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Publication • August 11, 2016
A Courtroom Unlike Any Other - Santa Clara County’s Parolee Reentry Court is a Case Study in Reducing Prison Recidivism, SOOO, 2011 ‘A Courtroom Unlike Any Other’ Santa Clara County’s Parolee Reentry Court is a Case Study in Reducing Prison Recidivism A report prepared for the California Senate Rules Committee …
Publication • August 11, 2016
Juvenile Justice Realignment - Limited Information Prevents a Meaningful Assessment of Realignment’s Effectiveness, California State Auditor, 2012 Juvenile Justice Realignment Limited Information Prevents a Meaningful Assessment of Realignment’s Effectiveness September 2012 Report 2011-129 Independent NONPARTISAN TRANSPARENT Accountability The first five copies of each California State Auditor report are free. Additional …
Publication • August 11, 2016
Juvenile Justice Reform - Realigning Responsibilities, CA Little Hoover Commission, 2008 JUVENILE JUSTICE REFORM: REALIGNING RESPONSIBILITIES LITTLE HOOVER COMMISSION July 2008 State of California LITTLE HOOVER COMMISSION July 14, 2008 The Honorable Arnold Schwarzenegger Governor of California The Honorable Don Perata President pro Tempore of the Senate and members of …
The Impact of Probation and Parole Populations on Arrests in Four California Cities, Justice Center, 2013 The Impact of Probation and Parole Populations on Arrests in Four California Cities A report prepared by the Council of State Governments Justice Center The Impact of Probation and Parole Populations on Arrests in …
Article • August 10, 2016
Oregon Interferes With Juvenile Offender Court Access by Mark Wilson On December 9, 2013, an Oregon federal court held that a juvenile offender adequately alleged that he was injured when prison officials interfered with his right to appeal his convictions. Oregon juvenile offenders are sentenced to Oregon Youth Authority (OYA) …
Article • August 10, 2016
Georgia District Court Deals Blow to Involuntary Debit Card Prisoner Refunds by Derek Gilna Robert Regan, a 67 year old arrested on a warrant in Rockdale County, Georgia, was carrying $764.00 when he was arrested.  When he finally released, instead of being given cash or a check for the money …
San Diego County Hit With $3 Million Dollar Jury Verdict In Prisoner Jail Death by Derek Gilna In 2011, Daniel Sisson, a 21-year-old asthma-sufferer with a severe heroin addiction and already in a drug-diversion program in San Diego County, California, was arrested again for drug possession. When he went with …
Canada: Phone Access Vital for Incarcerated Mothers by The Elizabeth Fry Society of Saskatchewan hosted an event on May 11, 2016 that coincided with Mother’s Day to raise awareness about women impacted by the criminal justice system and to highlight the fact that most incarcerated women are mothers and were …
Article • August 10, 2016
New GAO Study of BOP Budget Reveals Salaries, Pensions Top Outlays by Derek Gilna Congress is looking to cut the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Bureau of Prisons (BOP) budget, and at its request the federal government’s General Accounting Office (GAO) has published a comprehensive study of that budget for the …
Holder to Federal Prosecutors: Stop Using Threat of 851 Enhancements to Coerce Pleas by Derek Gilna Apparently U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder’s impending retirement from government service has not extinguished his desire to rein in over-zealous federal prosecutors.  In a September 24, 2014 memo to federal prosecutors made public, Holder …
Texas Man Exonerated By DNA Test He Didn't Request by Matthew Clarke A Texas man, Michael Phillips, 57, recently became the first person to be cleared of a crime by DNA testing he did not request. Phillips was accused of raping a white teenage girl at a Dallas motel in …
Article • August 10, 2016
Start-Up Apparel Company Rests Its Fortunes on Back of Prisoner Labor by David Reutter A new company, Tight Lines Y’all, has started operations thanks to the availability of prisoner labor to produce its signature items. When Terry Lewis became inspired to start a company he faced the usual obstacles of …
Article • August 10, 2016
New Law Allows for Release Consideration for Kentucky Prisoner after 54 Years by David Reutter A new law is giving the hope of parole to aged Kentucky prisoner s. Amongst those is prisoner Willie Gaines Smith, who has served 54 years in prison. Kentucky legislators approved a program that allows …
Guards Massacre Iraqi Prisoners as ISIS Forces Attack Tal Afar by Matthew Clarke According to prisoners who were incarcerated at the anti-terrorism detention facility in Tal Afar, Iraq, as Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) forces closed on the prison, guards began slaughtering the prisoners in their cells. "At …
Article • August 10, 2016
Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Food
Florida Prison Food Contractors Charged With Theft by David Reutter Florida authorities have charged three people with stealing $1.5 million from the state prison system through a food procurement contract. In 2008, the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) signed a contract with US Foods for the company to handle FDOC’s …
Article • August 10, 2016
Avalon Demands Texas Remove Civilly Committed From Halfway Houses by In the latest controversy surrounding the beleaguered Texas Office of Violent Sex Offender Management (OVSOM), the agency that oversees the approximately 300 civilly committed sex offenders in Texas, Avalon Correctional Services sent OVSOM a letter telling it to remove the …
Article • August 10, 2016
U.S. Attorney’s Office in D.C. Creates Unit to Investigate Flawed Convictions by Derek Gilna The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of Columbia has set up the first federal unit nationwide unit to internally identify, investigate, and possible wrongful convictions, U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen Jr. said.  “This new unit will …
Report Says Lawmakers Should Choose Alternatives to Incarceration by Joe Watson A new report from Human Rights Watch (HRW) argues that U.S. lawmakers and "tough-on-crime" advocates have relied on incarceration as a default approach to criminal justice for far too long, not only costing billions of taxpayer dollars and endless …
Article • August 10, 2016
California Lawmakers Block Prison Sterilization Epidemic by Derek Gilna California legislators passed a bill in August of 2014 that should put an end to a clear abuse of power by the state's jailers. Female state prisoners in California have been the victim of scores of forced sterilizations by prison medical …
Article • August 10, 2016
Destined to Fail: the Negative Effect of Collateral Consequence Laws by Gary Hunter Incarceration is intended as a deterrent to crime. But at least one report indicates that the opposite may be true. Dr. Tracy WP Sohoni of the University of Maryland received a federal grant to study the formal …
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