having them complete a drug treatment program. The law has not …
Justice in Review-New Trends in States Sentencing, VERA, 2016 Justice in Review: New Trends in State Sentencing and Corrections 2014-2015 .": CENTER ON SENTENCING AND CORRECTIONS 3FCFDDB4JMCFSt3BN4VCSBNBOJBOt.BJB4QPUUT FROM THE DIRECTOR This analysis of state-level changes in sentencing and corrections laws enacted in 2014 and 2015 reaches readers in the thick …
Fewer Prisoners, Less Crime: A Tale of Three States, Sentencing Project, 2014 the Sentencing Project Policy Brief: Fewer Prisoners, Less Crime Fewer Prisoners, Less Crime: A Tale of Three States Although the pace of criminal justice reform has accelerated at both the federal and state levels in the past decade, …
Article • November 13, 2015
Denial to Oregon’s Alternative to Incarceration Program No Longer Requires “Substantial and Compelling Reasons” by Denial to Oregon’s Alternative to Incarceration Program No Longer Requires “Substantial and Compelling Reasons” On July 9, 2014, the Oregon Court of Appeals held that sentencing courts are no longer required to find “substantial and …
Article • November 10, 2015
Los Angeles County Jail Home Detention Program a Failure by Christopher Zoukis Los Angeles County Jail Home Detention Program a Failure by Christopher Zoukis The Los Angeles County Jail's early release program began in the late 1980s as a result of an adverse finding by a federal judge that the …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
Oklahoma Early Release Program Leads to Only Isolated Cases of Recidivism by Christopher Zoukis Oklahoma Early Release Program Leads to Only Isolated Cases of Recidivism by Christopher Zoukis Only two of the nearly 1,500 prisoners granted early release by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (DOC) from March to October 2014 …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
Breaking News: Federal Bureau of Prisons to Release 6,000 Prisoners by Derek Gilna Breaking News: Federal Bureau of Prisons to Release 6,000 Prisoners by Derek Gilna In a dramatic announcement on October 6, 2015, the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) stated it is preparing to release up to 6,000 prisoners …
Article • October 14, 2015
New York: Class Action Filed against Prison Officials for Applying Illegal Sentences by New York: Class Action Filed against Prison Officials for Applying Illegal Sentences Two men have filed a class action complaint in federal court against current and former New York State Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) employees for …
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