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New North Carolina DOC Hospital Promises Better Healthcare for Prisoners by Joe Watson With crowded prisons and an increasing percentage of prisoners age 50 and older, the North Carolina Department of Corrections (NCDOC) opened a $153.7 million medical complex at the Central Prison in Raleigh in November 2011. The new …
The Other Death Sentence: More than 100,000 Americans are destined to spend their final years in prison. Can we afford it? by James Ridgeway The Other Death Sentence: More than 100,000 Americans are destined to spend their final years in prison. Can we afford it? by James Ridgeway William “Lefty” …
Article • September 15, 2012 • from PLN September, 2012
Prisoner Medical Care Costs Oregon Taxpayers Over $100 Million Annually by As of July 1, 2011, the first day of Oregon’s most recent budget cycle, the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) had a population of just over 14,000 prisoners and a shiny new $1.36 billion budget for the 2011-2013 biennium. …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Doctors Propose Changes to Fix Flaws in Compassionate Release Programs by Michael Brodheim by Mike Brodheim In “Balancing Punishment and Compassion for Seriously Ill Prisoners,” published in the July 19, 2011 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine, Doctors Brie A. Williams, Rebecca L. Sudore, Robert Greifinger and R. Sean Morrison …
Article • March 15, 2011
Elderly Home Detention Program Eligibility Determined Based on Sentence Imposed Without Good Time by In determining eligibility for the Elderly Offender Home Detention Pilot Program (EOHDPP), the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) may not consider a prisoner’s earned good time in calculating whether a prison has served enough time to enter …
Article • February 15, 2011 • from PLN February, 2011
Texas Pays for Geriatric Prisoners, Rarely Grants Medical Parole by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), geriatric prisoners – those over 55 years old – comprise only 7.3% of TDCJ’s population. However, they account for almost one-third of the prison system’s medical expenses. …
The Graying of America’s Prisons by James Ridgeway Frank Soffen, now 70 years old, has lived more than half his life in prison, and will likely die there. Sentenced to life for second-degree murder, Soffen has suffered four heart attacks and is confined to a wheelchair. He has lately been …
Aging Prisoners, Increasing Costs, and Geriatric Release, VERA, 2010 It’s About Time Aging Prisoners, Increasing Costs, and Geriatric Release CENTER on Sentencing and Corrections APRIL 2010 istockphoto.com/mrrabbit2502 Tina Chiu Executive Summary As harsher policies have led to longer prison sentences, often with a limited possibility of parole, correctional facilities throughout …
Second Chance Act Signed Into Law, But Not Yet Funded by Brandon Sample Second Chance Act Signed Into Law, But Not Yet Funded by Brandon Sample On April 9, 2008, President Bush signed the Second Chance Act into law. The Second Chance Act (P.L. 110-199), a bi-partisan effort, was designed …
California DOC Settles Sadistic, Hate-Motivated, Three-Year Starvation Death Of Sikh Prisoner For $1 Million by Marvin Mentor California DOC Settles Sadistic, Hate-Motivated, Three-Year Starvation Death Of Sikh Prisoner For $1 Million by Marvin Mentor The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) settled a lawsuit brought by the survivors of …
CA Uses Jail Inmate Welfare Funds for Reentry; Expands Early Release for Permanently Disabled CDCR Prisoners by In September 2007, Governor Schwarzenegger signed Senate Bill (SB) 718 into law, which amends penal code § 4025 to permit the use of Inmate Welfare Funds (IWF) collected in eight California counties to …
Release of Medically Incapacitated Prisoners Could Save California Taxpayers Hundreds of Millions in a Time of Budget Crisis by Release of Medically Incapacitated Inmates Could Save California Taxpayers Hundreds of Millions in a Time of Budget Crisis Will the Board of Parole Hearings and the Schwarzenegger Administration Follow the Law? …
Article • April 15, 2008 • from PLN April, 2008
California’s Compassionate Release Law Expanded to Include the Medically Incapacitated by California's Compassionate Release Law Expanded to Include the Medically Incapacitated California's compassionate release law, which already provided that prisoners who were physician-certified to have less than six months to live may apply for recall of sentence and release, was …
The Poisoned Pen of Fort Lyon Prison by Alan Prendergast Bought by the state for a dollar, Fort Lyon is rich in history, asbestos, sick prisoners and trouble. by Alan Prendergast History Lesson #1 In 1829, William Bent headed west to join his older brother in the fur business. William …
Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005
Sex Offenders Living In Nursing Homes by by Matthew T. Clarke A recent study revealed that hundreds of sex offenders live in state-regulated nursing homes nationwide. An Oklahoma-based advocacy group, A Perfect Cause, performed a computer search of the nation's sex-offender registries and cross-matched it with the addresses of the …
Private Prison Operators Enter Medical Care Market by Alex Friedmann As criminals receive longer sentences and serve a greater portion of them under threestrikes, truth-in-sentencing and mandatory minimum laws, the number of elderly prisoners with health problems has increased accordingly. Some consider this trend to be the result of a …
Article • September 15, 1993 • from PLN September, 1993
German Geriatric Prison by Germany may have the most humanitarian prison in existence today. [ Editors note: They may also have the most inhumane prison as well, the notorious Stammheim prison is where the sensory deprivation isolation now in widespread use across the world was first developed in the mid-70's …
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Being Old and Doing Time - Brie Williams Study 2006 ETHNOGERIATRICS AND SPECIAL POPULATIONS Being Old and Doing Time: Functional Impairment and Adverse Experiences of Geriatric Female Prisoners Brie A. Williams, MD,Ã w Karla Lindquist, MS,Ã Rebecca L. Sudore, MD,Ã w Heidi M. Strupp,z Donna J. Willmott, MPH,z and Louise …
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Gubler Petersilia Research Paper Re Ca Pra Elderly Prisoners Are Literally Dying for Reform Autumn 2005-2006 California Prison Reform Autumn 2005-2006 Elderly Prisoners Are Literally Dying For Reform Tia Gubler January 23, 2006 Joan Petersilia California Sentencing & Corrections Policy Series Stanford Criminal Justice Center Working Papers. Distributed for Review …
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Hrw Compassionate Release Report 2012 H U M A N R I G H T S W A T C H THE ANSWER IS NO Too Little Compassionate Release in US Federal Prisons The Answer is No Too Little Compassionate Release in US Federal Prisons Copyright © 2012 Human Rights …
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