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Article • August 10, 2016
BOP X-Ray Machine Installations a $4 Million Failure by Derek Gilna Contraband is a constant problem in Bureau of Prisons (BOP) facilities, and although some of it is just a nuisance -- tobacco, alcohol, and creatine, for instance -- it constitutes a potentially serious threat in higher-security institutions when guns, …
Article • August 10, 2016
Michigan Opens Prison Museum in Presently Operating Prison Facility by Christopher Zoukis The Michigan Department of Corrections has opened a prison museum -- at the still-in-operation State Prison of Southern Michigan in Jackson. Opened June 25, 2014, the Cell Block 7 Prison Museum charges $15.00 for adults, $10.00 for a …
Article • August 10, 2016
Results from Seven States Shows Program-Driven Recidivism Reduction by The National Reentry Resource Center has published a new study of seven states showing that with proper pre-release programming, recidivism rates can be reduced by a significant amount.  The study, which covered the states of Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, …
Chicago Men Arrested For Failing to Register As A Sex Offender After Being Turned Away By Chicago Police Department by Christopher Zoukis On at least 601 occasions in the first three months of 2014, men who appeared at the Chicago Police Department (CPD) to register as sex offenders were turned …
Article • August 10, 2016
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Death Row
Federal Guard Has Sex with Coworkers and Impregnated by Prisoner by Gary Hunter Nancy Gonzalez was a guard at New York’s Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) when she became pregnant with a prisoner’s baby. The father Ronell Wilson was convicted in 2006, of the point-blank shooting of two undercover policemen. Ms. …
Article • August 10, 2016
Federal Prison Industries Fortunes Continue to Sink by Derek Gilna Anyone who has been paying attention the past several months is aware that the public’s perception of the federal government’s ability to manage its affairs in an orderly fashion has been plummeting. Therefore, no one should be the slightest bit …
Article • August 10, 2016
New Hamilton Study Report Details Benefits of Reduced Incarceration by Derek Gilna The Hamilton Project, a non-partisan organization based in California that studies the relationship of incarceration to crime rates and its broad impacts on society, has published a new study that puts forward several new theories on how to …
Article • August 10, 2016
AG: Federal Halfway Houses Must Boost Services to Lower Recidivism by Derek Gilna An announcement by Attorney General Eric Holder called for 200 halfway houses that contract with the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to provide services to releasing prisoners in their own local communities prior to completing their sentences, …
Article • August 10, 2016
Oregon Prison Employees Earn $580,891 for No Work by Mark Wilson In 2013, the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) paid 53 employees $580,891 to stay home, according to public records. ODOC employees may be placed on administrative leave and “duty stationed at home” for a number of reasons, such as …
Internet Publication of Massachusetts Sex Offender Information Enjoined by Mark Wilson On March 26, 2014, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court enjoined the retrospective application of a law requiring Internet publication of level two sex offender registry information. In 1999, Massachusetts established a sex offender registration law (SORL), which classified sex …
Article • August 10, 2016
Alabama Jail Guard Receives 4 Years for Sexually Abusing Prisoners by David Reutter An Alabama federal district court sentenced a former guard to four years in prison for sexually abusing male prisoners at the Clay County Jail (CCJ) Guard Jeffrey Cotney 48, ran the prisoner worker program at CCJ. He …
Article • August 10, 2016
Filed under: Statistics/Trends
Number of Dutch Prisoners, and Crime Rate, Continue to Fall by Derek Gilna In a development not likely to happen any time soon in the United States, the Dutch government has announced that there are currently more guards in their prison system than prisoners. The drop in prisoners coincides with …
Article • August 10, 2016
Filed under: Advocacy, Prison Reform
American Bar Association Wants Public to Have Voice in Prison Rules and Regulations by Joe Watson The American Bar Association (ABA), based in Washington, D.C., passed a resolution in February 2014 urging state governments to require public comment before corrections departments institute rules and regulations affecting prisoners and their families. …
Article • August 10, 2016
BJS Recidivism Study Shows Most Re-arrests Occur Within Three Years by Derek Gilna A Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) study of state prisoner recidivism from 2005 to 2010 showed that “67.8% of the 404,638 state prisoners released in 2005 in 30 states were arrested within 3 years of release, and …
Article • August 10, 2016
Texas Violates International Law, Again, in Execution of Mexican National by Joe Watson In violation of international law, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has executed a Mexican national with an IQ of 67, placing Americans in danger of being denied fair legal treatment abroad. The January 22, 2014, execution …
Article • August 10, 2016
Report: Virginia's Prisons, Jails Overburdened by Nonviolent Drug Offenders by Joe Watson Virginia should decriminalize drug-related behavior and treat drug abuse as a public health issue, while increasing educational resources and opportunities in low-income communities of color in order to improve public safety and lower the state's prison population, according …
Article • August 10, 2016
More Pregnant, Mentally Ill Women Incarcerated in State Prisons Nationwide by Joe Watson More women are being sent to prison nationwide at astonishing rates that surpass any other demographic. What's more, they are forced to deal with issues men don't, including pregnancy behind bars and a higher likelihood of mental …
Iowa Jail Guard Who Tased Mentally Ill Woman Missed Training for Three Years by After a guard tased a mentally ill woman in October 2013 to compel her to change her clothes, officials at the Muscatine County, Iowa, Jail are considering requiring less Taser training for guards rather than more. …
Article • August 10, 2016
Human Rights Watch Questioned Over Appointees and Views by Greg Dober A letter signed by two Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, a former UN Assistant Secretary and over 100 other rights advocates and scholars request that the organization “institute immediate, concrete measures to strongly assert HRW’s [Human Rights Watch] independence.”   In …
Article • August 10, 2016
Cook County Probation Blamed for Chicago Gun Violence, Death of High School Student by Joe Watson Cook County's Adult Probation Department (CCAPD) is getting considerable blame for the notoriously high prevalence of gun violence in Chicago, including the January 2013 shooting death of a high school band member who performed …
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