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Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013
The Collapse of American Criminal Justice, by William J. Stuntz (Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011). 432 pages, $35.00 by Derek Gilna Book review by Derek Gilna The late William J. Stuntz, a Harvard law professor who conducted extensive research into the “rule of law” in American society, authored …
Forms of Judicial Deference in Prison Law by Sharon Dolovich by Sharon Dolovich1 Anyone familiar with the constitutional law of prisoners’ rights knows how ready courts are to find against prisoners in the name of “judicial deference.” It is not unreasonable for courts to grant a measure of deference to …
Article • January 15, 2013 • from PLN January, 2013
FBI Reports Drop in Violent Crime; DOJ Reports Increase by Violent crime fell nationally in 2011 according to the FBI’s annual Uniform Crime Report, released in October 2012. The FBI reported a 3.8 percent drop in violent crime – including murder, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault – with an …
Dramatic Increase in Percentage of Criminal Cases Being Plea Bargained by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Over the course of the past few decades there has been a significant increase in the percentage of criminal cases being plea bargained and a corresponding decrease in cases that are taken to trial. …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Momentum Builds to End Prison-Based Gerrymandering by Peter Wagner Four states and hundreds of local governments are standing up to reject one of the most repugnant aspects of the prison industrial complex: Legislators with prisons located in their districts who claim the people incarcerated there – who cannot vote – …
GAO Report Examines Contraband Cell Phone Use in BOP Facilities by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna and Brandon Sample A September 2011 report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), which reviewed the use of cell phones by federal prisoners, recommended various options to reduce the recent spike in such …
Report Links Recidivism Decline to Investments in Treatment, Training and Housing by A study brief from the Council or State Governments (CSG) revealed that the states with the greatest reductions in recidivism in recent years have done so—under the guidance of the federal Second Chance Act—by investing revenue in treatment. …
Bailing on Justice: The Dysfunctional System of Using Money to Buy Pretrial Freedom by Tracy Velázquez by Tracy Velázquez, Melissa Neal and Spike Bradford* The practice of requiring someone to pay money to a court in order to remain free while awaiting trial is known as “money bail.” While considerable …
Solitary Confinement Subject of Unprecedented Congressional Hearing by Alex Friedmann by Alex Friedmann1 It’s an awful thing, solitary. It crushes your spirit and weakens your resistance more effectively than any other form of mistreatment. — U.S. Senator John McCain, on his treatment as a P.O.W.2 On June 19, 2012, the …
Report Cites Rising Violence, Other Problems at Illinois Maximum-Security Prison by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A report by the John Howard Association of Illinois (JHA) found that overcrowding and understaffing at the Menard Correctional Center (Menard) has resulted in an “alarming” increase in staff and prisoner assaults. Opened …
Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012
Violence in Tennessee Prisons up 20 Percent Under New Commissioner by Alex Friedmann On September 18, 2012 the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), the parent organization of Prison Legal News, released data indicating that levels of violence in Tennessee state prisons had increased approximately 20 percent since Tennessee Department of …
Article • September 15, 2012 • from PLN September, 2012
GAO Report on Drug Courts Criticized by Drug Policy Alliance by Joe Watson The Drug Policy Alliance (DPA), the nation’s “leading organization promoting alternatives to current drug policy,” often has to wade through murky data to expose the ineffectiveness of the nation’s drug court system. But a recent federal study …
Article • September 15, 2012 • from PLN September, 2012
Arrests of Federal Prison Guards Soar 90% Over Past Decade; Misconduct Cases Double by Derek Gilna According to a September 2011 report by the U.S. Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG), arrests of federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) guards increased almost 90% over the previous ten years, while …
Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
Florida Reports Indicate Restoration of Civil Rights Reduces Recidivism by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Advocates of automatic restoration of civil rights for ex-offenders have long maintained that such a policy helps former prisoners reintegrate into society and therefore reduces recidivism. Two reports by the Florida Parole Commission (FPC), …
Article • July 15, 2012
Tight Budgets Push States to Consider Alternatives to Incarceration by In January 2012, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, together with the American Civil Liberties Union, released a report analyzing the use of official state estimates of the savings or costs of proposed legislation, specifically in the arena of …
Racial Critiques of Mass Incarceration: Beyond the New Jim Crow by James Forman, Jr. by James Forman, Jr.* In the last decade, a number of scholars have called the American criminal justice system a new form of Jim Crow. These writers have effectively drawn attention to the injustices created by …
U.S. Department of Justice Soft on Corporate Crime by If you’ve wondered why no one has been prosecuted for the corporate misdeeds that devastated the economy in 2008 and nearly thrust the United States into another Great Depression, you’re not alone. The reason no Wall Street executives have faced charges …
Article • July 15, 2012 • from PLN July, 2012
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Study Reveals High Rates of Sexually-Transmitted Diseases at Maricopa County, Arizona Jails by A joint study by the Arizona Arrestee Reporting Information Network and Arizona State University’s Center for Violence Prevention and Community Safety, released in June 2011, found high rates of sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs) among prisoners in Maricopa County’s …
Article • July 15, 2012 • from PLN July, 2012
Most Second Chance Act Money Goes to Government Agencies by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna and Brandon Sample When the Second Chance Act (SCA) was signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2008, the legislation was intended to fund programs to help former prisoners find jobs, reintegrate into …
Publication • July 1, 2012
State Indigent Defense Expenditures 2008-2012 BJS 2014 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics JULY 2014 Revised 10/24/2014 Special Report NCJ 246684 State Government Indigent Defense Expenditures, FY 2008–2012 – Updated Erinn Herberman, Ph.D., and Tracey Kyckelhahn, Ph.D., BJS Statisticians I n 2012, state governments …
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