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News, commentary and analysis on prisons: government proposals with the aim of stemming overcrowding and recidivism; inmate living conditions and changing demographics; sentencing issues.
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OK: Report: Rethink corrections policies or risk federal oversight

Posted on January 19, 2009
Report: Rethink corrections policies or risk federal bout by Marie Price, The Journal Record January 14, 2009 http://www.journalrecord.com/article.cfm?recid=95123 OKLAHOMA CITY ? Oklahoma?s swelling inmate population shows the need to rethink corrections policies to avoid another bout with federal-court oversight of...

ICE to terminate agreement to house detainees at Wyatt RI Detention Facility

Posted on January 19, 2009
ICE to terminate agreement to house detainees at Wyatt Detention Facility January 15, 2009 http://www.ice.gov/pi/nr/0901/090115washington.htm WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has notified the Central Falls Detention Facility Corporation of the agency's intention to terminate the...

ICE: Secure Communities: A Comprehensive Plan to Identify and Remove Criminal Aliens

Posted on January 19, 2009
Secure Communities: A Comprehensive Plan to Identify and Remove Criminal Aliens November 19, 2008 http://www.ice.gov/pi/news/factsheets/secure_communities.htm U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the largest investigative agency in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is improving community safety by transforming the way...

Many in U.S. Prisons Lack Good Health Care Report finds high rate of chronic disease that often goes untreated

Posted on January 17, 2009
U.S.News & World Report Saturday, January 17, 2009 Many in U.S. Prisons Lack Good Health Care Report finds high rate of chronic disease that often goes untreated By Amanda Gardner HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Jan. 16 (HealthDay News) -- The 2.3...

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Two reports: Many prisoners sick, access to care poor: study and Less Than One in Five Prisoners Needing Addiction Treatment Gets Help, NIDA Reports

Posted on January 16, 2009
Many inmates sick, access to care poor: study Thu Jan 15, 2009 CHICAGO (Reuters) - Inmates in U.S. prisons and jails have rates of serious illness that far exceed those of the general population and many lack access to healthcare,...

No evidence Jessica's Law works, California officials say

Posted on January 16, 2009
There's no evidence Jessica's Law works, California officials say A state board says tight residency limits on sex offenders have driven many to homelessness, which could propel them back into crime. The state spends $25 million housing some of the...

U.S. Issues Scathing Report on Immigrant Who Died in Detention

Posted on January 16, 2009
January 16, 2009 U.S. Issues Scathing Report on Immigrant Who Died in Detention By NINA BERNSTEIN NY Times Federal immigration officials investigating the death of a New York computer engineer from China who died in their custody last summer said...

LA: Did Mothers Against Drunk Drivers and Others Push Up Mandatory Sentences

Posted on January 15, 2009
"Why, then, is the country just now getting around to talking about cutting criminal justice costs by reducing the prison population? As Mauer said, the states have finally reached a point fiscally where leaders must choose between costly prisons and...

THE PEOPLE?S AGENDA: VIRGINIA PEOPLE?S ASSEMBLY

Posted on January 14, 2009
THE PEOPLE?S AGENDA Adopted unanimously Jan. 10, 2009, by the VIRGINIA PEOPLE?S ASSEMBLY In this time of deepening economic crisis, the working people of Virginia are looking to the government to protect our interests. Instead, it is the Big Banks...

Bush Justice Department appointee hired 65 of 63 "right-thinking Americans"...not "mold spores" or "commies" for civil rights and voting sections

Posted on January 14, 2009
Justice appointee wanted to purge liberals By AP Wire Created 01/14/2009 WASHINGTON - To Bradley Schlozman, they were "mold spores," "commies" and "crazy libs." He was referring to the career lawyers in the Justice Department's civil rights and voting rights...

VA: Doctor refused to treat woman while she is shackled

Posted on January 14, 2009
The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, VA Shackles not what doctor ordered A Fredericksburg doctor this week refused to treat a handcuffed inmate Date published: 1/14/2009 BY JIM HALL When Dr. Declan Burke, a Fredericksburg obstetrician/gynecologist, walked into his exam room Monday,...

JPI: Violent Crime Fell in 2008; Prisons and jails experienced less growth than previous years

Posted on January 14, 2009
Violent Crime Fell in 2008; Prisons and jails experienced less growth than previous years Justice Policy Institute: January 14, 2009 WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Violent crime in the United States fell by 3.5 percent and property crimes fell by 2.5 percent in....

Sex Workers Outreach Project: articles in the Washington Post and Newsweek on Protests in DC

Posted on January 13, 2009
Sex Workers Criticize Law Enforcement By Theola Labb�-DeBose Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, December 18, 2008; B03 Dozens of sex workers marched through the streets of downtown Washington yesterday, demanding better treatment from law enforcement officials of prostitutes who become...

Guantanamo and U.S. Control Units

Posted on January 13, 2009
Statement by Lois Ahrens on the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights given at commemorative event in Northampton, MA Dec 12 2008 Yesterday leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee released a report stating that Donald Rumsfeld bore...

