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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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Prisons might be affecting job stats

Posted on June 07, 2008
Prisons might be affecting job stats Friday, June 6, 2008 3:10 AM By Marilyn Geewax COX NEWS SERVICE Columbus Dispatch WASHINGTON -- When the Labor Department announces May employment figures today, the jobless rate likely will be about 5 percent,...

Research Finds Wide Disparities in Health Care by Race and Region

Posted on June 06, 2008
June 5, 2008 Research Finds Wide Disparities in Health Care by Race and Region By KEVIN SACK NY Times Race and place of residence can have a staggering impact on the course and quality of the medical treatment a patient...

Cracking Open---Michael Short's Journey

Posted on June 06, 2008
Cracking Open Michael Short knows he was wrong to sell crack cocaine, but he questions whether he needed 15 years in prison to learn his lesson. Now some of the politicians who helped put him there are wondering, too. By...

IL: Mayors organize against closing of prison

Posted on June 06, 2008
Impact of PCC closing By Sheila Shelton, Staff Reporter Published: Wednesday, June 4, 2008 A number of mayors of towns in and around Livingston County are working together in an effort to stop the closing of Pontiac Correctional Center. The...

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Federal Prisons Cost Soars to 62% above estimates

Posted on June 06, 2008
Mendota prison project scaled back Costs affect the plans; communication was lacking, auditors say. By Michael Doyle / Bee Washington Bureau 05/29/08 23:30:25 WASHINGTON -- The cost of a long-delayed federal prison in the San Joaquin Valley town of Mendota...

UK: Titan jails to have overcrowding built into design, admits ministry

Posted on June 06, 2008
Titan jails to have overcrowding built into design, admits ministry � 'Superprisons' envisaged to last 100 years � Split into units housing different type of offender The new generation of titan "superprisons" are being designed to be overcrowded from the...

White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Awards $5.8 Million for Student Drug Testing

Posted on June 06, 2008
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) has awarded $5.8 million in grants to 49 schools to fund random drug testing of students. Grantees included schools in 20 states. The awards were made in conjunction with the...

William P. Ford, 72, Rights Advocate, Dies

Posted on June 04, 2008
June 3, 2008 William P. Ford, 72, Rights Advocate, Dies By DENNIS HEVESI William P. Ford, a former Wall Street lawyer who spent more than two decades seeking to bring high-ranking military officials to justice after his sister and three...

Bo Diddley, Who Gave Rock His Beat, Dies at 79

Posted on June 04, 2008
June 3, 2008 Bo Diddley, Who Gave Rock His Beat, Dies at 79 By BEN RATLIFF NY Times Bo Diddley, a singer and guitarist who invented his own name, his own guitars, his own beat and, with a handful of...

NY Times Editorial: A Court for Veterans

Posted on June 04, 2008
June 4, 2008 Editorial, NY Times A Court for Veterans There is a small bright spot on the normally bleak terrain for military veterans who return home and fall into addiction, mental illness and crime. Buffalo has established a specialized...

NC: Hotels could be used to house people convicted of sex offenses

Posted on June 04, 2008
Jun 03, 2008 Hotels could house sex offenders Public would pay for temporary stays Charlotte News and Observer Dan Kane, Staff Writer Tough new laws preventing pedophiles, rapists and other sex offenders from living near schools, child-care centers and parks...

SD: Tax-subsidized prison gravy train must end

Posted on June 04, 2008
My Voice: Tax-subsidized prison gravy train must end Ronald R. Fraser ? June 4, 2008 South Dakota Argus Leader In South Dakota's booming prison economy there are winners and losers. Inmates face financial ruin, and state taxpayers lose, too -...

"The Top 100 Criminal Justice Blogs"

Posted on June 03, 2008
"The Top 100 Criminal Justice Blogs" (http://www.criminaljusticedegreesguide.com/library/the-top-100-criminal-justice-blogs.html). (including this one)...

CA: Nonviolent Offender Rehabilitation Act of 2008 (NORA) to be on state ballot

Posted on June 03, 2008
The Secretary of State announced June 2, 2008 that the Nonviolent Offender Rehabilitation Act (NORA) has qualified for the November state ballot! Nonviolent Offender Rehabilitation Act of 2008 (NORA) NORA is a California ballot initiative intended for the Nov...

Louisiana Tries Again: State promises to close Jetson Prison for Youth

Posted on June 03, 2008
May 30, 2008 Editorial, NY Times Louisiana Tries Again Two years have passed since the federal courts relinquished control of Louisiana?s notoriously troubled juvenile justice system. The state regained its autonomy by reducing the number of children held in detention...

N.Y. court gives veterans chance to straighten out

Posted on June 03, 2008
N.Y. court gives veterans chance to straighten out By Don Heupel, USA TODAY BUFFALO ? When police entered Tom Irish's suburban Buffalo home on March 9 responding to a call about a disturbance, the 59-year-old Army veteran says he did...

