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ACLU Report Applauds Michigan’s Efforts to Reduce Prison Population by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A November 2009 report by Elizabeth Alexander, Director of the National Prison Project of the ACLU, explores the history and effects of over-incarceration in Michigan and how the state has managed to reduce its …
Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010
California: Budget Cuts Target Rehabilitation Programs by Michael Brodheim Forced to trim its budget by $1.2 billion, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is cutting back on rehabilitative programs that help reduce recidivism. On October 14, 2009, Donovan State Prison closed its “Right Turn” substance abuse program that …
Publication • 2010
Center for Economic and Policy Research - Ex‐offenders and the Labor Market, Schmitt & Warner, 2010 Ex‐offenders and the Labor Market John Schmitt and Kris Warner November 2010 Center for Economic and Policy Research 1611 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20009 202‐293‐5380 www.cepr.net CEPR Ex-offenders and the Labor …
Inmate Communication Rules and Regulations, Federal Register, 2010 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 78 / Friday, April 23, 2010 / Rules and Regulations FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melanie R. Berson, Center for Veterinary Medicine (HFV–110), Food and Drug Administration, 7500 Standish Pl., Rockville, MD 20855, 240–276–8337, email: melanie.berson@fda.hhs.gov. Orion …
Article • March 15, 2010 • from PLN March, 2010
Indiana DOC Directive Limiting Educational Credit to Only One Associate’s Degree Violates Ex Post Facto Clause by Brandon Sample A directive issued by the Indiana Department of Corrections (IDOC) that limits the award of educational sentence credit to only one Associate’s Degree cannot be applied retroactively without running afoul of …
Education for Persons in Detention—A Human Right by Jimmy Franks The positive correlation between increased education and lowered recidivism rates is a long-established fact. Even so, governments worldwide are not always willing or even able to insure that the men, women and children housed in various detention facilities are given …
Private Prisons Don’t Make Better Prisoners by Andrew L. Spivak by Prof. Andrew L. Spivak The incarceration rate, which from the 1920s to the early 1970s hovered between about 100 to 120 state and federal prisoners per 100,000 Americans, has risen nearly fourfold. While the rate of increase has slowed …
Article • December 15, 2009 • from PLN December, 2009
Increasing Number of Prisoners Obtain Access to Email by Brandon Sample Federal and state prisons across the country are slowly beginning to offer email access to prisoners in addition to traditional postal mail service – in some cases limited to receiving email messages, and in others allowing prisoners to send …
Garcia v. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, class action complaint, jail special education services, 2009 Case 2:09-cv-08943-DMG-SH Document 1 Filed 12/04/09 Page 1 of 110 Page ID #:1 Case 2:09-cv-08943-DMG-SH Document 1 Filed 12/04/09 Page 2 of 110 Page ID #:2 Case 2:09-cv-08943-DMG-SH Document 1 Filed 12/04/09 Page 3 of …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Refusal to Mail Nebraska Prisoner’s Artwork Violates First Amendment by A Nebraska district court has held that prison officials violated a prisoner’s First Amendment right to send and receive mail when they refused to let him mail his drawings. The court’s ruling came on a motion for judgment as a …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Indiana DOC Directive Limiting Educational Credit to Only One Associate’s Degree Violates Ex Post Facto Clause by Brandon Sample A directive issued by the Indiana Department of Corrections (IDOC) that limits the award of educational sentence credit to only one Associate’s Degree cannot be applied retroactively without running afoul of …
Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009
Philadelphia Tax Break for Hiring Ex-Prisoners a Bust by Giving employers a $10,000 tax break to hire ex-offenders was a good idea. At least until the Philadelphia City Council ruined it. While running for mayor of Philadelphia, Michael Nutter proposed a new way to cut crime: Help ex-cons get jobs …
Article • September 15, 2009
New Research on Prisoner Gambling: Correctional Considerations and Implications for Re-entry by D J Williams by Dr. D J Williams Independent Researcher, Los Angeles, CA Exclusive article written for Prison Legal News (October 2009) *The author wishes to thank the Alberta Gaming Research Institute for funding his research on prisoner …
State May Lawfully Punish Sex Offender for Refusing to Participate in Sex Offender Program by Sex offenders may be denied certain privileges for refusing to participate in a sex offender treatment program without running afoul of the First and Fifth Amendments, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit …
Article • September 15, 2009
How About a Small Bank Specializing in Loans to Ex-Cons? by Jeffrey Ross by Jeffrey Ian Ross, Ph.D., Stephen C. Richards, Ph.D. and Nicholas Vasquez, M.D. Our nation's population of ex-convicts, growing and showing no signs of slowing down, is a billboard for dysfunction. Americans say they want to reduce …
Article • August 15, 2009 • from PLN August, 2009
Report Recommends Lawmakers Reinstate College Programs in Prison by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Citing the benefits of college prison programs, a report by the Correctional Association of New York recommended several policy changes to increase and recognize participation in degree-awarding programs. The report says the principal benefits of …
ADA Routinely Violated by Prisons in the case of Deaf Prisoners by McCay Vernon, Ph.D. Over the last forty years, Congress has enacted numerous laws specifically designed to assure disabled individuals access to the programs, activities, services, public facilities and other resources available to the general population. This access was …
University of Arizona Releases Report on Women Immigration Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In January 2009, the Southwest Institute for Research on Women (SWIRW) and the Bacon Immigration Law and Policy Program of the University of Arizona published a report on women held in Arizona immigration prisons. It …
FBI Arrests Former Prisoner Indicted for Hacking Massachusetts Jail Computer by On November 5, 2008, the FBI arrested Francis G. Janosko, 42, for hacking into a computer at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility (PCCF) while he was incarcerated at the Massachusetts jail. A previously-sealed indictment was handed down a week …
Consent Judgment Entered in Connecticut Prison Conditions Case by On October 17, 1989, a consent judgment was entered resolving various claims regarding the constitutionality of living conditions at the Connecticut Correctional Institution at Somers. The settlement requires the defendants to (1) eliminate housing in a barbershop and card room; (2) …
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