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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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VA: Despite Halt in Bed Rentals, Va. Strains to House Inmates

Posted on June 22, 2008
By Anita Kumar Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, June 22, 2008; C05 RICHMOND -- Even though Virginia halted a program to rent 1,000 prison beds to other states last week, it still needs to build six prisons in the...

Jamie Fellner: Onward and Ever Upward -- But Not in a Good Way

Posted on June 21, 2008
June 21, 2008 Onward and Ever Upward -- But Not in a Good Way Huffington Post by Jamie Fellner NEW YORK -- Two new federal reports highlight the profound disconnect in the United States between crime and punishment. According to...

VA won't take prisoners from out of state

Posted on June 19, 2008
Va. won't take inmates from out of state After sheriffs complain, governor abandons plan to raise money for prisons Thursday, Jun 19, 2008 - 12:09 AM By TYLER WHITLEY TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER After protests from sheriffs, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine...

AZ: Senate rejects ban on certain inmates in private prisons

Posted on June 19, 2008
The Arizona Daily Star Published: 06.19.2008 Senate rejects ban on certain inmates in private prisons By Howard Fischer CAPITOL MEDIA SERVICES "It has historically been the county and communities that have welcomed the prisons because they provide jobs and economic...

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Locked and Loaded. CCA, the private jailer and one of Nashville?s richest companies, is facing heightened scrutiny after a year of particularly heinous controversies

Posted on June 19, 2008
June 19, 2008 Locked and Loaded CCA, the private jailer and one of Nashville?s richest companies, is facing heightened scrutiny after a year of particularly heinous controversies by Matt Pulle Located in a bland, almost anonymous Green Hills of?ce park...

Homeland Security's Enemy Next Door

Posted on June 19, 2008
Americas Program Commentary Homeland Security's Enemy Next Door Tom Barry | June 10, 2008 What began as a war on terrorists has become a war on immigrants. The Department of Homeland Security says that it prioritizes its immigration enforcement actions...

MA: Cheap trick :Cash-strapped state legislators are finally considering relaxing mandatory drug sentences. Will budget woes succeed where appeals to justice have failed?

Posted on June 18, 2008
Cheap trick :Cash-strapped state legislators are finally considering relaxing mandatory drug sentences. Will budget woes succeed where appeals to justice have failed? BY KRISTEN LOMBARDI Boston Phoenix, June 17, 2008 AFTER MORE THAN a decade of tough-on-crime policies ? fueled...

Federal prosecution of illegal immigrants soars. The White House lauds the dramatic increase, but critics cite higher priorities.

Posted on June 18, 2008
"This is an effort to use the federal criminal justice system in immigration enforcement," Long said. "What it means is that immigration cases are dominating the federal court system these days. The volume of cases is really huge. This is...

Free Speech Radio News Report on StopMax Conference

Posted on June 18, 2008
Free Speech Radio News Report on StopMax Conference An estimated 20,000 people in the United States live in concrete cells, 6 foot by twelve foot wide for 23 hours a day. With their lives on lockdown, these prisoners are deprived...

California prisons receiver says he needs $7 billion now for healthcare

Posted on June 18, 2008
California prisons receiver says he needs $7 billion now for healthcare The state's failure to give him money to build seven facilities is the result of 'deliberate obstruction,' he says. He may seek a federal court order to obtain the...

UK: Audit Estimates Public Cost of a Single Drug Addict at $1.5 Million

Posted on June 17, 2008
Audit Estimates Public Cost of a Single Drug Addict at $1.5 Million June 16, 2008 A report from accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers estimated that each drug addict in the U.K. costs taxpayers �800,000 -- about $1.569 million -- over his or...

MI: Nonpartisan group says rising Corrections spending is the leading cause of Mich.'s continued budget woes.

Posted on June 16, 2008
Prison costs may hit $2.6B in '12 Nonpartisan group says rising Corrections spending is the leading cause of Mich.'s continued budget woes. Charlie Cain and Gary Heinlein / Detroit News Lansing Bureau Friday, June 13, 2008 LANSING -- Prison spending....

OR: Prison expansions bring small gains

Posted on June 16, 2008
Prison expansions bring small gains JUNE 16, 2008 Ben Jacklet SPECIAL to the Argus Observer Ontario - The Oregon State Penitentiary was built in Portland in 1851 and relocated to Salem in 1866, where it remained the state?s only major...

New book: Right to Be Hostile: Schools, Prisons, and the Making of Public Enemies.

Posted on June 16, 2008
Meiners, E. R. (2007). Right to Be Hostile: Schools, Prisons, and the Making of Public Enemies. London & NY, NY: Routledge 224 pages List price: paperback $33.95 Coincidence?or trend? This morning?s issue of Common Dreams includes an article titled ?ACLU...

Why Is Mom in Rehab?

Posted on June 16, 2008
June 14, 2008 Op-Ed Columnist Why Is Mom in Rehab? By CHARLES M. BLOW At this URL is the accompanying graph which is the major part of this article. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/14/opinion/14blow.html?scp=1&sq=Why+Mom+is+in+Rehab&st=nyt The actress Tatum O?Neal was arrested recently on charges of...

