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Article • November 15, 2004 • from PLN November, 2004
Study Shows Boot Camps Are a Failure by Study Shows Boot Camps are a Failure A June 2003 study published by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), a division of the U.S. Department of Justice, shows that boot camps are failures in reducing recidivism and prison populations. In the late …
Article • September 15, 2004 • from PLN September, 2004
Ill-Equipped: U.S. Prisons and Offenders with Mental Illness by Tara Herivel Human Rights Watch, 2003, 215 pp. Reviewed by Tara Herivel [In the interests of full disclosure, the author of this review contributed to the following Human Rights Watch Report as a source, and this magazine contributed to the gathering …
Article • August 15, 2004 • from PLN August, 2004
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
2004 Supplement to the California State Prisoners Handbook by John E Dannenberg 2004 Supplement to the California State Prisoners Handbook by Fama, McKay, Snedecker, Smith and the Prison Law Office, 230 pp. Reviewed by John E. Dannenberg A 230 page Supplement to The California State Prisoners Handbook has been released, …
Rape of Women Prisoners Rampant in Ohio by Michael Rigby The sexual assault of female pris-oners at the Ohio Reformatory for Women (ORW) in Marysville, Ohio, is shockingly commonplace, according to a report by Stop Prisoner Rape (SPR) released on December 10, 2003. The 15-page report, titled The Sexual Abuse …
Tennessee Prison Audit Blasts DOC, CCA and CMS by Michael Rigby A Tennessee Department of Corrections (TDOC) performance audit for the years 1997-2002, released by the state comptroller's office in September 2003, reveals problems with prison staffing, pre-release preparation, and numerous instances of contract violations by private prison contractors. A …
Article • July 15, 2004 • from PLN July, 2004
BJS Looks at Probation, Parole in 2002 by By the end of 2002, more than 6.7 million adults were incarcerated, on probation, or parole. This amounts to 3.1% of all adults in the United States, or about 1 in every 32 U.S. adults under correctional supervision. This is according to …
Article • July 15, 2004 • from PLN July, 2004
Record Number of "Lifers" Now in U.S. Prisons by Record Number of "Lifers" Now in U.S. Prisons A new national study by The Sen tencing Project released on May 11, 2004, finds that a record one of every eleven (9.4%) prisoners in the United States is now serving a life …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
The Inmate's Guide to Prison Health Care by John E Dannenberg by Dr. D.M. Granit, Two Rainbow Publishing Co., Oct. 2003, 106 pp. Review by John E. Dannenber The Inmate's Guide to Prison Health Care offers prisoners a unique perspective on how to get the best response to their health …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
Filed under: Private Prisons, Reviews
Capitalist Punishment: Prison Privatization & Human Rights by Mark Wilson Capitalist Punishment: Prison Privatization & Human Rights Edited by Andrew Coyle, Allison Campbell, & Rodney Neufeld,Clarity Press, Inc; Zed Books (2003) 234 pp. Softback Review by Mark Wilson Proponents of prison privatization argue that for-profit prisons make good sense, "promis[ing] …
No Crueler Tyrannies: Accusation, False Witnesses, and Other Tyrannies of Our Times by Robert Woodman by Dorothy Rabinowitz. 2003. Free Press, ISBN: 0-7432-2834-0 Review by Robert Woodman "There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of law and in the name of justice." These words, …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
Asset Forfeiture Defense Manual by John E Dannenberg by Brenda Grantland, Judy Osburn and Susan Raffanti; Liberty Press, San Francisco, CA, Nov. 2001; 500 pp. (soft-back) Vol. 1: Substantive Law and Administrative Procedure; Review by John E. Dannenberg You may have thought your troubles were over when you were prosecuted …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
Filed under: Reviews, Media, Prisoner Media
Prison Nation Wins Human Rights Award by On December 16, 2003, Paul Wright and Tara Herivel were awarded the 2003 Myers Outstanding Book Award certificate for Prison Nation: The Warehousing of America's Poor (Routledge, 2003). The award is from the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
The Soft Cage: Surveillance in America, From Slave Passes to the War on Terror by Scott Christianson The Soft Cage: Surveillance in America, From Slave Passes to the War on Terror by Christian Parenti, (Basic Books, 2003) 273 pp., $24.95 cloth Review by Scott Christianson Big Brother is watching. He …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
A Culture of Prosecutorial Misconduct by Peter Schmidt Review by Peter Schmidt The Center for Public Integrity (CPI), a non-profit, investigative journalism organization based in Washington, D.C., has recently published a major study on prosecutorial misconduct in America. The lengthy, empirical study, entitled Harmful Error: Investigating America's Local Prosecutors, which …
Book Review: The Disciplinary Self-Help Litigation Manual: A Guided Tour of Wonderland by Stuart G. Friedman by Dan Manville, 350 pages, paperback Review by Stuart G. Friedman As any criminal litigator knows, dealing with prison issues feels like jumping through the looking glass and into Wonderland. Despite court statements suggesting …
Invisible Punishment: The Collateral Consequences of Mass Imprisonment by Silja JA Talvi Edited by Marc Mauer and Meda Chesney-Lind, The New Press, 2002, 368 pgs. Review by Silja J.A. Talvi Mass imprisonment, according to criminal justice experts Marc Mauer and Meda Chesney-Lind, is the direct outgrowth of social and legal …
Article • January 15, 2004 • from PLN January, 2004
California Habeas Handbook, 4th Edition by John E Dannenberg by Attorney Kent Russell, Sept. 2003, 67 pages plus appendix Review by John E. Dannenberg The completely revised 4th Edition of the California Habeas Handbook, a self-help manual on the preparation of both California and federal habeas corpus petitions, guides pro …
Article • November 15, 2003 • from PLN November, 2003
America Without the Death Penalty: States Leading the Way by Robert Woodman America Without the Death Penalty: States Leading the Way by John F. Galliher, Larry W. Koch, David Patrick Keys, and Teresa J. Guess. Northeastern Univ. Press, Boston, 2002, 280 pages, hardcover $35.00 Review by Robert H. Woodman Death …
Article • October 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2003
Crime Control as Industry: Towards Gulags, Western Style by Peter Wagner by Nils Christie, Routledge Press (2000 Rev. Ed.) 244 pages, Paperback Review by Peter Wagner The heavily revised third edition (2000) of Crime Control As Industry: Towards Gulags, Western Style is an essential guide to understanding the incarceration boom …
Article • September 15, 2003 • from PLN September, 2003
Shoot First, Ask Questions Later: The Militarization of Law Enforcement by Silja JA Talvi Shoot First, Ask Questions Later: The Militarization of Law Enforcement by Silja J.A. Talvi The following is a review of Militarizing the American Criminal Justice System: The Changing Roles of the Armed Forces and the Police, …
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