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Washington Supreme Court Holds Victim Impact Statements and Special Sex Offender Sentencing Alternative Evaluations May Be Disclosed by Washington Supreme Court Holds Victim Impact Statements and Special Sex Offender Sentencing Alternative Evaluations May Be Disclosed   On September 27, 2012, the Supreme Court of Washington held that Victim Impact Statements …
Article • October 5, 2014
Filed under: Victims, State Legislation
Oregon Defense Investigator under No Duty to Reveal Identity to Victim by Oregon Defense Investigator under No Duty to Reveal Identity to Victim   The Oregon Court of Appeals reversed the revocation of a private investigator's license for failing to tell a crime victim that he worked for a criminal …
Article • October 5, 2014
Report: Police State Gets Credit for Increased Incarceration Rates, But Not Crime Reduction by Report: Police State Gets Credit for Increased Incarceration Rates, But Not Crime Reduction   There are more police in the United States than ever before, and crime rates are at their lowest levels in 30 years. …
U.S. Department of Justice Releases Former Prisoner Report on Sexual Victimization by Matthew Clarke U.S. Department of Justice Releases Former Prisoner Report on Sexual Victimization   by Matt Clarke   On May 12, 2012, the Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice released a report on a …
Article • October 3, 2014
Audit for California Prison System Reveals High Potential for Fraud and Misappropriation of Public Funds by Audit for California Prison System Reveals High Potential for Fraud and Misappropriation of Public Funds   In July 2011, the California State Controller’s Office (SCO) released the results of its accounting audit of the …
Arizona DOC Cancels 5,000 Bed Private Prison Contract by Arizona DOC Cancels 5,000 Bed Private Prison Contract   by Matt Clarke   Since January 2009, the Arizona Department of Corrections (DOC) has been working on a contract for private prison corporations to build and operate prisons with a capacity of …
Article • October 3, 2014
California Auditor: Data Hinders Effectiveness of Juvenile “Realignment” by California Auditor: Data Hinders Effectiveness of Juvenile “Realignment”   It’s the rare public policy that succeeds in spite of bureaucratic incompetence and a lack of vision. But, according to a recent state audit, California’s decision in 2007 to transfer the supervision …
Article • October 3, 2014
Auditors Find Deficiencies in Tennessee Prison Operations by David Reutter Auditors Find Deficiencies in Tennessee Prison Operations   by David M. Reutter   A performance audit of the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) was released in September 2012 by the state’s Comptroller of the Treasury. It made five findings related …
Article • October 3, 2014
Report Links Recidivism Decline to Investments in Treatment, Training and Housing by Report Links Recidivism Decline to Investments in Treatment, Training and Housing   A study brief from the Council on State Governments (CSG) revealed that the states with the greatest reductions in recidivism in recent years have done so, …
Article • October 3, 2014
Private Probation Firms Costing Georgia Taxpayers by Private Probation Firms Costing Georgia Taxpayers   After several probation companies operating in Georgia were sued last year, a TV news investigation on private probation yielded some persuasive perspectives.   Some probationers explained to WSB-TV that private probation firms–which account for about 40% …
Article • October 3, 2014
Pew Center Report Finds Increasing Incarceration Expensive and Ineffective by Matthew Clarke Pew Center Report Finds Increasing Incarceration Expensive and Ineffective   by Matthew Clarke   On June 6 2012, the Pew Center on the States issued a report on the consequences of the trend toward longer terms of imprisonment …
Article • October 3, 2014
No Panacea, but Obamacare Could Help Reduce Prison Population, Report Says by No Panacea, but Obamacare Could Help Reduce Prison Population, Report Says   Even before the presidential election secured the full implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly referred to as "Obamacare,” many prisoner advocates were championing the …
Article • October 3, 2014
Justice System Disregards Families of Youth Offenders, Report Says by Justice System Disregards Families of Youth Offenders, Report Says   A collaborative report from an alliance of grassroots organizations proclaims that families of juvenile offenders are part of the solution to youth crime, not the problem.   According to Justice …
Publication • October 1, 2014
Probation and Parole in the U.S., 2013 BJS 2014 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics October 2014, NCJ 248029 Erinn J. Herberman, Ph.D., and Thomas P. Bonczar, BJS Statisticians A t yearend 2013, an estimated 4,751,400 adults were under community supervision—a decline of about …
Recidivism Performance Measures for Private Halfway Houses in Pennsylvania by Alex Friedmann Recidivism Performance Measures for Private Halfway Houses in Pennsylvania by Alex Friedmann In 2013, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) officials announced they would provide financial incentives to privately-operated community corrections facilities – halfway houses – that reduce the …
Article • September 20, 2014 • from PLN September, 2014
New York Judge Unseals Attica Prison Riot Records – Sort of by Joe Watson New York Judge Unseals Attica Prison Riot Records – Sort of by Joe Watson A New York state judge has ordered the release of hundreds of pages of documents related to the investigation of the 1971 …
Article • September 20, 2014 • from PLN September, 2014
Filed under: Victims, Restitution
Courts Struggle with Child Pornography Restitution Following Supreme Court Ruling by Courts Struggle with Child Pornography Restitution Following Supreme Court Ruling The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals is among the latest federal courts to tackle the issue of restitution for victims of child pornography – an issue addressed in a …
Article • September 18, 2014 • from PLN September, 2014
Filed under: HIV/AIDS, Statistics/Trends
New Report Cites Fewer HIV-Positive State and Federal Prisoners by Matthew Clarke New Report Cites Fewer HIV-Positive State and Federal Prisoners by Matt Clarke A recent study revealed that the number of HIV-positive prisoners in both state and federal facilities nationwide is declining and, for the first time, the AIDS …
Article • September 15, 2014 • from PLN September, 2014
Filed under: Informants, Sentencing
Sentence Reductions for “Snitching” Undermine U.S. Justice System by Derek Gilna Sentence Reductions for “Snitching” Undermine U.S. Justice System by Derek Gilna Imagine this scenario: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents bust a small-time drug dealer for, let’s say, nickel-and-diming in heroin. They take him to booking, run his fingerprints and …
Publication • September 11, 2014
Project ORANGE JUMPSUIT: Report on Effects of Pretrial Detention on Case Outcomes Gerald Wheeler 2014 Project ORANGE JUMPSUIT: Effects of Pretrial Status and Days Detained on Case Outcome of Harris County Felony & Misdemeanor A/B Defendants By (September 2014) Gerald R. Wheeler Ph.D., Gerald Fry, Attorney at Law PREFACE The …
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