Legal Drugs Kill Far More Than Illegal, Florida Says

Posted on June 16, 2008
June 14, 2008- NY Times Legal Drugs Kill Far More Than Illegal, Florida Says By DAMIEN CAVE MIAMI ? From ?Scarface? to ?Miami Vice,? Florida?s drug problem has been portrayed as the story of a single narcotic: cocaine. But for...

Political Comedian/Activist Randy Credico Arrested Documenting Marijuana Arrests

Posted on June 13, 2008
Political Comedian/Activist Randy Credico Arrested Documenting Marijuana Arrests June 13, 2008 By Anthony Papa Last night, political comedian and long-time activist, Randy Credico was enjoying a cool summer evening with his friends barbecuing in the backyard of his Gay Street...

Men and women in prison, probation and parole reaches 7.2 million

Posted on June 13, 2008
New Criminal Record: 7.2 Million Nation's Justice System Strains to Keep Pace With Convictions By Darryl Fears Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, June 12, 2008 The number of people under supervision in the nation's criminal justice system rose to 7...

Report Finds Racial Disparities in the Severity of Punishment of Youth

Posted on June 13, 2008
Report Finds Racial Disparities in the Severity of Punishment By Robert E. Pierre Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, June 13, 2008; B02 The nation's juvenile justice system metes out harsher punishment to black and Latino youths, locks up thousands of...

San Quentin: Opposition to closing & moving the prison

Posted on June 12, 2008
A view on San Quentin Prison 06/11/2008 Marin Independent Journal THE REV. LIZA KLEIN I AM CONCERNED about the perspective recent articles on San Quentin prison gives to a complex issue. The "fight over death row" is closely linked to...

Federal Magistrate writes that Albert Woodfox's case should be overturned

Posted on June 12, 2008
June 12, 2008 National Briefing | South-NY Times Louisiana: Case of Ex-Black Panther By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The conviction of a former Black Panther in the killing of a prison guard in 1972 should be overturned because his former lawyer...

Bob Herbert - "Out of Sight"

Posted on June 10, 2008
June 10, 2008 Op-Ed Columnist Out of Sight By BOB HERBERT NY Times When the dismal unemployment numbers were released on Friday (at the same time that oil prices were surging to record highs), I thought about the young people...

VA: Percy Walton's Death Sentence is Commuted

Posted on June 10, 2008
National Briefing | South, NY Times Virginia: Death Sentence Commuted By DAVID STOUT Published: June 10, 2008 The life of a man who killed three people in November 1996 was spared by Gov. Tim Kaine, a day before the scheduled...

Philadelphia: A Messed-Up Justice System

Posted on June 10, 2008
Karen Heller: A messed-up justice system By Karen Heller Philadelphia Inquirer "If the United States leads the world in incarceration," says civil-rights lawyer David Rudovsky, "Philadelphia leads the United States." We have a higher percentage of our citizens in prison...

MN: Locked In Limbo: civil committment for people convicted of sex offenses

Posted on June 09, 2008
"He has just reached 21 years of age," Reuter wrote. Given the MSOP's history, he added, an indefinite commitment "is analogous to a life sentence without the chance of parole." 'They're all close calls now By LARRY OAKES, Minneapolis Star...

Coming Home After a Reduced Sentence. Those Released Since Disparities in Cocaine Penalties Were Offset Find a Different World.

Posted on June 09, 2008
Coming Home After a Reduced Sentence Those Released Since Disparities in Cocaine Penalties Were Offset Find a Different World By Darryl Fears Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, June 8, 2008; A02 Days after her release from prison, Nerika Jenkins made...

KY: Prison costs targeted. Panel to focus on easing taxpayers' burden

Posted on June 09, 2008
Prison costs targeted PANEL TO FOCUS ON EASING TAXPAYERS' BURDEN By Joe Biesk ASSOCIATED PRESS Lexington Herald Leader With Kentucky's prison population skyrocketing and only expected to get larger, Gov. Steve Beshear has called on a group of legal authorities...

F.B.I. Reports Decline in Crime in ?07

Posted on June 09, 2008
''We shouldn't be fooled into thinking our problems are over,'' Fox said. He pointed out that from 2002 to 2006 the rate of murder committed by black male teens rose 52 percent. ''Violence is down among whites of all ages...

Harriet Johnson, 50, Activist for Disabled, Is Dead

Posted on June 07, 2008
June 7, 2008 Harriet Johnson, 50, Activist for Disabled, Is Dead By DENNIS HEVESI New York Times Harriet McBryde Johnson, a feisty champion of the rights of the disabled who came to prominence after she challenged a Princeton professor?s contention...

CA: Ruling favors governor on prison transfers

Posted on June 07, 2008
Ruling favors governor on prison transfers Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer Thursday, June 5, 2008 (06-04) 17:54 PDT SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was within his rights to declare a state of emergency at California's overcrowded prisons in 2006 and...

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