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US Parole Activists Aim to Overhaul a Failing System by Jean Trounstine by Jean Trounstine, originally published September 30, 2017, Truthout.org. The United States has the shameful reputation of being the world's largest jailer, and as the Prison Policy Initiative reported in March, 2017, 2.3 million people are currently locked up in …
Publication • August 30, 2017
Statement on the Future of Community Corrections, 2017 Statement on the Future of Community Corrections Monday, August 28, 2017 Over the past 25 years, community corrections (probation and parole) caseloads have grown exponentially, exceeding 5 million people at their peak, double the number of people in prison and jail in …
Article • June 30, 2017 • from PLN July, 2017
Filed under: Prison Reform
Two Non-profit Foundations Provide Funding, Leadership for Criminal Justice Reform by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 12, 2016, the MacArthur Foundation announced grants totaling nearly $25 million to support 20 jurisdictions working to create fairer and more effective systems of local law enforcement. The grants are part of …
Article • June 30, 2017 • from PLN July, 2017
George Soros’ Quiet Overhaul of the U.S. Justice System by Scott Bland Progressives have zeroed in on electing prosecutors as an avenue for criminal justice reform, and the billionaire financier is providing the cash to make it happen. by Scott Bland, Politico While America's political kingmakers inject their millions into …
Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017
Three Murders in Alabama Prisons in Ten Days; State Senate Passes Reform Bill by Alabama state prisons tallied a deadly streak of three unrelated homicides within the 10-day period between February 16 and 26, 2017. Two stabbing deaths were reported at the Elmore Correctional Facility; the third death occurred after …
Publication • 2017
A More Just New York City - Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform A MORE JUST NEW YORK CITY www.morejustnyc.com A MORE JUST NEW YORK CITY Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice …
Publication • 2017
Orleans Criminal District Court, Magistrate Court, & Municipal Court: 2017 Review, Court Watch NOLA, 2017 Orleans Criminal District Court, Magistrate Court, & Municipal Court: 2017 Review COURT WATCH NOLA 2|PAG E Table of Contents I. Executive Summary ............................................................................................................. 4 II. Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 8 III. Methodology ........................................................................................................................ 9 IV. Constitutional Rights.......................................................................................................... …
The President's Deference to the Department of Justice in Advancing Criminal Justice Reform, William & Mary Law Review, 2017 William & Mary Law Review VOLUME 59 NO. 2, 2017 DESIGNED TO FAIL: THE PRESIDENT’S DEFERENCE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IN ADVANCING CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM RACHEL E. BARKOW* & MARK …
Article • April 13, 2017
States Adopt Limited Collateral Consequence Reforms; More Needed for Meaningful Impact by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson Between 2009 and 2014, forty-one states and the District of Columbia enacted 155 laws - 93 in 2013 and 2014, alone - to ease the impact of some “collateral consequences of criminal convictions,” …
Publication • April 10, 2017
Filed under: Prison Reform
Common Justice - Accounting for Violence Fact Sheet, 2017 Accounting for Violence: How to Increase Safety and Break Our Failed Reliance on Mass Incarceration February 2017 Fact Sheet Violence and mass incarceration in the United States are inextricably connected, although research shows that both can be reduced at the same …
Article • April 3, 2017 • from PLN April, 2017
State Sentencing Reforms Doing Little to Reduce Nation’s Prison Population by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton With almost 7 million people under some sort of correctional supervision, including probation and parole, the United States continues to lead the world in terms of tough-on-crime policies and incarceration rates. Although there have …
Publication • March 16, 2017
Filed under: Prison Reform
Common Justice - Accounting for Violence, Danielle Sered, 2017 Accounting for Violence: How to Increase Safety and Break Our Failed Reliance on Mass Incarceration Danielle Sered Accounting for Violence: How to Increase Safety and Break Our Failed Reliance on Mass Incarceration 1 About Common Justice Common Justice develops and advances …
Brief • March 8, 2017
Holbrook v. Jellen, PA, Report and Recommendation - Prison Mail Censorship, 2017 Case 3:14-cv-00028-ARC Document 125 Filed 03/08/17 Page 1 of 67 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA ROBERT L. HOLBROOK, et al., Plaintiffs, CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:14-cv-00028 v. (CAPUTO, J.) (SAPORITO, M.J.) THERESA JELLEN, et al., Defendants. …
Article • February 24, 2017
Our Bail System Is Leaving Innocent People To Die In Jail Because They’re Poor by When freedom is only available to those who can afford it, many end up paying with their lives. By Nick Wing, The Huffington Post Of the nearly 750,000 inmates confined in jails around the U.S. …
At Virginia's Supermax Prisons, Isolation and Abuse Persist Despite Reforms by By Katie Rose Quandt and Jack Denton, Solitary Watch Red Onion State Prison, a supermax complex in the southwest corner of Virginia near the Kentucky border, has long had a reputation as one of the harshest prisons in the nation. …
Beyond the Bars of Hopelessness: How We Can Revive Parole by By Jean Trounstine, Truthout A newly released Sentencing Project report, "Delaying a Second Chance: The Declining Prospects for Parole on Life Sentences", lays it on the line: Incarcerated people who have been sentenced to "life" but are eligible for parole are serving …
Article • February 8, 2017 • from PLN February, 2017
Studies on Financing of Judicial Campaigns Indicate Need for Reform by Derek Gilna Several recent reports have examined the impact that skyrocketing campaign spending has on state court judicial elections, and whether the infusion of cash into such races is compromising judicial impartiality and integrity. One study, “Bankrolling the Bench: …
Article • February 8, 2017 • from PLN February, 2017
California Governor Grants 112 Pardons, One Commutation by On December 23, 2016, California Governor Jerry Brown granted 112 pardons and commuted one prison sentence in a continuation of his tradition of issuing pre-Christmas reprieves. Most of the pardons were provided to people who had already completed their sentences for nonviolent …
Article • February 8, 2017 • from PLN February, 2017
New York State Closes 14 Prisons Amid Decline in Crime Rates by Christopher Zoukis Since 2009, New York State has closed 14 prisons in an effort to reduce costs and better utilize correctional resources as its prison population has decreased. [See: PLN, June 2013, p.1; April 2009, p.1]. While it’s …
Article • February 8, 2017 • from PLN February, 2017
Death Penalty Opponents File Suit to Thwart California’s Prop. 66 by On November 9, 2016, death penalty opponents led by former state Attorney General John Van de Kamp and former El Dorado County supervisor Ron Briggs filed a lawsuit challenging Proposition 66, which had been approved by voters just a …
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