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Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013
Charting a New Justice Reinvestment by Nicole D. Porter by Nicole D. Porter, The Sentencing Project For more than forty years, the correctional system has been dominated by growth. In 1969, the crime rate was 3,680 per 100,000 population and the incarceration rate was 97 state and federal prisoners per …
Research Study Finding Benefits from Prison Privatization Funded by Private Prison Companies by In April 2013, two professors at Temple University in Philadelphia released a study, titled "Cost Analysis of Public and Contractor Operated Prisons," that alleged financial savings through prison privatization and equal or better performance by private prison …
Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013
Survey Finds Disturbing Trends in Childhood Violence, Racial Dynamics for Juvenile Lifers by An overwhelming majority of prisoners serving life sentences without parole for crimes committed as juveniles were exposed to domestic violence and lived in poverty, while significant numbers failed in school, were influenced by friends in trouble with …
The Overrepresentation of People of Color in Private Prisons Petrella Radical Criminology 2013 [ insurgencies ] The Color of Corporate Corrections, Part II: Contractual Exemptions and the Overrepresentation of People of Color in Private Prisons CHRISTOPHER PETRELLA1 My previous study2 published in Radical Criminology, (Issue 2, Fall 2013) demonstrates that …
Publication • 2013
Federal Sentencing Reporter - Insight Into California's Life Sentences, 2013 Insight into California’s Life Sentences I. Introduction Although the unique characteristics of most ‘‘rehabilitative’’ systems of criminal punishment vary greatly, a central component is often an indeterminate sentence with the possibility of parole. In California, these decisions are made by …
Prison Visitation: A Fifty State Survey by Chesa Boudin by Chesa Boudin, Trevor Stutz and Aaron Littman This article presents a summary of the study’s findings. The full study and data set will be published in a forthcoming volume of the Yale Law and Policy Review: Chesa Boudin, Trevor Stutz …
Article • May 15, 2013
Department of Justice Expands Definition of Rape to "Ensure Justice" by Derek Gilna 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 …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
Report: Total State Prison Costs at Least $5.4 Billion Over Budget Nationwide by For decades, tough-on-crime rhetoric has convinced taxpayers to finance ballooning prison budgets with no questions asked. But the price tag of mass incarceration has so grossly surpassed state corrections budgets that legislators across the country have become …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
Life on the Inside and Death on the Outside: Complexities in Health Disparities Inside and Outside U.S. Prisons by Evelyn J. Patterson by Evelyn J. Patterson, Ph.D. As a scholar of criminology and demography (the study of how and why populations change), I seek to contribute to the discourse on …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
Illinois: Scathing Study on Solitary Buried by Politics by Adam Klasfeld by Adam Klasfeld, Courthouse News Reeling from the criticism of its last effort at prison reform, Illinois buried its study of the ineffectiveness of long-term solitary confinement. As Gov. Pat Quinn struggled to hold onto the seat he acquired …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
Native Americans Overrepresented in Prison; Problems with Tribal Police Cited by The Trail of Tears lives on. It still winds its way through dilapidated Native American villages on reservations across the United States that are impoverished, starved of resources and pockmarked by dysfunction and discrimination. Almost two centuries after indigenous …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
FBI’s National Crime Data Found to be Flawed, Manipulated by As it turns out, the FBI's annual reports on crime in the United States are only slightly more credible than campaign promises and Big Foot sightings. An August 2012 investigative analysis by the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel found that the overwhelming majority …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
Pennsylvania Officials Link Halfway House Payments to Recidivism Rates by Derek Gilna Community corrections centers, also known as halfway houses, receive a great deal of money to help prepare prisoners to reenter society. Unfortunately, according to a recent study in Pennsylvania, the state’s 38 halfway houses with 4,313 beds have …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
Utah: Prisoners’ Education Should be Cheaper, More Efficient, Report Says by Secondary education for Utah prisoners are wasting tax dollars and, more importantly, wasting educational resources, according to an August 2012 report by the state’s Legislative Auditor General. Utah lawmakers wanted to know how efficient and effective are high school …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
Florida Innocence Commission Makes Recommendations to Prevent Wrongful Convictions by The Florida Innocence Commission's final report, presented to the Florida Supreme Court on June 25, 2012, included a number of recommendations to address issues related to wrongful convictions in the Sunshine State. Due to having one of the highest rates …
Article • April 15, 2013
California: Stanford Report Analyzes Lifer Paroles by In a first-of-its-kind, long-overdue study, the Stanford Criminal Justice Center (SCJC) has examined the parole release process for parole-eligible "life" prisoners in California, now numbering more than 32,000. As of 2010, lifers comprised more than one-fifth of California's prisoner population, a higher percentage …
Article • April 15, 2013
Department of Justice Releases Report on Prison and Jail Deaths 2000-2009 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice has released a report detailing the deaths of prisoner in U.S. jails and prisons covering the years from 2000 through 2009. The …
Article • April 15, 2013
Minnesota Study Shows Prisoners Receiving Visits Have Lower Recidivism Rates by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A report describing a study by the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) shows that prisoners who receive regular visits while in prison are 13% less likely to commit new felonies and 25% less likely …
Article • March 15, 2013
Department of Justice Reports on State and Federal Prisoners in 2009 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice has released a statistical report on prisoners under state and federal jurisdiction for the year ending on December 31, 2009. The report …
Article • March 15, 2013
NACDL Wins Appeal for Eyewitness Identification Data by Brandon Sample In 2006, when Illinois officials released results from a study comparing the effectiveness of traditional eyewitness identification with other methods, the results created an uproar. The study, commissioned by the Illinois General Assembly, found the "traditional" line-up method of identification …
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