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Article • August 3, 2016
Human Rights Report Reveals Inequities in U.S. Sentencing Practices by Gary Hunter “Nation Behind Bars” is a 36 page report exposing the egregious effects that decades of unfair sentencing practices have had on U.S. citizens. Pointing back to the “tough on crime” stance taken by many politicians in their quest …
Publication • August 3, 2016
A Proposed National Corrections College, Jacobs & Cooperman, 2012 A Proposed National Corrections College James B. Jacobs* & Kerry T. Cooperman** I. INTRODUCTION In 1971, Chief Justice Warren E. Burger proposed the establishment of a “National Corrections Academy.”1 Chief Justice Burger explained that “the management and operation of penal institutions …
Publication • August 3, 2016
Filed under: Organizing, Voting
Request for a Thematic Hearing on the Discriminatory Effects of Felony Disenfranchisement Laws, Policies and Practices in the Americas, LCCR SP ACLU, 2009 Request for a Thematic Hearing on the Discriminatory Effects of Felony Disenfranchisement Laws, Policies and Practices in the Americas September 8, 2009 1401 New York Avenue, NW …
Publication • August 3, 2016
The Power of Justice - Applying International Human Rights Standards to American Domestic Practices, Center for American Progress, 2009 AP Photo/Mel Evans The Power of Justice Applying international human rights standards to American domestic practices William F. Schulz June 2009 w w w.americanprogress.org The Power of Justice Applying international human …
Publication • August 3, 2016
Filed under: Organizing, Prison Reform
To Build a Better Criminal Justice System, The Sentencing Project, 2012 To Build a Better Criminal Justice System 25 Experts Envision the Next 25 Years of Reform Marc Mauer and Kate Epstein Editors This publication was edited by Marc Mauer, executive director of The Sentencing Project, and Kate Epstein, text …
Publication • August 3, 2016
America’s Problem-Solving Courts – The Criminal Cost of Treatment and the Case of Reform, NACDL, 2009 America’s Problem-Solving Courts: The Criminal Costs of Treatment and the Case for Reform N A T I O N A L A SS O C I A T I O N O F C …
United Kingdom: Queen Elizabeth Unveils Judicial and Prison Reform Shakeup by On May 18, 2016, Queen Elizabeth announced a plan – touted as the “biggest shakeup” in criminal justice reform since Victorian times – that will provide more self-governance to UK prisons and allow prisoners greater access to technology. The …
Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
CCA Annual Shareholder Meeting Met by Protestors by This year, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest for-profit prison company, held its annual shareholder meeting on May 12, 2016. The meeting took place at CCA’s swank corporate office near the upscale Green Hills area of Nashville, Tennessee; the firm …
German Prisoners Form Union, Seek Minimum Wage and Pension by Joe Watson A group of prisoners in Germany has accomplished what American prisoners have long been prohibited from doing: They formed a labor union for incarcerated workers, to advocate for minimum wage pay so they can earn enough for a …
Criminal Defendants Shortchanged by Justice System that Favors Prosecutors by Derek Gilna Since the landmark Supreme Court case of Gideon v. Wainwright in 1963, criminal defendants who face incarceration have been guaranteed representation by an attorney if they cannot afford one. Gideon spurred most states and the federal government to …
Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
Prison Conferences to be Held in Ohio, California by A conference described as “a Midwest convergence in support of prisoners’ struggles” is scheduled to be held in Columbus, Ohio from August 26-29. Titled “Bend the Bars 2016,” the event will consist of a series of workshops and discussions on issues …
Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
Prison Policy Initiative Report Says Money Bail System Keeps Poor in Jail by Derek Gilna Of the more than 2.3 million people locked up in the United States at any given time, around 646,000 are held in county jails. Of that population, seven in ten are pretrial detainees who have …
Restraint Chair Deaths, Abuses Prompt Questions, Criticism and Lawsuits by Joe Watson Like another jail detainee more than seven years before him, Joshua Grose died while strapped into a restraint chair at the York County Detention Center in South Carolina. In the early morning hours of October 12, 2013, following …
Advocates Want Private Prisons Subject to Open Records Laws by Joe Watson Government accountability advocates have called for private prison companies like Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and the GEO Group to be subject to open records laws – including the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) – to ensure …
Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
New York Federal Judge Challenges Collateral Consequences by In a move The New York Times called “striking,” and Gabriel J. Chin, a professor at the University of California, Davis School of Law said was “groundbreaking,” U.S. District Court Judge Frederic Block sentenced a young woman in a drug case to …
Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
The Mirage of Justice by by Chris Hedges, Truthdig If you are poor, you will almost never go to trial – instead you will be forced to accept a plea deal offered by government prosecutors. If you are poor, the word of the police, who are not averse to fabricating or …
Article • August 1, 2016
New York’s Parole System in Need of Repair by New York’s Parole System in Need of Repair by Release Aging People in Prison/RAPP RAPPCampaign.com “For the courts of this state to repeatedly entertain petitions and issue decisions ordering de novo hearings because the [Parole] Board fails to follow a clear …
Publication • July 29, 2016
Filed under: Organizing, Prison Reform
Smart on Crime - Recommendations for the Administration and Congress, Smart on Crime Coalition, 2011 Recommendations for the Administration and Congress S T §CRIME Recommendations for the Administration and Congress The Smart on Crime Coalition The efforts of the Smart on Crime Coalition*1are coordinated by the Constitution Project. The Constitution …
Publication • July 29, 2016
Filed under: Prison Reform, Sentencing
Future of Sentencing in NY - State Recommendations for Reform, NY State Commission on Sentencing Reform, 2009 The Future of Sentencing in New York State: Recommendations for Reform New York State Commission on Sentencing Reform January 30, 2009 Table of Contents Page Commission Members ......................................................................... iv Commission Staff...................................................................................v Acknowledgements .............................................................................. …
Publication • July 29, 2016
Inalienable Rights – Applying International Human Rights Standards to the U.S. Criminal Justice System, AFSC, 2009 INALIENABLE RIGHTS Applying international human rights standards to the U.S. criminal justice system www.afsc.org AFSC New York Metropolitan Regional Office (NYMRO) Criminal Justice Program, Prison Watch Project 972 Broad Street, 6th Floor Newark, NJ …
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