UT: DOC cuts drug programs and parole violator center not cages

Posted on January 13, 2009
Public safety cuts go deep, affect police and prisons Slashing spending � Trooper, prison guard jobs on the block By Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune Updated: 01/12/2009 08:56:24 PM MST http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_11438864 The state's belt-tightening could mean 42 fewer highway...

Lullabies Behind Bars In a few innovative prisons, babies find a safe haven with their moms

Posted on January 12, 2009
NATIONAL NEWS | fall 2008 Ms. Magazine Lullabies Behind Bars In a few innovative prisons, babies find a safe haven with their moms By Beth Schwartzapfel It's midday on a recent Tuesday, and Rachael Irwin, 27, scurries across the floor...

How the Madoff Mess Hits Women

Posted on January 12, 2009
How the Madoff mess hits women With two progressive organizations forced to shutter, it isn't just wealthy individuals being affected by the investment scandal. Salon.com Nancy Goldstein Jan. 07, 2009 | For all the ink that's been spilled on the...

WA: Cost of prison system must be reined in

Posted on January 12, 2009
Cost of prison system must be reined in Sunday, January 11, 2009 11:25 AM PST Jan. 11 Daily News editorial Virtually every state agency is targeted for cuts in Gov. Chris Gregoire?s budget blueprint. The Department of Corrections is asked...

Budget woes prompt states to rethink prison policy

Posted on January 11, 2009
"Of the states we do business with, none have made prison construction a priority in this economic environment," said Tony Grande, CCA's executive vice president. "Our partnership with the states will become even stronger. ...We want to be a part...

NC: Close to $20m OK'd for Bertie County prison expansion

Posted on January 11, 2009
Published on HamptonRoads.com Close to $20m OK'd for Bertie County prison expansion By Connie Sage Correspondent January 11, 2009 Money for a nearly $20 million expansion of the Bertie County state prison - and with it 115 new jobs -...

Cocaine and White Teens

Posted on January 10, 2009
White teens use cocaine at 4 times that of Black teens....and who is incarcerated? January 10, 2009 Op-Ed Columnist Cocaine and White Teens By CHARLES M. BLOW Last month, President Bush touted the results of a government-sponsored study by the...

Florida needs more education, not more prisons

Posted on January 10, 2009
Florida needs more education, not more prisons BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Editor?s note: Below is a reprint of a Dec. 30 editorial in The (Lakeland) Ledger, courtesy of The Associated Press. Although Florida?s overall population is about 16 percent black,...

Idaho DOC still assessing damage from uprising

Posted on January 10, 2009
IDOC still assessing damage from uprising Story Created: Jan 9, 2009 By Associated Press BOISE (AP) ? Idaho Department of Correction officials are still piecing together just why some prison inmates staged an uprising in a temporary cell block, but...

AL: As His Inmates Grew Thinner, a Sheriff?s Wallet Grew Fatter

Posted on January 09, 2009
January 9, 2009 As His Inmates Grew Thinner, a Sheriff?s Wallet Grew Fatter By ADAM NOSSITER NY Times DECATUR, Ala. ? The prisoners in the Morgan County jail here were always hungry. The sheriff, meanwhile, was getting a little richer....

WI: Consultants say thousands more cages and prison upgrades needed

Posted on January 09, 2009
Consultants say prison system needs $1.2 billion upgrade By Steven Walters of the Journal Sentinel Posted: Jan. 8, 2009 Madison - Consultants recommended Thursday that the state spend more than $1.2?billion over the next decade to expand and update its...

MI: State's policy has imprisoned its future

Posted on January 07, 2009
State's policy has imprisoned its future A Lansing State Journal editorial January 1, 2009 Before lawmakers return to Lansing to begin their work, they should take a pledge: "I will not leave the Capitol at the end of 2009 without...

VA: Time to rethink goals of prison

Posted on January 06, 2009
Time to rethink goals of prison Editorials Opinion The Virginian-Pilot � January 5, 2009 In prosperous times, state and federal lawmakers wanting to polish their get-tough-on-crime image pass bills putting more people in prison and keeping them longer for offenses...

CA: Group cites deep flaws in juvenile justice plan

Posted on January 06, 2009
Group cites deep flaws in juvenile justice plan By Dana M. Nichols Record Staff Writer January 06, 2009 6:00 AM SAN ANDREAS - The $93 million effort to reform California's juvenile justice system by transferring many young offenders to county...

LA: Gov. to close Tallulah prison and hopes to sell it to private detention center

Posted on January 06, 2009
The News Star State to lay off 151 in Tallulah ASSOCIATED PRESS JANUARY 6, 2009 BATON ROUGE ? Gov. Bobby Jindal's plan to close a $341 million budget gap will cost at least 335 state employees their jobs ? largely...

AZ: Arpaio Gets A TV Series on FOX

Posted on January 05, 2009
"Maricopa County has many times more federal prison condition lawsuits than New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and Houston combined. In September of last year, the National Commission on Correctional Health Care revoked its accreditation of the jails Sheriff Arpaio...

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