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Article • January 1, 2016 • from PLN January, 2016
Getting the Money Out of Prison Reform by Dan Berger By Dan Berger, Truthout Much has been made about the bipartisan nature of contemporary efforts to end mass incarceration, as everyone from Newt Gingrich and the Koch Brothers to Van Jones and the American Civil Liberties Union, and now even Hillary …
Article • January 1, 2016 • from PLN January, 2016
Criticism of Congressional Mandate to Keep Immigration Detention Centers Full by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna and Joe Watson Immigration reform advocates report little success with efforts to eliminate a little-known, controversial quota mandated by Congress that keeps approximately 34,000 undocumented immigrants incarcerated on a daily basis, including many who …
Article • December 2, 2015 • from PLN December, 2015
Breaking News! FCC Votes to Further Reform Prison Phone Industry by Carrie Wilkinson Breaking News! FCC Votes to Further Reform Prison Phone Industry by Carrie Wilkinson The cover story of the December 2013 issue of Prison Legal News was titled “FCC Order Heralds Hope for Reform of Prison Phone Industry.” …
Article • December 1, 2015 • from PLN December, 2015
Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act Introduced with Broad Bipartisan Support by Derek Gilna Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act Introduced with Broad Bipartisan Support by Derek Gilna According to its bipartisan sponsors, the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act (S. 2123), introduced in the U.S. Senate on October 1, 2015, will have …
Article • November 16, 2015
Protestor’s First Amendment Rights Violated by Federal Agency’s Unusual Enforcement of Plaza’s Business Hours by Protestor’s First Amendment Rights Violated by Federal Agency’s Unusual Enforcement of Plaza’s Business Hours The U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon granted summary judgment in favor of the protestors, holding that a federal …
Reforms Propel Drop in Juvenile Detention Figures and Juvenile Crime Rates by Derek Gilna Reforms Propel Drop in Juvenile Detention Figures and Juvenile Crime Rates by Derek Gilna Juvenile crime rates and the number of incarcerated juveniles have fallen in a majority of states as states begin to reap the …
Mass Incarceration: The Most Important Political Issue of 2016 No One Wants to Talk About by David J. Krajicek Mass Incarceration: The Most Important Political Issue of 2016 No One Wants to Talk About The mushrooming prison population is a political ticking timebomb. by David J. Krajicek Five years ago, …
Article • October 28, 2015
The Truth About Who Is Really Responsible for Our Current Police and Prison State by Zaid Jilani Democratic leaders are complicit in creating our out-of-control, militarized police forces. by Zaid Jilani  The 200 protesters arrested last night in New York City and others being arrested elsewhere in demonstrations against police brutality …
Prison: America’s Most Vile Export? by Baz Dreisinger Prison: America’s Most Vile Export? The U.S. incarceration problem is now the world’s to solve. by Baz Dreisinger Behind the bars of a prison in Brazil, the federal agent on duty sidled up to me. “You’re getting a good report, yes?” he …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
California: Ex-Prisoners on Community Supervision Secure Major Voting Rights Victory by Lonnie Burton California: Ex-Prisoners on Community Supervision Secure Major Voting Rights Victory by Lonnie Burton Tens of thousands of convicted felons in California will have their voting rights restored after Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced he will not …
What Can Reforming Solitary Confinement Teach Us About Reducing Mass Incarceration, The Marshall Project, 2015 What Can Reforming Solitary Confinement Teach Us About Reducing ... 1 of 3 https://www.themarshallproject.org/print-post/2015/10/13/what-can-refo... themarshallproject.org What Can Reforming Solitary Confinement Teach Us About Reducing Mass Incarceration? It's not about non-violent offenders. And it won't be …
Article • October 9, 2015
Urban Institute Report Backs Sweeping Reform of Federal Incarceration by Derek Gilna Urban Institute Report Backs Sweeping Reform of Federal Incarceration by Derek Gilna A new report published by the non-partisan Urban Institute calls for “sweeping reform” of the overcrowded and costly federal prison system. The document combines previously-reported data …
Article • October 5, 2015
Jury Trial Ends As Texas Prisoner Settled His Lawsuit against Prison Officials by Jury Trial Ends As Texas Prisoner Settled His Lawsuit against Prison Officials A prisoner at the Telford Unit (TU) of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) has settled his federal suit against two prison officials, for …
Article • September 29, 2015
A Mother Who Just Wanted to Know When Her Son Would Eat by Victoria Law by Victoria Law, Waging Nonviolence  The temperature in Corona, Calif., can soar above 100 degrees in the summer, sometimes climbing as high as 110. For Dolores Canales and others locked into their cells 22 hours a …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
Filed under: Prison Reform, Death Row
Texas Prison Guard Union Urges Death Row Reforms by Christopher Zoukis Texas Prison Guard Union Urges Death Row Reforms by Christopher Zoukis In a move that surprised many in the prison reform community, the president of the local chapter of a Texas prison guards’ union wrote a letter to the …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
North Carolina Prisons Slow to Change Attitudes about Mentally Ill Prisoners by David Reutter North Carolina Prisons Slow to Change Attitudes about Mentally Ill Prisoners by David M. Reutter The head of North Carolina’s Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice is calling for more than $20 million in additional …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
Filed under: Prison Reform
Closed Colorado Prison Converted into Homeless Program by David Reutter Closed Colorado Prison Converted into Homeless Program by David Reutter Nearly two years after it opened on September 3, 2013, supporters of Fort Lyon, a former Colorado prison-turned-homeless facility, say it’s too soon to call the program administered by the …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
DC Circuit Denies Appeal of Order to Release Force-Feeding Videos by Derek Gilna DC Circuit Denies Appeal of Order to Release Force-Feeding Videos by Derek Gilna Abu Wa’el (Jihad) Dhiab was imprisoned at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba when he went on a hunger strike. Authorities then …
Article • September 16, 2015
Moneyballing Justice: "Evidence-Based" Criminal Reforms Ignore Real Evidence by Kay Whitlock   By Kay Whitlock and Nancy A. Heitzeg, Truthout Proponents of the new wave of "criminal justice reform" claim that their efforts are nonpartisan, non-ideological and "evidence-based." This "evidence-based" frame asserts that mass incarceration and "overcriminalization" will be remedied by …
Publication • September 11, 2015
AFSC, Arizona - Assessment of Riots in Management & Training Corp Kingman Prison 2015 Assessment of the 2015 Riots in Management and Training Corporations’ Kingman, Arizona Prison BY CAROLINE ISAACS AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE—ARIZONA AUGUST 2015 PUBLISHED BY: AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE 103 N PARK AVE., STE. 111 TUCSON, AZ …
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