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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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MI: MICHAEL TIMMIS AND PAT NOLAN: Revise laws to lower prison costs, keep everyone safer

Posted on November 29, 2009
Revise laws to lower prison costs, keep everyone safer Commentary BY MICHAEL TIMMIS AND PAT NOLAN Detroit Free Press Nov. 28, 2009 Michigan has more than an economic crisis -- we have a crime crisis, too. And we won't be...

Washington Post Editorial: Solitary disgrace. Prisons should abolish long-term solitary confinement.

Posted on November 28, 2009
Solitary disgrace Prisons should abolish long-term solitary confinement. Washington Post Editorial Saturday, November 28, 2009 MANY ARE KEPT in their cells for at least 23 hours a day with minimal contact with other people, including guards. Food is delivered through...

MA: DOC reverses itself on firing chaplains

Posted on November 27, 2009
God?s work on the block By Kevin Cullen Globe Columnist / November 26, 2009 That?s no joke. Thirty-two of them do it every day, into all of the prisons in Massachusetts. But two weeks ago, Mike Grunko, the president of...

The Secret World of Deaf Prisoners By James Ridgeway

Posted on September 30, 2009
The Secret World of Deaf Prisoners By James Ridgeway Monday, September 28th, 2009 9:47 pm SPECIAL REPORT In the 1970s, an antiwar demonstrator found himself at New York City?s Rikers Island jail facility for a couple of months on a...

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MT: Still more strange goings on in Hardin with "American Police Force"

Posted on September 30, 2009
Reports: Mysterious, unregistered security firm policing Montana town The Raw Story A mysterious, reportedly unregistered and almost entirely unknown private security firm by the name "American Police Force" is causing a stir in a small Montana town for apparently impersonating...

NAACP's president returns to Maine for voter drive in prisons

Posted on September 30, 2009
NAACP's president returns to Maine for voter drive in prisons BY TREVOR MAXWELL Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel 09/30/2009 Less than a year after he came to Maine to lobby for prison reform and ensure that inmates have an opportunity...

Supreme Court to consider life without parole for juveniles sentenced for non-murder convictions?

Posted on September 28, 2009
Supreme Court to consider juvenile 'lifers' Does life without parole for minors who didn't kill constitute cruel and unusual punishment? By David G. Savage September 28, 2009 Reporting from Washington - Joe Sullivan was 13 years old when he and...

Interview with Young Women's Empowerment Project on their research "Girls Do What they Do In Order to Survive"

Posted on September 28, 2009
An interview with the Young Women's Empowerment Project on their research study of girls involved in the sex trade. Participatory Action Research emphasizes the involvement of those being studied in the actual research process. It?s a technique the Young Women's...

Cuts Ravage California Domestic Abuse Program

Posted on September 26, 2009
Cuts Ravage California Domestic Abuse Program By JESSE McKINLEY Published: September 25, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO ? The Riley Center does not advertise its location, in a three-story Victorian in San Francisco?s core. The center?s address is confidential to protect its...

CA: Editorial: Time to get real on prison crowding

Posted on September 26, 2009
Editorial: Time to get real on prison crowding Friday, Sep. 25, 2009 | Page 16A Sacramento Bee Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his team continue to suffer from multiple-policy disorder on prison overcrowding. On one side, the governor declares a state...

Prison report: Who are the bad people? and Canadian Conservatives try to model a system based on the U.S.

Posted on September 26, 2009
Prison report: Who are the bad people? By Just A Guy Editors note: Just A Guy is an inmate in a California state prison. His dispatches appear twice a week. Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner was recently quoted in the...

NY Times Editorial: Prisoners' Rights ---"Prisoner lawsuits are a way of reining in the worst abuses, which contribute to prison riots and other violence."

Posted on September 24, 2009
September 24, 2009 Editorial :Prisoners? Rights NY Times In 1996, Congress passed a law that made it much harder for inmates to challenge abusive treatment. It has contributed significantly to the bad conditions ? including the desperate overcrowding ? that...

FL: Pinellas County Jail drops $8 co-pay for prisoners doctor visits

Posted on September 24, 2009
Pinellas County Jail drops $8 co-pay for inmates' doctor visits By Drew Harwell, Times Staff Writer In Print: Sunday, September 20, 2009 LARGO ? The Pinellas County Jail will no longer charge an $8 co-payment to inmates seeking medical care,...

"Restoring the Rights of Persons with Felony Convictions" by Lillie Branch-Kennedy, RIHD, VA

Posted on September 23, 2009
The Virginia Defender July - September 2009 Restoring the Rights of Persons with Felony Convictions http://defendersfje.tripod.com/id3.html By Lillie Branch-Kennedy In 2008, we Americans headed to the polls in record numbers to vote for our president...

