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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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"No Country for Second Chances"-- Obama still has not granted one pardon and has turned down 605 requests for commutations

Posted on November 24, 2010
No Country for Second Chances By GEORGE LARDNER Jr. Washington November 23, 2010- NY Times LAST February, after long delays, the Justice Department sent President Obama hundreds of recommendations on requested pardons, each one carefully selected for a quick decision...

Illinois prison population surges to record high. Illinois prison population surges to record high.

Posted on November 23, 2010
"Even if the state legislature doesn't act, the governor has options, said Malcolm Young, a Northwestern University Law School professor and corrections expert. He could lift his suspension of the original Meritorious Good Time program, allowing prison officials the flexibility...

WA: McNeil Island prison to close April 1

Posted on November 23, 2010
DOC: McNeil Island prison to close April 1 Nov 22 2010 The Department of Corrections announced Friday it will close McNeil Island Corrections Center by April 1 as a result of budget cuts. The agency had originally planned to close...

Andrew Cuomo tours the belly of the beast: Tryon youth prison is a textbook case of N.Y. dysfunction

Posted on November 23, 2010
Andrew Cuomo tours the belly of the beast: Tryon youth prison is a textbook case of N.Y. dysfunction By Bill Hammond NY Daily News November 23rd, 2010 Gov.-elect Andrew Cuomo visited an emptied-out juvenile detention center in upstate New York...

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IL: Treatment of prisoners 'need not be this harsh,' watchdog group contends

Posted on November 21, 2010
Toughest prison still grim: report TAMMS | Treatment of inmates 'need not be this harsh,' watchdog group contends Chicago Sun Times November 20, 2010 BY RUMMANA HUSSAIN AND DAVE McKINNEY Staff Reporters A prison watchdog group's recent report details the...

PA: Free health care is out for prisoners in Fayette Co. Prison

Posted on November 19, 2010
Co-pays set for Fayette inmates By Rich Cholodofsky, TRIBUNE-REVIEW Thursday, November 18, 2010 Free health care is out for inmates at the Fayette County Prison. Inmates who want to see a doctor or nurse will be required to make a...

Massachusetts Prisoner Who Exposed Sex-for-Snitching Ring Sent to Solitary

Posted on November 19, 2010
Massachusetts Prisoner Who Exposed Sex-for-Snitching Ring Sent to Solitary James Ridgeway | November 18, 2010 | URL: http://wp.me/pKbGK-EP The inmate at Massachusetts? Norfolk Prison who blew the whistle on a sex-for-information ring operated by guards (as reported here last week)...

MA: MA: Probation Department Corruption Under the Spotlight of the Supreme Judicial Court, the Governor and others

Posted on November 19, 2010
3 articles and links Leader: House won't rush to judgment on Probation Department By Michael Levenson, Boston Globe Staff http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/11/house_leader_no.html?p1=News_links A top House leader signaled today that lawmakers were in no rush to overhaul the troubled Probation Department, in the...

New Director for Schomburg Center Named

Posted on November 18, 2010
"Dr. Muhammad, who has been at Indiana University since 2005, is the author of ?The Condemnation of Blackness: ?Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America? (Harvard University Press, 2010), a well-received exploration of how notions of black criminality...

MI: ACLU Sues Michigan on behalf of 9 people setnenced to LWOP as juveniles

Posted on November 18, 2010
ACLU fights law sentencing kids to life in prison BY DAVID ASHENFELTER FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER The ACLU sued the State of Michigan today on behalf of nine people who were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility for...

Fred Goldhaber, 63, Dies-founder and first teacher of the Harvey Milk School in NYC

Posted on November 17, 2010
Fred Goldhaber, 63, Dies; Taught at School for Gays By DENNIS HEVESI- NY Times Novemb er 15, 2010 Among Mr. G.?s first students back in 1985 were runaways who had been sleeping in a shed down by the docks in...

MS: ACLU and SPLC File Suit Charging Physical Abuse and Inhumane Conditions at GEO Prison for Youth

Posted on November 17, 2010
ACLU And Southern Poverty Law Center File Federal Lawsuit Challenging Inhumane Conditions At For-Profit Youth Prison Youth Incarcerated At Mississippi Facility Subjected To Physical Abuse And Denied Basic Educational And Medical Services Press Release: ACLU and SPLC JACKSON, MS -...

FL/AZ/National: Are Private Prisons The Force Behind Immigrant Law

Posted on November 16, 2010
Private prisons the force behind immigrant law? BY FRED GRIMM Miami Herald November 16, 2010 Arizona's get-tough immigration law was couched as a burst of desert populism, as if the frustrations of local citizens over so many illegals crossing the...

Huge Growth in People With Criminal Records creates $57-$65 Billion in Lost Output a Year

Posted on November 16, 2010
Growth of Ex-Offender Population in United States Is a Dramatic Drag on Economy Three decades of harsh criminal justice policies have created a large population of ex-offenders that struggle in the labor market long after they have paid their debts...

America's rush to incarcerate is sign of a moral decline

Posted on November 16, 2010
America's rush to incarcerate is sign of a moral decline By RALPH J. DOLAN Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, MA November 16, 2010 NORTHAMPTON - The other day I was sitting in Starbucks downtown and observed a little flirting going on...

