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Article • September 18, 2014 • from PLN September, 2014
Filed under: HIV/AIDS, Statistics/Trends
New Report Cites Fewer HIV-Positive State and Federal Prisoners by Matthew Clarke New Report Cites Fewer HIV-Positive State and Federal Prisoners by Matt Clarke A recent study revealed that the number of HIV-positive prisoners in both state and federal facilities nationwide is declining and, for the first time, the AIDS …
Publication • September 1, 2014
PEW Infographic on Imprisonment and Crime Rates, 2014 An infographic from Prison and Crime: A Complex Link Crime drop since 1994 has been bigger in states that cut imprisonment rates Two decades after Congress passed the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994—with lawmakers focused on locking up …
Publication • September 1, 2014
Filed under: Statistics/Trends, Census
Prisoners in 2013 BJS 2014 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics September 2014, NCJ 247282 E. Ann Carson, Ph.D., BJS Statistician O n December 31, 2013, the United States held an estimated 1,574,700 persons in state and federal prisons, an increase of approximately 4,300 …
Publication • August 12, 2014
Filed under: Statistics/Trends
Jail Inmates at Midyear 2013 Statistical Tables BJS 2014 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics Revised August 12, 2014 May 2014, NCJ 245350 Todd D. Minton and Daniela Golinelli, Ph.D., BJS Statisticians A fter a peak in the number of inmates confined in county …
Article • August 7, 2014 • from PLN August, 2014
Temple University Acts on Complaint Against Authors of Private Prison Study by Temple University Acts on Complaint Against Authors of Private Prison Study In response to an ethics complaint filed against Temple University professors Simon Hakim and Erwin A. Blackstone, a Temple official wrote in July 2014 that she had …
Article • August 7, 2014 • from PLN August, 2014
Filed under: Statistics/Trends
BJS Report: Jail Population Increases in Indian Country by BJS Report: Jail Population Increases in Indian Country Jails on Indian reservations across the U.S. are housing more offenders despite a decline in violent crimes, according to a report released last year. The most recent annual Survey of Jails in Indian …
Publication • August 1, 2014
Incarceration and Divorce, NIH Criminology, 2014 NIH Public Access Author Manuscript Criminology. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2015 August 01. NIH-PA Author Manuscript Published in final edited form as: Criminology. 2014 August ; 52(3): 371–398. doi:10.1111/1745-9125.12040. EXPLAINING THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN INCARCERATION AND DIVORCE* Sonja E. Siennick1, Eric A. Stewart1, and …
SEC Rejects CCA, GEO Group Shareholder Resolutions to Reduce Prison Phone Rates by SEC Rejects CCA, GEO Group Shareholder Resolutions to Reduce Prison Phone Rates On February 18, 2014, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) granted a request filed by for-profit prison company GEO Group to exclude a shareholder resolution …
Prison Closures Cause Economic Turmoil by Shrinking state budgets across the country are leading to prison closures that in turn have a negative impact on communities that depend on the facilities as a source of jobs and revenue. [See: PLN, June 2013, p.1; April 2009, p.1]. Small towns in Kentucky, …
Do Faith-Based Prisons Work? by Alexander Volokh Do Faith-Based Prisons Work? by Alexander Volokh There are a lot of faith-based prison programs out there. As of 2005, 19 states and the federal government had some sort of residential faith-based program, aimed at rehabilitating participating prisoners by teaching them subjects like …
Two Murders in Seven Months at CCA-run Prison in Tennessee by Two Murders in Seven Months at CCA-run Prison in Tennessee On May 23, 2014, the Medical Examiner’s Office in Nashville completed an autopsy report on Tennessee state prisoner Jeffery Sills, 43, who was murdered at the South Central Correctional …
Article • July 9, 2014 • from PLN July, 2014
Decline in Arrests of Los Angeles County Probation Officers by Decline in Arrests of Los Angeles County Probation Officers The Los Angeles County Probation Office has cited tougher self-policing and stricter hiring standards for a dramatic decrease in the number of employees arrested for driving under the influence and various …
Publication • July 2, 2014
Filed under: Statistics/Trends
Bureau of Prisons Northeast Region Litigation Report Jan 1998
Southern Center for Human Rights - The Crisis of Violence in Georgia's Prisons, 2014 THE CRISIS OF VIOLENCE IN GEORGIA’S PRISONS A REPORT BY THE J U LY 2 0 1 4 Southern Center for Human Rights – 1 2 –The Crisis of Violence in Georgia Prisons THE CRISIS OF …
Article • June 7, 2014 • from PLN June, 2014
Filed under: Statistics/Trends, News
For Sale: New York Lakefront Property with Garage, Pig Farm and 736 Prison Cells by For Sale: New York Lakefront Property with Garage, Pig Farm and 736 Prison Cells What New York State is doing with some of its closed prisons is like dragging an old, unwanted couch out to …
Article • June 7, 2014 • from PLN June, 2014
Prison Officials Praise Industry Programs Despite Downsides by David Reutter Prison Officials Praise Industry Programs Despite Downsides by David M. Reutter As the U.S. economy remains sluggish and companies consider layoffs to cut costs, the outlook for prison industry programs is mixed, with some reporting increased revenue and others reporting …
Article • June 6, 2014 • from PLN June, 2014
Filed under: Voting, Statistics/Trends
5.85 Million People Disenfranchised in Supposedly Democratic America by David Reutter 5.85 Million People Disenfranchised in Supposedly Democratic America by David M. Reutter The United States is billed as the world’s largest and greatest democracy. However, it is also “one of the world’s strictest nations when it comes to denying …
Are We Really Witnessing the End of Mass Incarceration? by James Kilgore Are We Really Witnessing the End of Mass Incarceration? by James Kilgore “This is the beginning of the end of mass incarceration.” – Natasha Frost, associate dean of Northeastern University’s school of criminology and criminal justice   After …
Publication • 2014
ClaimStat Report on Judgments and Settlements against NY DOC 2014 ClaimStat Alert Office of the New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer AUGUST 2014 BUREAU OF POLICY & RESEARCH AND BUREAU OF LAW AND ADJUSTMENT ClaimStat is an initiative of Comptroller Scott M. Stringer to save taxpayer money and improve …
Publication • June 1, 2014
Is Public Safety Realignment Reducing Recidivism in California?, PPIC, 2014 Is Public Safety Realignment Reducing Recidivism in California? June 2014 Magnus Lofstrom, Steven Raphael, and Ryken Grattet with research support from Brandon Martin Supported with funding from the Smith Richardson Foundation Summary California has had one of the highest recidivism …
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