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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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Kansas prisons see drop in recidivism
Posted on February 05, 2008Feb. 04, 2008 Kansas prisons see drop in recidivism By JIM SULLINGER The Star?s Topeka correspondent TOPEKA | The percentage of Kansas inmates who commit new crimes while on supervised release has dropped significantly over five years. The rate, which...
MI: Jury awards women $15.4 million for sexual abuse in prison
Posted on February 05, 2008Jury awards women $15.4 million for sexual abuse in prison 2-2-08 By Tina Lam, Detroit Free Press Ten current and former prisoners at the state's Scott Women's Correctional Facility held hands and sobbed as a Washtenaw County jury awarded them...
VA: Measure to reduce cost of prison system dies in subcommittee
Posted on February 05, 2008"Del. Todd Gilbert of Wood stock disregarded the 13,000-plus signature petitions presented by Lillie Branch Kennedy of RIHD ? Resource Information Help for the Disadvantaged. Del. Gilbert stated that the petition signatures didn?t hold much weight for him because he...
Doris Lessing's Nobel Prize acceptance speech.
Posted on February 05, 2008Doris Lessing's Nobel Prize acceptance speech. On not winning the Nobel Prize I am standing in a doorway looking through clouds of blowing dust to where I am told there is still uncut forest. Yesterday I drove through miles of...
Iowa GOP Probe Location of New Prison
Posted on February 05, 2008"At a news conference, Rep. Steve Lukan, R-New Vienna, Rep. Lance Horback, R-Tama, and Rep. Dave Tjepkes, R-Gowrie, said the state should ensure the location of a new prison is best for a variety of factors, including the cost of...
AZ: Prison will double size in expansion
Posted on February 05, 2008Prison will double size in expansion Aaron Royster, Miner Staff Writer 2/4/2008 Management & Training Corporation announced Wednesday its intention to more than double the inmate capacity at the Kingman prison. The Utah-based company responded to a request for proposal...
Jailhouse lawyer convinces Supreme Court to hear client's case
Posted on February 05, 2008Jailhouse lawyer convinces Supreme Court to hear client's case Michael Ray earns 29 cents representing other inmates from his perch in the law library at the federal prison in Estill, S.C. But unlike most of the high-powered lawyers who charge...
Crime in MA is dropping... a lot
Posted on February 04, 2008"Randy S. Chapman, president of the Massachusetts Academy of Criminal Defense Lawyers, calls the school-zone statute the ?most racist piece of legislation ever promulgated in this state.?" Crime in Massachusetts is dropping http://www.exhibitanews.com/article...
American Exception: Illegal Globally, Bail for Profit Remains in U.S.
Posted on February 03, 2008January 29, 2008, NY Times American Exception Illegal Globally, Bail for Profit Remains in U.S. By ADAM LIPTAK FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. ? Wayne Spath is a bail bondsman, which means he is an insurance salesman, a social worker, a lightly...
Breaking the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Posted on February 03, 2008Breaking the School-to-Prison Pipeline By Booth Gunter and Jamie Kizzire, Southern Poverty Law Center Posted on January 31, 2008, Printed on February 3, 2008 http://www.alternet.org/story/75533/ Darius was only nine when he was locked up. For two months, he languished in...
NY State DOC Commissioner on Prison Closings
Posted on February 03, 2008http://www.docs.state.ny.us/PrisonClosure.html DOCS TESTIMONY OF BRIAN FISCHER, COMMISSIONER NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES Before SENATE STANDING COMMITTEE ON CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION JANUARY 30, 2008 Prison Closures Introduction The decision to close correctional facilities was not made lightly,...
Toni Morrison Endorses Obama for President
Posted on January 28, 2008Jan 28, 12:39 PM EST Morrison Endorses Obama for President By NEDRA PICKLER Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- The woman who famously labeled Bill Clinton as the "first black president" is backing Barack Obama to be the second. Author...
MA: Marijuana measures head to voters, Hill
Posted on January 27, 2008Marijuana measures head to voters, Hill Penalties for possession would be reduced By Laura Crimaldi | Sunday, January 27, 2008 | A showdown over whether to relax penalties for having small quantities of pot is advancing to Beacon Hill on...
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