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Handberry v. Thompson, 2nd Cir, Docket, disabled prisoners education IDEA, 2015 162VH6 Time of Request: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 Client ID/Project Name: Number of Lines: 555 Job Number: 2826:546451076 Research Information Service: Terms and Connectors Search Print Request: Current Document: 2 Source: Federal & State Cases, Combined Search Terms: name(handberry …
Publication • December 7, 2015
ACLU joint letter in support of the REAL Act, December 2015 December 7, 2015 Re: Restoring Education and Learning (REAL) Act of 2015 (H.R. 2521) Dear Representatives: We, the undersigned 121 civil rights, human rights, faith based, and criminal justice reform organizations, write to express our strong support for the …
Article • October 16, 2015
Study Finds Prison Education Beneficial to Utah Prisoners and Taxpayers by Joe Watson Study Finds Prison Education Beneficial to Utah Prisoners and Taxpayers by Joe Watson When Utah prisoners get an education behind bars that they can use to find work upon their release, good things happen, according to a …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Pell Grants for Prisoners: New Bill Restores Hope of Reinstating College Programs by Christopher Zoukis Pell Grants for Prisoners: New Bill Restores Hope of Reinstating College Programs by Christopher Zoukis It’s been over 20 years since Jon Marc Taylor, Ph.D., a Missouri state prisoner and author of the Prisoners’ Guerrilla …
Dorn v. Michigan Department of Corrections, et al., MI, amended complaint, retaliation against HIV prisoner, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-00359-PLM Doc #15 Filed 05/27/15 Page 1 of 22 Page ID#75 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION JOHN DORN, Plaintiff, versus CASE NO.1: 15-cv-359 MICHIGAN …
VanValkenburg v. Oregon Department of Corrections, OR, Amended Complaint, Hearing Disability Discrimination, 2015 Case 3:14-cv-00916-MO Document 43 Filed 03/18/15 Page 1 of 24 MATTHEW C. ELLIS, OSB No. 075800 matthew@employmentlawpdx.com 621 SW Morrison St Ste 1050 Portland, OR 97205 Telephone: 503/226-0072 SHENOA L. PAYNE, OSB No. 084392 spayne@hk-law.com Haglund Kelley …
Article • January 10, 2015 • from PLN January, 2015
“Ban the Box” Campaigns Seek to End Discrimination Against Formerly Incarcerated College Applicants by Victoria Law “Ban the Box” Campaigns Seek to End Discrimination Against Formerly Incarcerated College Applicants by Victoria Law "Selene” had been out of prison for one month when she applied to Dutchess Community College and Ulster …
America’s Prisons: A Road to Nowhere by Ben Notterman America’s Prisons: A Road to Nowhere by Ben Notterman Video of Henry McCollum’s release from a North Carolina prison in September 2014 shows the exonerated death row prisoner making his way through a crowd of excited onlookers and into his family’s …
Publication • December 8, 2014
Pell Grant Eligibility Clarification Letter, Department of Education, 2014 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY DEC - 8 2014 GEN-14-21 Subject: Federal Pell Grant Eligibility for Students Confined or Incarcerated in Locations That Are Not Federal or State Penal Institutions Sununary: This letter clarifies …
Article • December 3, 2014 • from PLN December, 2014
Education is Better than Punishment: Something We Can All Support! by Vivian D. Nixon Education is Better than Punishment: Something We Can All Support! by Vivian D. Nixon I learned in the harshest way possible that in the United States of America, every felony conviction, no matter what the judge …
Article • October 5, 2014
State of Washington Settles in Prisoner’s Retaliatory Segregation Claim by State of Washington Settles in Prisoner’s Retaliatory Segregation Claim   The State of Washington reached a settlement of $11,000 and appropriate dental care in February 2004 with Patrick J. Hoffman, a prisoner at Stafford Creek Correctional Center, Intensive Management Unit. …
Publication • 2014
Filed under: Education
BJA - How Effective is Correctional Education PRE-PUBLICATION VERSION: This document has been peer-reviewed and edited but has not yet been finalized. Typeset and fully designed print and online volumes forthcoming. C O R P O R AT I O N How Effective Is Correctional Education, and Where Do We …
Article • May 20, 2014 • from PLN May, 2014
Filed under: Education
Prison Education Programs Threatened by Matthew Clarke Prison Education Programs Threatened   by Matt Clarke   Corrections officials across the country fear that two recent developments will drastically limit educational opportunities for prisoners – a scenario that research indicates could lead to higher recidivism rates. First, Congress failed to renew …
Article • May 15, 2013 • from PLN May, 2013
My Life with Lifers, by Dr. Elaine J. Leeder. (E-Books Unbound, 2012). 140 pages, $4.99 (e-book) or $14.95 (paperback) by John Dannenberg Book review by John E. Dannenberg Dr. Elaine Leeder, Dean of the of the School of Social Sciences at Sonoma State University, offers a concise, compassionate view of …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
Utah: Prisoners’ Education Should be Cheaper, More Efficient, Report Says by Secondary education for Utah prisoners are wasting tax dollars and, more importantly, wasting educational resources, according to an August 2012 report by the state’s Legislative Auditor General. Utah lawmakers wanted to know how efficient and effective are high school …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Texas Slashes Prison Education Budget by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Faced with a $23 billion biennial state budget deficit, the Texas legislature has radically cut education programs in state prisons. Such short-term savings will undoubtedly result in long-term expenses, as education has been proven to reduce recidivism. Jorge Renaud, …
Report Cites Rising Violence, Other Problems at Illinois Maximum-Security Prison by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A report by the John Howard Association of Illinois (JHA) found that overcrowding and understaffing at the Menard Correctional Center (Menard) has resulted in an “alarming” increase in staff and prisoner assaults. Opened …
Michigan’s Abu Ghraib? Teaching Anthropology inside a Women’s Prison, On the Edge of a $100 Million Sex Abuse Scandal by Brian McKenna Brian McKenna Every prison has a story. At the Robert Scott Correctional Facility, in Michigan, the women were not allowed to touch one another or risk a "major …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
Survey Shows College Courses for Prisoners Reduce Recidivism, but Few Exist by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Of the various kinds of rehabilitative programs offered to prisoners, only education has been shown to unequivocally correlate with a strong reduction in recidivism. The more education a prisoner receives, the greater the …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
Indiana Cuts Prison College Courses by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke After the Indiana General Assembly passed a budget for FY 2012-2013 that eliminated $9 million in financial aid for college programs for prisoners, the Indiana Department of Correction (DOC) is shifting such programs away from liberal arts studies and …
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