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California Overmedicates Prisoners with Psychotropic Drugs by David Reutter California prison mental health care workers are practicing “defensive medicine” and overmedicating their patients with psychotropic medications. Fear of triggering a lawsuit or federal court order drives the practice, admits a former top prison official. An Associated Press report found spending …
Article • March 7, 2016
New Report Details California Counties’ “AB 109” Correctional Priorities by Derek Gilna A new report issued by Stanford University explores how California Assembly Bill 109 (AB 109), also known as the “realignment bill,” has shifted control of local correction activities to county agencies from the state.  Funded by state block …
Review of Solitary Confinement in Texas Lacks Funding to Proceed by Joe Watson A legislatively-mandated, detailed review of the use of solitary confinement in Texas prisons—where the average stay in administrative segregation, or "ad seg," is more than three years—had not been initiated four months after Gov. Rick Perry signed …
Online Series Exposes Effects of Solitary Confinement on Women by Joe Watson An online series on women in solitary confinement illustrates that the practice of extreme isolation is as sadistic and corrosive to female prisoners—if not more so—as it is to men. The two-part series at solitarywatch.com, written by prisoner …
Article • March 7, 2016
Fewer Executions, Fewer Death Sentences, Fewer Death Penalty States in 2013 by Joe Watson The number of death row executions in the U.S. declined slightly in 2013, while the death row population and the number of states to sanction the death penalty—thanks to Maryland's repeal of capital punishment—also fell, according …
Maine Prisons "Safer" Despite Recent Killings and Assaults, Commissioner Says by Christopher Zoukis At a press conference addressing the violent attempted escape of three juvenile prisoners, Maine State Department of Corrections Commissioner Joseph Ponte says Maine prisons are safer than they were three to four years ago.  His comments came …
'Smart Justice' Leads to Lower Recidivism Rates in Michigan, 6 Other States by Joe Watson Several states appear to be advancing effective policies to foster successful reentry and reduce recidivism, according to a report from the New York-based Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center. Based on data tracking prisoners …
Article • March 7, 2016
California Counties Say Jail Space is Lacking Because Of Red Tape, Recession by Joe Watson Bureaucratic hurdles and the Great Recession are being blamed for a purportedly dire lack of jail space in California, where the state's "realignment" law has forced overcrowded prisons to transfer low-level offenders to the custody …
Publication • March 7, 2016
Correctional Officers and Domestic Violence, FSU, 2012 Florida State University Libraries Faculty Publications The College of Social Work 2012 Correctional Officers and Domestic Violence: Experiences and Attitudes Colby Lynne Valentine, Karen Oehme, and Annelise Martin Follow this and additional works at the FSU Digital Library. For more information, please contact …
Publication • March 7, 2016
Preventing Violent Extremism in Schools, FBI, 2016 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PREVENTING VIOLENT EXTREMISM IN SCHOOLS JANUARY 2016 High school students are ideal targets for recruitment by violent extremists seeking support for their radical ideologies, foreign fighter networks, or conducting acts of targeted violence within our borders. High schools must remain vigilant …
Brief • March 4, 2016
Filed under: Criminal Prosecution
Tenessee v. Powell, Response to Prosecution's Motion in Limine, Government seeks to ban use of word "Government" by Criminal Defense, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE STATE OF TENNESSEE, Plaintiff v. I-CR-086639-B DONALD POWELL, Defendant ______________________________________________________________________________ RESPONSE TO GOVERNMENT'S MOTION IN LIMINE TWO — "The Government" ______________________________________________________________________________ The …
Article • March 1, 2016
Decision on prison won’t be revealed until late summer by Letcher County residents may have to wait until the end of the summer to find out whether or not a federal prison will be constructed in Letcher County. Tom Webber, Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) chief of Capacity Planning and Construction …
Report Highlights Continuing Problems with Florida Department of Corrections by Derek Gilna The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) was the subject of a recent Prison Legal News cover story that detailed prisoner deaths, excessive use of force by guards, and other types of misconduct and corruption. [See: PLN, Feb. 2016, …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Filed under: Statistics/Trends
Prison Populations Worldwide by Jessica Jacobson There are more than 10.35 million people held in prisons across the world today, either as pre-trial detainees/remand prisoners or having been convicted and sentenced, according to the eleventh edition of the World Prison Population List, researched and compiled by Roy Walmsley, Director of …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Filed under: Statistics/Trends
Justice Department Report: Homicide Rate at Lowest Level Since 1963 by Derek Gilna The number of homicides in the United States fell to a 42-year low in 2011, resulting in declines in the murder rate for males and females of all races, according to a December 2013 report released by …
New Michigan Law Requires Sex Offenders to Pay $50 Annual Fee; Court Challenge Fails by Derek Gilna A recently-enacted statute, Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.725a(6), requires registered sex offenders to pay a $50 annual fee to help defray the cost of the state’s online sex offender registry. Offenders are required …
Article • February 29, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Filed under: Cost of Prison Systems
Prison Supply Chains Reveal Some Surprises by Adeshina Emmanuel by Adeshina Emmanuel, The Chicago Reporter Most people see a jail and think about crime, tragedy and heartbreak. Others see dollar signs. That’s because incarceration can be a big money maker. Consider the drab polyester and cotton scrubs worn by detainees …
Kansas Sex Offender Civil Commitment Program Under Scrutiny by Matthew Clarke The Sexual Predator Treatment Program, operated by the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, is at the heart of a debate over whether civil commitment programs are truly designed to rehabilitate offenders convicted of sex crimes, or are …
Article • February 29, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Professor Urges Study of Unintended Consequences of Court-ordered Prison Reform by Derek Gilna Prison reform, including reforms mandated by the judiciary, is an issue that everyone but shareholders in private prison companies thinks is a positive development, for a number of reasons. Even former advocates of mass incarceration now generally …
Publication • February 25, 2016
Prisoner Releases - Trends and Informtion on Reintegration Programs, GAO, 2001 United States General Accounting Office GAO Report to Congressional Committees June 2001 PRISONER RELEASES Trends and Information on Reintegration Programs GAO-01-483 Contents Letter 1 Results in Brief Background Inmate Releases and Recidivism Reflect a Revolving Door Trend Sentence Length, …
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