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Jails Sell Prisoners E-Cigarettes, a Gateway to Drug Addiction by As jail officials across the country market e-cigarettes to prisoners at profit margins topping 400 percent, a new study suggests that these “pure nicotine-delivery devices” may actually be a “gateway drug” to cocaine and other serious drug addictions. E-cigarettes use …
Article • August 4, 2016
California, New York & New Jersey Crime Rates & Prisoners Plunge by Mark Wilson As the nation’s prison population increased 10 percent, from 1.2 million prisoners in 1999 to 1.3 million in 2012, the New York and New Jersey prison populations dropped 26 percent, according to a report released by …
Private Corporations Rake in the Cash From DOJ and BOP by Derek Gilna Despite recent efforts to reduce federal prisoner counts and corrections expenses, private corporations continue to reap a financial windfall from other people's misfortune.  Several corporations have fattened their balance sheets as private prison operators and numerous health …
Article • August 4, 2016
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Crime Statistics for Texas Prison System Unchanged by Matthew Clarke The crime rate in Texas prisons has remained about the same despite a decrease in prisoner population of about 9,000 over the past ten years. Since 2009, 3,001 Texas prisoners and 584 Texas prison guards have been charged with crimes …
Article • August 4, 2016
Alaskan Prisoner Deaths under Scrutiny by Matthew Clarke The Alaskan state legislature held a hearing in July 2014 after five Alaskan prisoners died between April and June of that year. According to Joe Schmidt, director of the Alaska Department of Corrections, the 2010 national prisoner death rate was .217% and …
Report Finds Fiscal Crisis of Increasing Low-Risk, High-Cost Older Prisoners by Matthew Clarke A report released by the Osborne Association found American prisons facing a crisis of aging in which an increasing percentage of older prisoners who are at low risk for recidivism are driving up the cost of running …
Report Finds Criminal Justice Debt Creates Barriers to Offender Reintegration by David Reutter Severe financial obligations imposed upon offenders who get entangled with the criminal justice system "perpetually punish many ex-offenders and consign them to a life of permanent debt and poverty," concludes a report published by the John Jay …
Article • August 4, 2016
Plaquemines Parish Jail Grand-Opening Faces Shuttered Wasteful Cells by David Reutter Hurricane Katrina destroyed the 800 plus bed Plaquemines Parish Detention Center (PPDC). Plans to house out-of-jurisdiction prisoners and corruption by the former sheriff resulted in building a state-of-the-art facility. As of October 2014, the construction of this facility--much larger …
History as Substance Abuser Influences Nation’s Drug Czar by David Reutter America’s drug czar is an alcoholic who is approaching his job differently than his predecessors. In leading the White House Office of National Drug Control, Michael Botticelli is following the Obama administration’s policy of shifting away from the “war …
The Debt Penalty: Financial Barriers to Offender Reintegration, John Jay College, 2014 The Debt Penalty Exposing the Financial Barriers to Offender Reintegration Douglas N. Evans Research & Evaluation Center John Jay College of Criminal Justice August 2014 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | Preparation of this report was supported by a grant from Justice …
Publication • August 4, 2016
Federal Prosecution for the 21st Century, Brennan Center for Justice, 2014 brennan center for justice FE D ERA L P ROSECUTION FOR T H E 2 1 s t CENTUR Y Lauren-Brooke Eisen, Nicole Fortier, and Inimai Chettiar Foreword by the Honorable Janet Reno Introductory Letter by G. Douglas Jones …
Publication • August 4, 2016
Aging Behind Bars, Urban Institute, 2014 Aging Behind Bars Trends and Implications of Graying Prisoners in the Federal Prison System KiDeuk Kim Bryce Peterson August 2014 Acknowledgments This report was prepared with intramural support from the Urban Institute. The authors would also like to acknowledge the insightful advice and support …
Publication • August 4, 2016
What Caused the Crime Decline?, Brennan Center for Justice, 2015 brennan center for justice WHAT CAUSED THE CRIME DECLINE? Dr. Oliver Roeder, Lauren-Brooke Eisen, and Julia Bowling Foreword by Dr. Joseph E. Stiglitz Executive Summary by Inimai Chettiar Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law ABOUT …
Solutions: American Leaders Speak Out on Criminal Justice, Brennan Center for Justice, 2015 SOLUTIONS: AMERICAN LEADERS SPEAK OUT ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE Edited by Inimai Chettiar and Michael Waldman at New York University School of Law Foreword by President William J. Clinton Authors Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Cory Booker Chris Christie …
Publication • August 4, 2016
Sexual Abuse to Prison Pipeline, The Girls' Story, Georgetown Law Center for Poverty and Inequality, 2015 THE SEXUAL ABUSE TO PRISON PIPELINE: THE GIRLS’ STORY Human Rights Project for Girls Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality Ms. Foundation for Women CENTER ON POVERTY and INEQUALITY Text here 00report: authors …
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Reforming Funding to Reduce Mass Incarceration, Brennan Center for Justice, 2013 BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE R E F OR M I N G F U N D I N G TO R E D U C E M A S S I N C A R C E R AT …
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Targeted and Entrapped - Manufacturing the "Homegrown Threat" in the U.S., CHR GJ, 2011 TAR G E T E D AN D E NT R AP P E D ABOUT THE AUTHORS The Center for Human Rights and Global Justice (CHRGJ) at New York University School of Law was established …
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Establishing a New Normal Human Rights under the Obama Administration, ACLU, 2010 ESTABLISHING A NEW NORMAL -;;t- -=- . '. "Ii'·. ' o\!.i National Security, Civil Liberties, and Human Rights Under the Obama Administration AN 18-MONTH REVIEW JULY 2010 AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION 125 Broad Street, …
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Prisons and Terrorism - Radicalisation and De-radicalisation in 15 Countries, ICSR, 2010 Prisons and Terrorism Radicalisation and De-radicalisation in 15 Countries A policy report published by the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR) In partnership with the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and …
The Mass Incarceration of the Elderly, ACLU 2012 At A m e r i c a’ s E x p e n s e : The Mass Incarceration of the Elderly At Ame r i ca’s E x p en se: The Mass Incarceration of the Elderly June 2012 At …
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