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Solitary Confinement Increases Risks of Self-Harm in NYC Jails, Study Says by Joe Watson A study of self-harm cases in New York City jails published in the March 2014 issue of the American Journal of Public Health found that prisoners placed in solitary confinement are almost seven times more likely …
Article • May 13, 2016
Report: Six States Shuttered Prisons, Reduced Bed Space in 2013 by Joe Watson A new report from the Sentencing Project highlights prison closures and correctional bed reductions in a half-dozen states in 2013 and outlines the dynamics for more closures in 2014 and beyond. North Carolina led what the Sentencing …
Article • May 13, 2016
Report Finds Most California Counties Out of Compliance with New Pregnant Prisoner Anti-Shackling Law by Matthew Clarke A report released in February 2014 by Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC) found most California county jails were out-of-compliance with a 2012 law limiting the use of restraints on pregnant prisoners. …
"Major Use of Force" Incidents on the Increase in Texas Prisons by Matthew Clarke According to statistics released by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), the number of "major use of force" incidents climb sharply from 6,071 in 2005 to 7,151 in 2013, an increase of 17%. TDCJ officials …
Article • May 13, 2016
Louisiana Jail Prisoner Pleads Guilty Just Before Jury Acquits by Matthew Clarke On April 2, 2014, Terrell Harris, a prisoner at the Orleans Parish Prison in New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty to a felony obscenity charge for masturbating in a cell minutes before a jury returned an acquittal on the …
Georgia Sentencing Reform Saving $20 Million a Year by David Reutter Georgia’s 2012 sentencing reform law is saving taxpayers $20 million annually, said Gov. Nathan Deal during a speech to a University of Georgia alumni group. The top priority for Deal going into the 2012 legislative session was House Bill …
2013 A Busy Year for Sentencing Reforms in 31 States by Joe Watson Closing a few prisons won’t be enough for significantly reduce the U.S. prison population of more than 1.5 million men and women, according to a report from the Sentencing Project. Real reductions argues the Washington, D.C. advocacy …
Article • May 13, 2016
Filed under: Prison Reform
Shuttered Florida Prison Converted Into 'Empowerment Center' for Homeless by Joe Watson After Florida officials closed the Gainesville Correctional Institution (GCI) for good in March 2012, the state's Department of Corrections fought to keep the property and lobbied to use some of the space left behind for probation offices. Instead, …
Article • May 12, 2016
Ohio Prison Industry Profits Increasing by Matthew Clarke According to a report released by the Correctional Institution Inspection Committee, the profits for Ohio Penal Industries (OPI) increased to $7.8 million in fiscal year (FY) 2013, the fourth straight year of increasing profitability. OPI operates 21 programs at 14 prisons throughout …
Article • May 12, 2016
Medicare Again Embarrassed by Funding Drugs For Prisoners by Derek Gilna At a time when both federal and state governments are struggling to pay their bills, a new government report by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) reveals that Medicare has improperly paid out …
Central California Women’s Prison Criticized for Inadequate Medical Care by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A 57-page report issued under the auspices of a federal district court in Plata v. Brown strongly criticizing the Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) has highlighted the problems that the overcrowded California prison system has …
Article • May 12, 2016
Spokane County Facing Overcrowding Crisis in Crumbling Jail by Christopher Zoukis Spokane County (WA) is facing an overcrowding crisis at its 28-year-old jail, which is in desperate need of renovation as it processes nearly double the annual bookings it was designed to handle. While Spokane County's overcrowding problem is hardly …
Article • May 12, 2016
New Ohio Jail Regulations Limit Prisoners to Shower Every Other Day, Two Meals a Day on Weekends by Christopher Zoukis An Ohio regulatory panel imposed new standards for the 90 full-service jails in the state, which detain some 20,000 prisoners in the state's county and municipal jails. On April 15, …
Article • May 12, 2016
Former NJ Prosecutor Disbarred After Imprisonment by Christopher Zoukis A former Essex County (NJ) prosecutor and municipal judge has been barred from practicing law by the State Supreme Court.  Clifford Minor, 68, who in 2011 was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment in the United States District Court for the District …
DOJ Increases Budget Even as Americans Tire of Costs of Drug War by Derek Gilna Sometimes the federal government just can’t help itself.  At a time when the majority of Americans still feel that their country is headed in the wrong direction, and have expressed their weariness of the “war …
Article • May 12, 2016
Proposals Aim to End Debtor’s Prison in Pennsylvania by David Reutter Pennsylvania courts are frequently imprisoning people who are unable to pay fines. Proposed rule changes aim to end debtor’s prisons, but the real problem may be a lack of oversight for the local courts that oversee such cases. Ann …
Article • May 12, 2016
Maine Legislators Not Informed Of Murder At Secure Mental Health Unit Occurring Before Funding Vote by Christopher Zoukis Members of the Maine Legislature voted to enlarge the Mental Health Unit at Maine State Prison's Supermax facility last August, doubling its size to 32 beds.  What they did not know when …
Article • May 12, 2016
Louisiana Drug Offender Program Leaves $5 Million Shortfall by David Reutter A 2013 law passed by Louisiana lawmakers was expected to save $6 million by diverting drug offenders to treatment and shortening the prison sentences of such offenders by having them complete a drug treatment program. The law has not …
Washington’s McNeil Island Prison Workers Pose Unique Problem by Gary Hunter Washington state legislators face a unique problem with the prison workers it uses to maintain McNeil Island economy. Juveniles from the Oakridge Community group home work in groups of two to six as dockworkers. The youths are paid $7.16 …
Article • May 12, 2016
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Escapes
Colorado Sheriff’s Deputy Sentenced for Helping a Prisoner Escape by Colorado Sheriff’s Deputy Sentenced for Helping a Prisoner Escape      On April 7, 2013, Colorado prisoner Feliz Trujillo walked out of the Denver Detention Center unchallenged, dressed in a police uniform. Sheriff’s Deputy Matthew Andrews supplied Trujillo with the disguise …
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