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The Impact of Early Representation: An Analysis of the San Francisco Public Defender’s Pre-Trial Release Unit, Alena Yarmosky, 2018 Ta uni POLICY BRIEF June 2018 Alena Yarmosky The Impact of Early Representation: An Analysis of the San Francisco Public Defender’s Pre-Trial Release Unit In October 2017, the San Francisco Public …
Vera Institute of Justice--The New Dynamics of Mass Incarceration Report, 2018 The New Dynamics of Mass Incarceration Jacob Kang-Brown, Oliver Hinds, Jasmine Heiss, and Olive Lu June 2018 From The Director The turn of the century marked a new direction for the nation’s prisons and jails: after three decades of …
Vera Institute of Justice--The New Dynamics of Mass Incarceration Fact Sheet, 2018 The New Dynamics of Mass Incarceration After decades of continuous and unified growth across all states from the 1970s to the early 2000s, the landscape of U.S. incarceration fragmented into distinct trends. The last decade has been characterized …
Families Against Mandatory Minimums: Everywhere and Nowhere -- Compassionate Release in the States, 2018 Everywhere and Nowhere Compassionate Release in the States By Mary Price June 2018 1 About the Author Mary Price is general counsel of Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM). She directs the FAMM Litigation Project and advocates …
Publication • 2018
U.S. Prison Decline- Insufficient to Undo Mass Incarceration, the Sentencing Project, 2018 U.S. PRISON DECLINE: INSUFFICIENT TO UNDO MASS INCARCERATION U.S. Prison Decline: Insufficient to Undo Mass Incarceration By yearend 2018, the U.S. prison population reached 1.4 million people, declining by 9% since reaching its peak level in 2009. This …
A Way Out: Abolishing Death by Incarceration in Pennsylvania, Abolitionist Law Center, 2018 ABOLISHING DEATH BY INCARCERATION IN PENNSYLVANIA 1 A Report on Life-Without-Parole Sentences ABOLITIONIST LAW CENTER A Way Out ABOLISHING DEATH BY INCARCERATION IN PENNSYLVANIA A Report On Life-Without-Parole Sentences 3 Abolitionist Law Center REPORT AUTHORS Quinn Cozzens, …
Federal Lawsuit Filed Against Oklahoma Sheriffs – All of Them by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A federal lawsuit was filed in November 2017 against every sheriff in the state of Oklahoma, along with judges, court officials and the Oklahoma Sheriffs’ Association, challenging a scheme that turned unpaid court fees …
The Osborne Association Report, May, 2018, The High Costs of Low Risk - The Crisis of America’s Aging Prison Population The High Costs of Low Risk: The Crisis of America’s Aging Prison Population The Osborne Association May 2018 Executive Summary Executive Summary During the past four decades, we have experienced …
Publication • April 23, 2018
Arrests as Guilt, Anna Roberts, Seattle University School of Law, 2018 ARRESTS AS GUILT Anna Roberts* An arrest puts a halt to one’s free life and may act as prelude to a new process. That new process—prosecution—may culminate in a finding of guilt. But arrest and guilt—concepts that are factually …
Article • April 3, 2018
Imagining a World Without Prisons by James Kilgore  By James Kilgore, Truthout | Op-Ed This story is the seventh in Truthout's "Visions of 2018" series, in which activist leaders answer the question: "What would you like to see created, built, imagined or begun this year?" Each piece will focus on a bold idea …
What’s Hidden Behind the Walls of America’s Prisons by Heather Ann Thompson by Heather Ann Thompson Few Americans fully appreciate just how many of their fellow citizens are ensnared in the criminal justice system. Some may have heard that there are about 2.3 million people behind bars, but that figure tells …
Prison Administrators and Criminology Students Study Radical New Approach: Treat Prisoners Like Human Beings by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Attorney Donald Specter has spent his career working to bring change to the American carceral system. He began as a volunteer at the Prison Law Office – a Berkeley, California-based …
From Cages to the Community: Prison Profiteers and the Treatment Industrial Complex by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Criminal justice reform is slowly taking hold in the U.S. Since 2014, at least 30 states have passed legislation aimed at reducing their prison populations. And following the election of “law and …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Despite AG’s Policy Change, OIG Reviews “Smart on Crime” Initiative by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In June 2017, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued a report on the U.S. Department of Justice’s “Smart on Crime” initiative. Smart on Crime, instituted in 2013 under Obama-era Attorney General Eric …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
PCI Announces Awards for Private Prison Activism, Advocacy, News Reporting by On February 6, 2018, the Private Corrections Institute (PCI), a non-profit citizen watchdog organization, announced its 2017 awards for individual activism, organizational advocacy and excellence in news reporting related to the private prison industry. PCI opposes the privatization of …
Kickback publication • March 2, 2018
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Criminal Justice, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and People with Mental Illnesses, David Bazelon, SAMHSA, 2018 Criminal Justice, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and People with Mental Illnesses The Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law Washington, DC Disclaimer This webinar was developed [in part] under contract number …
Publication • January 29, 2018
Less is More in New York: An Examination of the Impact of State Parole Violations on Prison and Jail Populations, Columbia University Justice Lab, 2018 Shaping Justice for the Future Research Brief Less is More in New York: An Examination of the Impact of State Parole Violations on Prison and …
Publication • January 1, 2018
The Sentencing Project - Expanding the Vote - Two Decades of Felony Disenfranchisement, 1997-2018 EXPANDING THE VOTE Two Decades of Felony Disenfranchisement Reform For more information, contact: The Sentencing Project 1705 DeSales Street NW 8th Floor Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 628-0871 sentencingproject.org twitter.com/sentencingproj facebook.com/thesentencingproject This report was written by Morgan …
Kickback publication • December 8, 2017
UT DOC CenturyLink Contract Amendment 2 - Commission Rate - 12-8-2017 - 11-1-2019 STATE OF l JTAH COOPERATIVE CONTRACT AMENDMENT AMENDMENT #: 2 CONTRACT#: PD2178 Starting Date: 11 / 1/2014 Expiration Date: 1 11112019 TO BE A TT ACHED AND MADE PART OF the specified contract by and between the …
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