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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 …
Article • August 10, 2016
Report Cites Drug War’s “Collateral Damage” by Derek Gilna A recent report issued by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) has called for a “broad national initiative” to reverse what they termed “America’s infatuation with collateral consequences has produced unprecedented and unnecessary collateral damage to society and the …
Article • August 10, 2016
New Report Says Society Benefits When Prisoners Get Release Supervision by Derek Gilna A new report by the non-partisan Pew Charitable Trusts found that everyone benefited and public safety did not suffer when prisoners’ sentences were shortened to permit them to receive post-release supervisory services.  According to Adam Gelb, director …
Article • August 10, 2016
Filed under: Release and Reentry
Bahamas Prison Promotes Prisoner-Made Products as Re-Entry Project by Derek Gilna Unlike Bureau of Prison (BOP) prisoner employment programs such as Prison Industries, widely criticized as exploitive because of the low wages paid and the lack of transferable job skills taught in its facilities, a new program instituted in the …
Article • August 10, 2016
Filed under: Cost of Prison Systems
Prison Chief Blames Rising Prison Budget on Pennsylvania Legislators by David Reutter When Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives forced Secretary of Corrections John Wetzel to appear before them for the annual round of grandstanding about prison costs, Wetzel turned the tables and placed the blame where it belongs: on the legislature. …
Media Tip Cast Light on Medical Neglect as Prisoner Starved by David Reutter Absent a tip to the Associated Press, the death of a prisoner at Kentucky State Prison would have remained shrouded in darkness. The tip led to an investigation that uncovered lapses in medical care as the prisoner …
Article • August 10, 2016
Louisiana Prisoner Phone Charge Scandal Pushed to Closed Door Session by The Louisiana Public Service Commission (PSC) voted to keep the discussion about fines for companies that illegally placed surcharge fees on prisoner telephones behind closed doors. City Tele Coin serves about 30 parish and municipal jails around Louisiana. In …
Article • August 10, 2016
Jail Called to Scrutinize Detox Procedure in Wake of Increased Deaths by David Reutter The second death in six months of a pre-trial detainee at Pennsylvania’s Buck County prison has raised questions about its detox procedures. The scrutiny of such procedures should be a focal point for jail administrators throughout …
Article • August 10, 2016
Georgia Law Giving More Power and Secrecy to Private Probation Companies Vetoed by David Reutter Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal vetoed a bill that would have expanded the powers of private probation companies and shrouded their activities in secrecy. House Bill 837 was introduced shortly after lawsuits were filed in Richmond …
Florida Sheriff Tosses Private Health Administrator from Jail Overnight Job by David Reutter An administrator for Armor Correction Health Services, Inc., was forced out of his position by Florida’s Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri. The administrator, Lewis Hays, was involved in the death of Allen Hicks, Sr. 51, who died …
Federal Detention Center in Chicago Agrees to $1 Million Wrongful Death Settlement by Derek Gilna For over ten years defense attorneys and their clients in Chicago have complained about the quality of medical treatment for prisoners at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC), Chicago, located in a decaying 28-story high rise …
Article • August 10, 2016
Guards Outnumber Prisoners, Still Paid Overtime at Illinois Supermax by Prison officials at the Tamms Correctional Center in southern Illinois, which includes the state's only supermax prison, are having a hard time explaining how staff racked up $884,000 in overtime between November 2011 and November 2012 when the facility’s guard-to-prisoner …
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