MA: Prison--for Pot? Massachusetts voters can Just Say No to bad drug policy.

Posted on June 03, 2008
Prison--for Pot? Massachusetts voters can Just Say No to bad drug policy. Thursday, May 29, 2008 By Maureen Turner, Valley Advocate I call Dick Evans to interview him. But he has his own question?or, more specifically, an assignment?for me: "I...

VA: Fairfax County Weighs Suing State Over Crowded Jails

Posted on June 03, 2008
Board Weighs Suing State Over Crowded Jails By Amy Gardner Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, June 3, 2008; B05 Fairfax County is considering a lawsuit against Virginia if the state goes through with plans to rent 1,000 prison beds to...

VA: Churches add to effort to restore voting rights

Posted on June 02, 2008
Effort seeks to restore felons' voting rights The local project will involve sermons, distributing information and conducting workshops. Daily Press, Newport News VA By DAVID SQUIRES May 24, 2008 M.V. Cooke realizes that she made her own bed ? hard.....

NJ sepnds $331 million a year incarcerating people with non-violent drug offenses

Posted on June 02, 2008
Study: NJ loses money through nonviolent drug sentences By TOM HESTER Jr. Associated Press Writer May 28, 2008 TRENTON, N.J. New Jersey could save millions by reforming sentencing laws for nonviolent drug offenses, a new study finds. The Drug Policy....

Can New York Break Its Incarceration Habit?

Posted on June 02, 2008
Despite these signs of success, New York is subject to the same difficult policy and practical challenges faced all over the country. "Parole is hard," said Horn. "It really gets deep into social and psychological factors [of parolees], and operates....

Coalition for Women Prisoners? Re-entry Committee Publishes New Book for Women Returning Home from Incarceration

Posted on June 01, 2008
Coalition for Women Prisoners? Re-entry Committee Publishes New Book for Women Returning Home from Incarceration May 2008 My Sister?s Keeper, A Book for Women Returning Home From Prison or Jail, is a unique compilation of the words and experiences of...

California's Runner Initiative: Overview and Opposition

Posted on June 01, 2008
California's Runner Initiative: Overview and Opposition The Runner Initiative, a California ballot initiative also called the "Safe Neighborhoods Act," was introduced in April by Senator George Runner (R-Antelope Valley), Assemblywoman Sharon Runner (R-Lancaster), Mike Reynolds, author of California's Three Strikes...

MA: Stopping the School to Prison Pipeline

Posted on June 01, 2008
The Boston Globe DANIEL G. MEYER By Daniel G. Meyer | May 28, 2008 A 13-YEAR-OLD girl was handcuffed and arrested at Brockton High School last June for wearing a T-shirt. The T-shirt, which she was asked by school officials...

Bush's Faulty Prescription For Mexican Drug Violence

Posted on May 29, 2008
Bush's Faulty Prescription For Mexican Drug Violence May 25, 2008 By Neal Peirce Only lightly noted on this side of the border, our neighbor Mexico is engulfed in bloody, violent combat with and between death-dealing drug cartels. In a stunning...

CA: California Senate Rejects Plan To Construct New Prison Medical Facilities

Posted on May 28, 2008
May 28, 2008 California Senate Rejects Plan To Construct New Prison Medical Facilities California Health Line On Tuesday, the California Senate rejected a bill (SB 1665) that would have provided nearly $7 billion to reform the medical facilities and mental...

PA: ?We can retain our freedom on the outside because of the people that are locked up in here?

Posted on May 28, 2008
?We can retain our freedom on the outside because of the people that are locked up in here,? said Commissioner Chairman Brian Smith. ?That fight for freedom doesn?t stop in our armies,? he said, but includes judges, juries, public...

3 letters to the NY Times on Second Chance Act

Posted on May 27, 2008
To the Editor: Financing of the Second Chance Act will support useful services to support the transition from prison to community. But these services must also be accompanied by removal of conflicting and counterproductive policies that stand in the way...

NY Times Editorial: Thirty-Five Years of Rockefeller ?Justice?

Posted on May 27, 2008
May 27, 2008 Editorial, NY Times Thirty-Five Years of Rockefeller ?Justice? Enacted in 1973, New York?s Rockefeller drug laws penalized some first-time drug offenders more severely than murderers. Named for Nelson Rockefeller, who was governor at the time, the laws...

UK: Muslim gangs 'are taking control of prison'

Posted on May 25, 2008
Muslim gangs 'are taking control of prison' * Jamie Doward, home affairs editor * The Observer, * Sunday May 25 2008 Prison officers at one of Britain's maximum security jails are losing control to Muslim gangs, according to a confidential...

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