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U.S. Prisons Filled with America’s Mentally Ill by Derek Gilna In April 2014, the National Sheriffs’ Association and Treatment Advocacy Center released a comprehensive joint report titled “The Treatment of Persons with Mental Illness in Prisons and Jails: A State Survey.” Authored by both experts in mental illness and law …
Article • June 3, 2016 • from PLN June, 2016
Special Supervised Release Conditions Require Sufficient Findings by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held on June 19, 2015 that an Iowa federal district court had abused its discretion in imposing a special condition of supervised release related to alcohol use. Before the appellate court was the appeal of Dennis …
Article • June 3, 2016 • from PLN June, 2016
Lifesaving Overdose Treatment Slowly Becoming Available to Released Prisoners by Christopher Zoukis Statistics show, and experts agree, that the United States is in the midst of an epidemic of opioid abuse. According to the Centers for Disease Control, opioid overdoses have quadrupled since 2000, with 28,648 deaths in 2014 alone …
Human Rights Watch - Every 25 Seconds The Human Toll of Criminalizing Drug Use in the United States, HRW ACLU, 2016 EVERY 25 SECONDS The Human Toll of Criminalizing Drug Use in the United States H U M A N R I G H T S W A T C …
Publication • May 26, 2016
Behind Bars II - Substance Abuse and America’s Prison Population, CASA, 2010 Behind Bars II: Substance Abuse and America’s Prison Population February 2010 Board of Directors Lee C. Bollinger President, Columbia University Bruce E. Mosler Chairman and CEO, Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. Ursula M. Burns CEO, Xerox Corporation Manuel T. …
Article • May 12, 2016
Louisiana Drug Offender Program Leaves $5 Million Shortfall by David Reutter A 2013 law passed by Louisiana lawmakers was expected to save $6 million by diverting drug offenders to treatment and shortening the prison sentences of such offenders by having them complete a drug treatment program. The law has not …
Pajas v. County of Monterey, CA, First Amended Complaint, Wrongful Death by Police Brutality, 2016 Case 5:16-cv-00945-LHK Document 63 Filed 08/05/16 Page 1 of 29 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 …
Article • March 31, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
Ninth Circuit Rules Judge “Abused Discretion” in Imposing Abstinence as Supervised Release Condition by Derek Gilna Raymond Leo Jarlik Bell, convicted of filing false income tax returns to obtain fraudulent refunds, appealed his 97-month federal prison sentence on three grounds, including whether the judge committed Sixth Amendment error by failing …
Article • March 30, 2016
Ninth Circuit Rules Judge “Abused Discretion” in Imposing Post-Conviction Abstinence by Derek Gilna Ronald Bell, arrested and convicted of filing false tax returns to obtain fraudulent refunds, appealed his district court sentence on three grounds, including whether the district court judge committed Sixth Amendment error in failing to prompt him …
Texas State Jails: Private Drug Counselors Ordered to Downplay Mental Illness by Matthew Clarke Former employees of Houston-based Turning Point, Inc., a private, for-profit company which contracted with Texas to provide substance abuse treatment in its state jail system, are revealing how supervisors pressured them to falsify Addiction Severity Index …
Rethinking Criminal Intent: Why 'Mens Rea' Matters by By William Kelly | Viewpoints In order for the government to legally prosecute, convict and punish someone, in most cases it  must prove that the person committed the criminal act (known as actus reus) and that he or she  committed that act …
Publication • February 25, 2016
Substance Abuse Treatment - Evaluation Report, OLA MN, 2006 OLA OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR STATE OF MINNESOTA EVALUATION REPORT Substance Abuse Treatment FEBRUARY 2006 PROGRAM EVALUATION DIVISION Centennial Building – Suite 140 658 Cedar Street – St. Paul, MN 55155 Telephone: 651-296-4708 ● Fax: 651-296-4712 E-mail: auditor@state.mn.us ● Web …
Publication • February 19, 2016
Treatment Instead of Prisons A Roadmap for Sentencing and Correctional Policy Reform in Wisconsin, Justice Strategies, 2006 Treatment Instead of Prisons A Roadmap for Sentencing and Correctional Policy Reform in Wisconsin January 2006 Commissioned by the Drug Policy Alliance About Justice Strategies Justice Strategies is an organization founded by veteran …
Publication • February 19, 2016
Cost Analysis Report (CA Drug Cost Analysis Study), SACP, 2006 SACPA COST ANALYSIS REPORT (First and Second Years) Prepared by: UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs 1640 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 200; Los Angeles, CA 90025­7535. Authored by: Douglas Longshore*, Ph.D. Angela Hawken, Ph.D. Darren Urada**, Ph.D. M. Douglas Anglin, Ph.D. …
Publication • February 16, 2016
Performance Audit Report - IA DOC Substance Abuse Programs, IA DMPAP, 2007 Does Prison Substance Abuse Treatment Reduce Recidivism? Performance Audit Report Iowa Department of Corrections Licensed Substance Abuse Programs May 25, 2007 Iowa Department of Management Performance Audit Program Iowa Department of Management Performance Audit Program State Capitol Building …
Publication • February 16, 2016
Special Report - Drug Treatment Audit, CA IG, 2006 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL MATTHEW L. CATE, INSPECTOR GENERAL SPECIAL REVIEW INTO CONCERNS RELATED TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CONTRACTORS OCTOBER 2006 STATE OF CALIFORNIA CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 INTRODUCTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 BACKGROUND ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY -------------------------------------------------------- …
Publication • February 16, 2016
Special Review of In-Prison Substance Abuse Programs - CDCR Audit, CA OIG, 2007 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL MATTHEW L. CATE, INSPECTOR GENERAL SPECIAL REVIEW INTO IN-PRISON SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMS MANAGED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION FEBRUARY 2007 STATE OF CALIFORNIA CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 INTRODUCTION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- …
Publication • February 12, 2016
Barred from Treatment - Punishment of Drug Users in NY State Prisons, HRW, 2009 United States H U M A N Barred from Treatment R I G H T S Punishment of Drug Users in New York State Prisons W A T C H Barred from Treatment Punishment of Drug …
Publication • February 9, 2016
Prison Syringe Exchange and Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights, EHRLR (Lines), 2007 Q1 Injecting Reason: Prison Syringe Exchange and Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights• Rick Lines Executive Director, Irish Penal Reform Trust, Dublin* [keywords to follow] High rates of HIV infection and …
Publication • February 9, 2016
Substance Abuse Treatment and Public Safety, JPI, 2008 Substance Abuse Treatment and Public Safety January 2008 The Justice Policy Institute is a Washington, D.C.based think tank dedicated to ending society’s reliance on incarceration and promoting effective and just solutions to social problems. Introduction “Providing drug-abusing offenders with comprehensive treatment saves …
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