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Article • August 23, 2016
Report: 17 States Reduce Recidivism, Save Billions By Reinvesting Wisely by A blueprint for better public safety, long-endorsed by reform advocates and scoffed at by tough-on-crimers, has emerged in 17 states that have managed to reduce recidivism since 2007: Stop building new prisons and reinvest the savings in cost-effective programs …
Article • August 23, 2016
Bronx Jail Guards Won't Be Charged in Prisoner's Homicide, DA Says by Jason Echeverria was dying in his cell on Aug. 18, 2012, after swallowing a ball of toxic soap in hopes of getting out of solitary confinement at the Bronx, N.Y. jail. As the chemicals burned his tongue, throat …
Article • August 23, 2016
Audit Faults Colorado DOC Health Care Management by G.A. Bowers The Colorado State Auditor found the health care provided to Colorado prisoners is lacking, as is the Colorado Department of Corrections' (CDOC) management of its Clinical Services Division. In its 54-page report released on October 6, 2005, the Colorado State …
Article • August 23, 2016
Texas Ramps Up Medical Paroles by Matthew Clarke Recently, Texas has increased the use of medically-recommended parole. The parole board approved over twice as many medical releases in Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 than it did in FY 2009. Even so, the 85 Texas prisoners approved to be released for medical …
Article • August 23, 2016
New York Federal Court Holds Victim's Hearsay Accusation Insufficient in Prison Disciplinary Case by Matthew Clarke On April 13, 2012, a New York federal court held that prison officials were liable for convicting a prisoner in a disciplinary action based solely on a victim's hearsay statement and upholding that disciplinary …
Sixth Circuit: Requiring Admission of Guilt to Participate in Mandatory-for-Parole SOTP No Fifth Amendment Violation by Matthew Clarke On April 4, 2012, the Third Circuit court of appeals held that requiring an admission of guilt to participate in an in-prison sex offender treatment program (SOTP) did not violate the Fifth …
Federal Consent Decree Bans Isolation at Mississippi Youth Prison by Matthew Clarke In February 2012, the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) agreed to stop housing juveniles at a privately-run prison in Leake County, Mississippi and enact multiple reforms to protect both the juveniles and the adult prisoners who will remain …
Article • August 23, 2016
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Court Certifies Class-Action in Lawsuit Over Washington State Prison Phones by Matthew Clarke On February 23, 2012, a Washington State court certified as a class action a challenge to the failure of the prisoner telephone service in some Washington State prisons to provide rate information. Sandy Judd, Tara Herivel and …
Article • August 23, 2016
Filed under: Private Contractors
Texas Contracts with Huntsville Hospital for Prisoner Health Care by On February 10, 2012, the Texas Board of Criminal Justice approved a $46.8 million contract with Huntsville Memorial Hospital to provide health care for the 13,900 state prisoners in the Huntsville, Texas area. This may be the first step toward …
Article • August 23, 2016
Missouri to Execute Death-Row Prisoners with Drug that Killed Michael Jackson by If propofol was lethal enough to kill the King of Pop. Missouri's Department of Corrections figures that it's sufficient to execute its death-row prisoners. State DOC officials announced in May that they were replacing their three-drug method for …
Article • August 23, 2016
High Costs, Not Human Rights, Forces Georgia to Release Its Sickest Prisoners by For now, fiscal crises in Georgia will have to suffice for human decency with the state's Board of Pardons and Paroles releasing dozens of sick and elderly prisoners annually to save millions in medical spending. But even …
Article • August 23, 2016
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault
Whistleblower Alleges Pandemic of Prisoner Rape by Guards at New Mexico Facility by A lawsuit filed in May 2012. alleging widespread sexual abuse at the Central New Mexico Corrections Facility in Los Lunas. compelled a retired prison guard to blow the whistle on several other guards. including one already accused …
Article • August 23, 2016
Filed under: Private Prisons
Colorado DOC Toughens Private Prison Contracts by G.A. Bowers In response to a scathing audit, the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) told state lawmakers in October 2005 that the Department is making the recommended changes. Six private prisons scattered across Colorado's eastern plains hold over 4,000 of the state's prisoners. …
Article • August 23, 2016
CMC Nurse Arrested for Having Sex With Syracuse Jail Prisoner by Beth A. Ours, 37, a Correctional Medical Care (CMC) nurse who worked at the Justice Center jail in Syracuse, New York, was arrested on December 4, 2012, and charged with third-degree felony sexual act for allegedly performing oral sex …
Article • August 23, 2016
Maryland Ban on Prisoner's Book Rescinded by Brandon Sample The Maryland Department of Corrections (MDOC) has rescinded its ban on "The Marshall Plan: The Life and Times of a Baltimore Black Panther," a book written by Marshall "Eddie" Conway, a Maryland prisoner. Acting MDOC warden Wayne Webb banned Conway's book …
Publication • August 23, 2016
Filed under: Corrections Audits, Medical
Report of the Independent Monitor of the Amended MoA between the DOJ and Delaware DOC, DE Prison Monitor, 2010 Potter PII Anderson ~Corroon UP REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT MONITOR OF THE AMENDED MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND THE STATE OF DELAWARE REGARDING THE JAMES …
Publication • August 23, 2016
Filed under: Corrections Audits, Medical
Correctional Managed Health Care at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, TX SAO, 2011 John Keel, CPA State Auditor An Audit Report on Correctional Managed Health Care at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston February 2011 Report No. 11-017 An Audit Report on Correctional Managed Health …
Publication • August 23, 2016
Residential Treatment Programs – Concerns Regarding Abuse and Death in Certain Programs for Troubled Youth, GAO, 2007 United States Government Accountability Office GAO Testimony Before the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives For Release on Delivery Expected at 10:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday, October 10, 2007 RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT PROGRAMS …
Publication • August 23, 2016
Criminal Justice Debt – A Barrier to Reentry, Brennan Center for Justice, 2010 brennan center for justice criminal justice debt: a barrier to reentry Alicia Bannon Mitali Nagrecha Rebekah Diller Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law about the brennan center for justice The Brennan Center …
Publication • August 23, 2016
State and Local Human Rights Agencies - Recommendations, Columbia Law, 2003 State and Local Human Rights Agencies: Recommendations for Advancing Opportunity and Equality Through an International Human Rights Framework Columbia Law School, Human Rights Institute International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies under the auspices of The Campaign for a …
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