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Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Filed under: Prison Reform
Minnesota Lawmakers Look at Prison Reforms by Chad Marks by Chad Marks Lawmakers in Minnesota are considering a bipartisan bill aimed at reducing the state’s prison population. Data from August 2018 indicate that the adult prison population was 9,849, and some legislators have expressed concerns about racial disparities in the …
2018 Awards for Activism, Advocacy Against the Private Prison Industry by On March 5, 2019, the Private Corrections Institute (PCI), a nonprofit citizen watchdog organization, announced its 2018 awardees for individual activism and organizational advocacy against the for-profit prison industry. PCI opposes the privatization of correctional services, including the operation …
Incorrigible: The First Step Act and the Carceral State by Marie Gottschalk by Marie Gottschalk With much fanfare, President Donald Trump signed the First Step Act into law in December 2018. New Jersey senator and presidential candidate Cory Booker hailed the legislation as a milestone that marked a “meaningful break …
The Next Step - Ending Excessive Punishment for Violent Crimes, 2019 The Next Step Ending Excessive Punishment for Violent Crimes For more information, contact: The Sentencing Project 1705 DeSales Street NW 8th Floor Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 628-0871 sentencingproject.org twitter.com/sentencingproj facebook.com/thesentencingproject instagram.com/endlifeimprisonment This report was written by Nazgol Ghandnoosh, Ph.D., …
Publication • March 28, 2019
The Punishment Bureaucracy: How to Think About 'Criminal Justice Reform,' Alec Karakatsanis, 2019 ARTICLE: The Punishment Bureaucracy: How to Think About "Criminal Justice Reform" March 28, 2019 Reporter 128 Yale L.J. F. 848 * Length: 10381 words Author: Alec Karakatsanis 1 Highlight [W]e do not expect people to be deeply …
Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
Filed under: Prison Reform, Education
Executive Order Prompts BOP to Expand Prison Apprenticeship Programs by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell An executive order issued by President Donald Trump has prompted the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to develop “National Standards of Apprenticeship” to expand apprenticeship programs for federal prisoners, …
Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
Prisoner Who Inspired First Step Act Is First Released by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Federal prisoner Matthew Charles, 52, was released in January 2019 after serving over 21 years of his 35-year sentence for selling crack cocaine in 1996. He was one of the catalysts for, and …
Article • February 6, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Filed under: Prison Reform, Sentencing
Report Outlines Eight Ways to Shorten Excessive Prison Sentences by Chad Marks by Chad Marks The United States is home to five percent of the world’s population and around 25 percent of the world’s prisoners. Our incarceration rate is 19 percent higher than Turkmenistan’s, 36 percent higher than Cuba’s and …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Florida DOC Agrees to Reform Prisoner Mental Health Care by Disability Rights Florida, the state’s Protection and Advocacy organization for people with disabilities, has reached a settlement agreement with the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) that includes widespread changes to mental health treatment for prisoners. The agreement was filed in …
Prisoners Face Retaliation for Raising Concerns About Criminal Justice System by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Prisoners who peacefully advocate for their rights, such as by filing lawsuits and grievances, and engaging in non-violent protests, regularly risk retaliation by prison officials. That was the case following a nationwide work strike …
Article • January 9, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019
Harvard Student Group Advocates for Prison Education, Reform by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin The Harvard Organization for Prison Education and Advocacy, a student-led group known as HOPE, was established in the 1950s as part of Harvard University’s Phillips Brooks House Association. Since its inception the organization has provided tutoring …
First Step Act Passes – Includes Federal Sentencing, Prison Reforms by Steve Horn by Steve Horn On December 21, 2018, President Donald Trump signed into law the 56-page First Step Act (S. 756), a bill that will usher in an array of reforms within the federal criminal justice system. The …
A Jailbreak of the Imagination: Seeing Prisons for What They Are and Demanding Transformation by Mariame Kaba, Kelly Hayes by Mariame Kaba and Kelly Hayes, Truthout.org Our current historical moment demands a radical re-imagining of how we address various harms. The levers of power are currently in the hands of …
Former Prisoner, Jailhouse Lawyer Mujahid Farid Has Died by Laura Whitehorn by Laura Whitehorn This issue of Prison Legal News is dedicated to Mujahid Farid. Farid, 69, who died of cancer on November 20, 2018 in the Bronx, New York, often said he was only one of many people who …
Article • December 5, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018
Angola Closes its Notorious Camp J, “A Microcosm of a Lot of Things That are Wrong” by Grace Toohey by Grace Toohey, The Advocate After more than 40 years as one of the most restrictive housing units within Louisiana’s Angola prison, corrections officials have closed Camp J – which at its …
Defy Ventures Founder Steps Down Amid Accusations of Misconduct by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Catherine Hoke used to work on Wall Street, employed by a private equity firm. She left the world of high finance to start the Prison Entrepreneurship Program for Texas prisoners in 2004. But after five …
Article • December 5, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018
Former Jailhouse Lawyer Bobby Battle Dies at Age 80 by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin Former prisoner Bobby Battle, an Oklahoma City native with a sixth-grade education who filed a lawsuit that ultimately led to historic reforms and the desegregation of Oklahoma prisons, died on December 25, 2017 at the …
Polls Show People Favor Rehabilitation over Incarceration by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A recent poll found a majority of Americans – 67 percent overall – believe that building more prisons and jails does not reduce crime. Nearly as many – 62 percent – don’t believe that more prisons would …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Why Prison Reform is Not Enough to Fix the U.S. Criminal Justice System by Ed Chung by Ed Chung, Center for American Progress The Trump administration kicked off 2018 by expressing a surprising, newfound interest in reforming the country’s prisons and strengthening opportunities for those incarcerated to successfully re-enter their communities …
Justice Policy Institute: The Ungers, 5 Years and Counting - A Case Study in Safely Reducing Long Prison Terms and Saving Taxpayer Dollars, 2018 NOVEMBER, 2018 1 Acknowledgments THIS REPORT IS THE RESULT OF THE COLLABORATIVE AND CUMULATIVE EFFORTS OF SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS OVER SEVERAL YEARS. THE “UNGER STORY” …
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