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Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Long-Term Recidivism Studies Show High Arrest Rates by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  Two reports on long-term recidivism among prisoners released from state and federal prisons showed very high arrest rates. The rate for state prisoners was 83% over a nine-year study period, while it was 39.8% for nonviolent and …
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Prison Policy Initiative Issues Report on State of Prison Phone Justice by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  On February 11, 2019, the non-profit Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) issued a report on the “State of Phone Justice,” noting progress on reducing state prison phone rates but fewer reforms in local jails, …
Article • May 2, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Filed under: Statistics/Trends
Incarceration Decrease? Drop in Prison Numbers Called “Anemic” by Ted Gest by Ted Gest, The Crime Report Although the U.S. prison population has declined over six years, after increasing for nearly four decades, a new analysis by researcher Malcolm C. Young, published by the Center for Community Alternatives, concludes that …
Publication • April 1, 2019
U.S. Department of Justice Bulletin, Bureau of Justice Statistics, "Jail Inmates in 2017," 2019 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics April 2019, NCJ 251774 Zhen Zeng, Ph.D., BJS Statistician C ounty and city jails in the United States reported a total confned population of …
Publication • January 8, 2019
United States Sentencing Commission Jan. 2019 - Intra-City Differences in Federal Sentencing Practices, 2005-2017 United States Sentencing Commission January 2019 INTRA-CITY DIFFERENCES IN FEDERAL SENTENCING PRACTICES Federal District Judges in 30 Cities, 2005 - 2017 REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION INTRA-CITY DIFFERENCES IN FEDERAL SENTENCING PRACTICES Federal District …
Publication • January 2, 2019
American Statistical Association Position on Statitical Statement, American Statistical Association, 2019 American Statistical Association Position on Statistical Statements for Forensic Evidence Presented under the guidance of the ASA Forensic Science Advisory Committee* January 2, 2019 Overview The American Statistical Association (ASA) has supported efforts to strengthen the inferential foundations that …
Intra-City Differing Practices in Federal Sentencing, US Sentencing Commission, 2019 United States Sentencing Commission January 2019 INTRA-CITY DIFFERENCES IN FEDERAL SENTENCING PRACTICES Federal District Judges in 30 Cities, 2005 - 2017 REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION INTRA-CITY DIFFERENCES IN FEDERAL SENTENCING PRACTICES Federal District Judges in 30 Cities, …
Article • December 13, 2018
Return from darkness, a road without a path. Lessons on humane and effective punishment from the Nordic Countries by Pablo Sartorio by Pablo Sartorio*  “As a society, our decision to heap shame and contempt upon those who struggle and fail in a system designed to keep them locked up and …
Report: Homelessness and Housing Insecurity are Hurdles for Former Prisoners by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna More than a half-million Americans are homeless on any given day, and for the five million ex-prisoners in the U.S., the rate of homelessness is almost 10 times higher than among the general population. …
Article • December 7, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018
Filed under: Crime, Statistics/Trends
Brookings Institute Study Finds Direct Connection between Poverty and Crime Rates by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Brookings Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based research group, has published a study that demonstrates, through empirical data, what many have long suspected: That extreme poverty leads to increased crime rates. The same study, …
BJS Report Finds Prisoner Sexual Abuse Allegations Continue to Rise by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss A July 2018 report by the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) found the number of alleged incidents of sexual victimization among state and federal prisoners increased 180 percent from 2011 to 2015. …
Publication • December 6, 2018
FWD.us and Cornell University: Every Second - The Impact of the Incarceration Crisis on America's Families, 2018 Every Second The Impact of the Incarceration Crisis on America’s Families EverySecond.fwd.us FWD.us is a bipartisan political organization that believes America’s families, communities, and economy thrive when everyone has the opportunity to achieve …
Under “In-House Parole,” New Mexico Prisoners Remain in Prison by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Parole is generally defined as conditional release from prison before a sentence has expired. But in New Mexico, every month dozens of “release-eligible” offenders join a pool of paroled state prisoners who nevertheless remain incarcerated. …
Article • December 5, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018
Report on Capital Punishment in Pennsylvania Released; Moratorium Continues by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss In June 2018, a death penalty task force commissioned by Pennsylvania’s General Assembly in 2012 finally released its report. Finding that neither judicial economy nor fairness is served – because 97 percent of all …
Article • December 5, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018
Filed under: Statistics/Trends, Suicides
Suicides Increasing in Massachusetts Prisons and Jails by In April 2017, former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez hanged himself in his cell at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley, Massachusetts. His death focused the attention of state authorities, and the public, on the problem of prisoner suicides. Bristol …
Article • November 7, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Over-Incarceration a Worldwide Problem, Report Finds by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Earlier this year, London-based Penal Reform International and the Thailand Institute of Justice issued a report on incarceration worldwide that draws heavily on research funded by the United Nations. The 60-page report not only identifies areas of concern, …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
New York’s Prison-to-Shelter Pipeline is Poor Option for Parolees by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Released from prison, many New York parolees – instead of getting back on their feet through re-entry programs – are heading to homeless shelters in New York City. Of approximately 9,300 prisoners paroled from state …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Surprise Shutdown of Maine Prison Leads to Controversy, Court Order by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In a sudden move that local residents called a “Gestapo tactic,” Maine Governor Paul LePage ordered the closure of a small prison in rural Washington County. The Downeast Correctional Facility (DCF), with a capacity …
Polls Show People Favor Rehabilitation over Incarceration by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A recent poll found a majority of Americans – 67 percent overall – believe that building more prisons and jails does not reduce crime. Nearly as many – 62 percent – don’t believe that more prisons would …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
San Diego County Targets Reporter Who Exposed Sky-High Jail Death Rate by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell When the widow of a prisoner who committed suicide at a San Diego County jail filed suit claiming staff had been made aware of the jail’s high death rate due to a reporter’s …
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