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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 …
Article • August 10, 2016
New Hamilton Study Report Details Benefits of Reduced Incarceration by Derek Gilna The Hamilton Project, a non-partisan organization based in California that studies the relationship of incarceration to crime rates and its broad impacts on society, has published a new study that puts forward several new theories on how to …
Article • August 10, 2016
Filed under: Advocacy, Prison Reform
American Bar Association Wants Public to Have Voice in Prison Rules and Regulations by Joe Watson The American Bar Association (ABA), based in Washington, D.C., passed a resolution in February 2014 urging state governments to require public comment before corrections departments institute rules and regulations affecting prisoners and their families. …
Article • August 10, 2016
Human Rights Watch Questioned Over Appointees and Views by Greg Dober A letter signed by two Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, a former UN Assistant Secretary and over 100 other rights advocates and scholars request that the organization “institute immediate, concrete measures to strongly assert HRW’s [Human Rights Watch] independence.”   In …
Publication • August 10, 2016
Children Facing Life Without Possibility of Release in USA, Amnesty International, 2011 ‘This is where i’m going To be when i die’ ChIldReN fACINg lIfe IMpRIsoNMeNt wIthout the possIbIlIty of ReleAse IN the usA amnesty international is a global movement of more than 3 million supporters, members and activists in …
Article • August 9, 2016
New Congressional Research Report Criticizes Federal Prisoner Increases by Derek Gilna The Congressional Research Service, or CRS, a non-partisan research arm of the United States Congress, has released an extensive report highly critical of the “unprecedented increase in the federal prison population” since the early 1980’s.  The report notes that …
Article • August 9, 2016
Last Act in Office - Maryland Governor Commutes Four Death Row Prisoners by Christopher Zoukis In a highly controversial decision, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley (D) commutes the sentences of four death-row prisoners to spend the rest of their lives in prison without the possibility of parole. An opponent of the …
CA: 'Realignment' Forcing Jail Improvements for Disabled Prisoners by A landmark case nearly 20 years ago forced California's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to properly care for its disabled prisoners. Now, a federal lawsuit aims to do the same for those being held in the state's county jails. Since …
Article • August 9, 2016
Federal Court Gives CA Six Month Extension to Reduce Prison Population by The three-judge court in the ongoing prison healthcare civil rights suit against California took a slight turn on January 20, 2013, when the court gave California a six-month extension of time to achieve the prison population reduction it …
Publication • August 9, 2016
Commission on Reducing Racial Disparities in WI Justice System - Final Report, Doyle, 2008 Commission on Reducing Racial Disparities in the Wisconsin Justice System Jim Doyle Governor Spencer Coggs ◊ Noble Wray Co-Chairs Final Report February 2008 Commission on Reducing Racial Disparities in the Wisconsin Justice System Co-Chairs Spencer Coggs, …
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