Sourcebook on Solitary Confinement

Posted on November 15, 2010
Solitary Confinement. This website is dedicated to examining the practice of solitary confinement in its various forms. It is designed to accompany the Sourcebook on Solitary Confinement and expand on issues discussed therein. Sourcebook on Solitary Confinement http://solitaryconfinement...

In defense of indigent defense-how the broken public defense system exacerbates racial disparities

Posted on November 15, 2010
In defense of indigent defense-how the broken public defense system exacerbates racial disparities Criminal Justice, Featured ? By Elizabeth Renter September 24, 2010 Race-Talk, A Project of the Kirwan Institute The 6th Amendment to the US Constitution guarantees all citizens...

Resisting Gender Violence and the Prison Industrial Complex an Interview with Victoria Law

Posted on November 14, 2010
Thursday, November 11, 2010 Resisting Gender Violence and the Prison Industrial Complex --An interview with Victoria Law Resisting Gender Violence and the Prison Industrial Complex --An interview with Victoria Law By Angola 3 News Victoria Law is a longtime prison...

IL: Hard time for prison plan: U.S. now seems unlikely to house terror suspects at Thomson

Posted on November 14, 2010
Hard time for prison plan: U.S. now seems unlikely to house terror suspects at Thomson By Katherine Skiba, Tribune reporter November 13, 2010 WASHINGTON ? A prison in tiny Thomson, Ill., captured the world attention's a year ago when White...

CA: City of Adelanto Wants To Build New Prison With 6,100 Cages

Posted on November 14, 2010
Adelanto wants to build new prison November 13, 2010 Natasha Lindstrom ADELANTO ? The city is negotiating with the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to build a new prison in hopes of creating 2,000 jobs and bringing up to...

A Prison Fight in New Orleans

Posted on November 14, 2010
A Prison Fight in New Orleans by Elizabeth Renter November 13, 2010 There?s no doubt the New Orleans jail must be replaced. After first floor inmates stood in water and sewage up to their waists and sometimes necks after guards...

MA: Prison Update: It's not getting any better and op-ed from 3 ministers in Bay State Banner- "Prison Reform Is Neede Now--Not Later"

Posted on November 13, 2010
Prison Update: It's not getting any better By CHRIS FARAONE | November 10, 2010 Boston Phoenix It's discouraging that conditions may have worsened in state prisons since the Phoenix published "Troubled Over Bridgewater" in September. Our investigation highlighted egregious systemwide...

The Republican House and Drug Reform: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Posted on November 12, 2010
The Republican House and Drug Reform: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly by Phillip Smith, November 10, 2010, 03:01am, (Issue #658) Last week, a resurgent Republican Party retook control of the US House of Representatives, giving the Democrats a...

IA: Opponents Stop Urbandale Immigrant Prison

Posted on November 12, 2010
Protesters block Urbandale immigration facility By SARA SLEYSTER November 10, 2010 Des Moines Register The controversy over a plan for a federal immigration enforcement facility in Urbandale has ended. A day after a public hearing drew more than 100 protesters...

IL: Are legislative maps hurting prison reforms?

Posted on November 12, 2010
Are legislative maps hurting prison reforms? By Pam Adams Journal Star Nov 10, 2010 In April, Maryland lawmakers voted to count prison inmates at their home addresses, instead of where they're incarcerated, for state and local legislative redistricting purposes...

IA: Taxpayer bill at Fort Madison prison: $40,598 per inmate annually

Posted on November 12, 2010
Taxpayer bill at Fort Madison prison: $40,598 per inmate annually Blog post by William Petroski ? November 11, 2010 Housing convicts in Iowa?s prison system isn?t cheap, according to a new report by the Iowa Legislative Services Agency. At the...

AZ: AFSC Calls for an Investigation into the Politics of Prison

Posted on November 12, 2010
AFSC Calls for an Investigation into the Politics of Prison Privatization Nov. 11, 2010 Tuscon Citizen The American Friends Service Committee and Beau Hodai (author of the groundbreaking article from In These Times on private prisons & Arizona) met on...

VOTE NOW and OFTEN FOR SUSAN BURTON --FINALIST OF CNN HERO OF THE YEAR--VOTING ENDS THURSDAY NOVEMBER 18

Posted on November 12, 2010
From Youth Justice Coalition in LA-----http://www.youth4justice.org/ Susan Burton is a finalist for 2010 CNN HERO OF THE YEAR. This is an amazing opportunity for everyone working in the movement for community justice. For all of us who have direct experience...

Prison is No Place for Veterans

Posted on November 11, 2010
Prison is No Place for Veterans by Tracy Velazquez and Guy Gambill November 11, 2010 Over the past four decades, too many veterans have returned home only to end up in our prisons and jails. Frequently, this is a result...

Ma. corrections commissioner's move to Va. raises questions Harold Clarke leaves job in which he has had few successes for job with even bigger challenges

Posted on November 10, 2010
I hope Virginia's experience with Clarke is a much better than Massachusetts' where he talked a lot and did nothing positive. It is unclear why he is leaving MA although I suspect he sees it as another step in the...

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