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Article • August 23, 2016
Report: 17 States Reduce Recidivism, Save Billions By Reinvesting Wisely by A blueprint for better public safety, long-endorsed by reform advocates and scoffed at by tough-on-crimers, has emerged in 17 states that have managed to reduce recidivism since 2007: Stop building new prisons and reinvest the savings in cost-effective programs …
Publication • August 23, 2016
State and Local Human Rights Agencies - Recommendations, Columbia Law, 2003 State and Local Human Rights Agencies: Recommendations for Advancing Opportunity and Equality Through an International Human Rights Framework Columbia Law School, Human Rights Institute International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies under the auspices of The Campaign for a …
Publication • August 23, 2016
Filed under: Advocacy, Media
Talking Human Rights in the United States - A Communications Toolkit, Opportunity Agenda, 2009 Building the National Will to Expand Opportunity in America Talking Human Rights in the United States A Communications Toolkit Tips, tools, and techniques for building public support to uphold human rights at home. About The Opportunity …
Publication • August 23, 2016
Something Inside So Strong, USHRN, 2003 Labi Siffre, Something Inside So Strong This report is distributed by the U.S. Human Rights Network. To order additional copies or to download the report, visit the network website at: www.ushrnetwork.org SOMETHING INSIDE SO STRONG A R E S O U R C E …
Article • August 22, 2016
Department of Justice Expands Definition of Rape to "Ensure Justice" by Derek Gilna The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has broadened the definition of rape, first established in 1927, to include "penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration …
Article • August 19, 2016
Filed under: Hunger Strikes, Food
Connecticut May Force Feed Prisoners on Hunger Strike by  The state of Connecticut has the right to force feed a prisoner engaged in a hunger strike, Jarres T. Graham, Superior Court Judge, so held.             William Coleman, a Connecticut prisoner, went on hunger strike to protest his sexual assault conviction …
Publication • August 18, 2016
Racial Origins of Doctrines Limiting Prisoner Protest Speech, Armstrong.pdf Racial Origins of Doctrines Limiting Prisoner Protest Speech Andrea C. Armstrong* ABSTRACT This article examines the racial origins of two foundational cases governing prisoner protest speech to better understand their impact in light of the Black Lives Matter movement. Two Supreme …
Publication • August 12, 2016
Filed under: Advocacy, Prison Reform
The Trump Memos - ACLU’s Constitutional Analysis of the Public Statements and Policy Proposals of Donald Trump, ACLU, 2016 THE TRUMP MEMOS The ACLU’s Constitutional Analysis of the Public Statements and Policy Proposals of Donald Trump CONTENTS Trump on Immigration...........................................................................................................3 Trump on Surveillance of Muslims and the Creation of a …
Publication • August 12, 2016
Pretrial Practice - Building a National Research Agenda for the Front End of the Criminal Justice System, CUNY JJC, 2015 Pretrial Practice: Building a National Research Agenda for the Front End of the Criminal Justice System A Report on the Roundtable to Develop a National Pretrial Research Agenda October 26-27, …
Publication • August 12, 2016
Pretrial Practice - Rethinking the Front End of the Criminal Justice System, CUNY JJC, 2015 Pretrial Practice: Rethinking the Front End of the Criminal Justice System A Report on the Roundtable on Pretrial Practice March 18–20, 2015 Pretrial Practice: Rethinking the Front End of the Criminal Justice System A Report …
Article • August 11, 2016
California’s “Realignment” Law Sends 38,000 State Prisoners to County Control by John E Dannenberg California’s response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s upholding of a federal court mandate to reduce state prison overcrowding (See: PLN July 2011, p. 1)) was to “realign” 38,000 lower level offenders from state prison custody to …
Article • August 11, 2016
California: Mentally Ill Prisoners to Get Special Housing, More Treatment by Lonnie Burton In the latest installment of a 24-year battle over the treatment of mentally ill prisoners in the California prison system, the state agreed in August 2014 to begin removing those prisoners from isolation units and transition them …
Publication • August 11, 2016
Public Safety Realignment – What is it?, CPOC, 2012 changes occurring in the wake of the new sentencing options; however, prior to October, there had already been a trend of decreasing felony probation grants. It is expected that Realignment will have an impact on regular felony grants of probation, but …
Publication • August 11, 2016
Filed under: Prison Reform, Juveniles
Pioneers of Youth Justice Reform: Achieving System Change Using Resolution, Reinvestment, and Realignment Strategies, JJC and CUNY, 2012 Pioneers of Youth Justice Reform: Achieving System Change Using Resolution, Reinvestment, and Realignment Strategies Douglas N. Evans Research and Evaluation Center July 2012 COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE THE AUTHOR Douglas N. Evans …
Publication • August 11, 2016
Filed under: Prison Reform, Juveniles
Juvenile Justice Reform – A Blueprint, YTFG, 2012 JUVENILE JUSTICE REFORM A BLUEPRINT Improving Outcomes for Youth We invite you to join us in embracing a commitment to juvenile justice reform An overwhelming enthusiasm for previous editions of this Blueprint has led us to print a third edition. Our tenets …
Publication • August 11, 2016
Juvenile Justice Reform - Realigning Responsibilities, CA Little Hoover Commission, 2008 JUVENILE JUSTICE REFORM: REALIGNING RESPONSIBILITIES LITTLE HOOVER COMMISSION July 2008 State of California LITTLE HOOVER COMMISSION July 14, 2008 The Honorable Arnold Schwarzenegger Governor of California The Honorable Don Perata President pro Tempore of the Senate and members of …
Holder to Federal Prosecutors: Stop Using Threat of 851 Enhancements to Coerce Pleas by Derek Gilna Apparently U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder’s impending retirement from government service has not extinguished his desire to rein in over-zealous federal prosecutors.  In a September 24, 2014 memo to federal prosecutors made public, Holder …
Report Says Lawmakers Should Choose Alternatives to Incarceration by Joe Watson A new report from Human Rights Watch (HRW) argues that U.S. lawmakers and "tough-on-crime" advocates have relied on incarceration as a default approach to criminal justice for far too long, not only costing billions of taxpayer dollars and endless …
Article • August 10, 2016
Prieto’s Promise: An End to Death Row? by Mumia Abu-Jamal In late 2013, a federal judge in Virginia issued a remarkable ruling in the case of Prieto v. Clark. The civil suit, brought by Virginia death row prisoner Alfredo R. Prieto, challenged conditions on the state’s execution unit, including total …
Afghan Prisoner Hunger Strikes Persist in American Custody, Says Former Prisoner by Derek Gilna As American troops continue their planned withdrawal from Afghanistan and wind down their combat role in favor of their Afghan allies, at least one facility continues to operate without interruption. The Detention Facility in Parwan. close to …
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