VA: Lorton prison turned into an arts center

Posted on September 23, 2009
?We really are just beginning? By Janet Rems The Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton has already accomplished so much that people think this vibrant, rapidly growing arts community has been around longer than one year. ?We really are just beginning,?...

AZ: Prison guards punished in Marcia Powell's Death: 3 fired, two leave, 10 receive suspensions ranging form 40 to 80 hours, one demoted

Posted on September 23, 2009
Workers Punished In Inmate's Death Marcia Powell Left In Outdoor Holding Cell For 4 Hours In Triple-Digit Heat September 22, 2009 PHOENIX -- Sixteen Arizona prison workers have been disciplined or fired for the death of an inmate left in...

Illinois DOC Press Release Outlining Plan for Reforms Including Tamms Prison Review

Posted on September 22, 2009
Illinois Department of Corrections Director Outlines New Vision for State Prisons, Completes Tamms Prison Review, Announces Reforms Released September 21, 2009 Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) Director Michael P. Randle today outlined his plan for reforming the state?s prison system...

Connecticut's Budget Requires Correction Department Cuts, But No One Seems To Know Where To Make Them

Posted on September 22, 2009
CORRECTIONS Connecticut's Budget Requires Correction Department Cuts, But No One Seems To Know Where To Make Them By CHRISTOPHER KEATING The Hartford Courant September 21, 2009 Just save the money. That's what the state's prisons are being told by the...

NY State Commission of Correction files a lawsuit against Erie Co Sheriff compelling him to operate jail in a safe & humane manner

Posted on September 22, 2009
Posted: Tuesday, 22 September 2009 State Sues Sheriff Howard (It is hard to understand who is speaking in this...but the report is from a radio station). Steve Cichon Reporting scichon@entercom.com Albany, NY (Commission of Correction/WBEN)- Today, the New York State...

Adelanto CA: GEO plans to build private prison for 2,200 immigrants

Posted on September 22, 2009
Private company plans illegal-immigrant prison in Adelanto 2,200-bed facility hinges on winning federal contract September 21, 2009 NATASHA LINDSTROM Staff Writer ADELANTO ? A private prison operator has plans to build a 2,200-bed detention center that holds illegal immigrants on...

OK: Prisons can inflate districts' influence

Posted on September 20, 2009
Prisons can inflate districts' influence by: MICHAEL OVERALL World Staff Writer Sunday, September 20, 2009 For maps to to: http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=14&articleid=20090920_ 11_A1_Onamap449564 On a map of county commissioner districts in Osage County, the border of District 1 zig-zags along rather predictably...

MT: Empty Hardin Prison Pins Its Hopes on Mystery Security Company-American Private Police Force Organization

Posted on September 20, 2009
Hardin still pins hopes on private jail, mystery security company By BECKY SHAY of the Billings Gazette | September 20, 2009 HARDIN - Al Peterson won't say the name of the company that wants to fill the empty jail in...

NV: Pahrump: fight continues against detention center

Posted on September 20, 2009
"At the time, there was no group like Concerned Citizens for a Safe Community, no anti-prison privatization consultants like Frank Smith of the Private Corrections Institute, and only a couple residents who attended the relevant meetings and spoke up...

Schwarzenegger's prison reduction plan falls short of court order

Posted on September 19, 2009
Schwarzenegger's prison reduction plan falls short of court order By Howard Mintz and Denis C. Theriault Mercury News Posted: 09/18/2009 Facing a midnight deadline, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and top prison officials Friday released a plan that falls far short of...

VA: Prison Officials Reverse Ban on Book Program

Posted on September 18, 2009
VIRGINIA Prison Officials Reverse Ban on Book Program By Maria Glod Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, September 17, 2009 Virginia inmates will once again be able to receive free Bibles, dictionaries and other books from a nonprofit group, after state...

CO: Officials in 3 counties ask Gov not to close 3 CCA prisoners to protect jobs in communities

Posted on September 18, 2009
Prison Cutbacks Face Opposition Bent, Crowley and Huerfano officials ask governor to reconsider early release program. By ANTHONY A. MESTAS THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN September 17, 2009 Officials in three Southern Colorado counties said Wednesday that Gov. Bill Ritter's decision to...

IL: DOC head visits Tamms and unveils some reforms

Posted on September 18, 2009
Illinois"Members of Tamms Year Ten, an activist group, praised parts of Randle's plan, but said it doesn't go far enough, particularly when it comes to mentally ill inmates. "It sounds like the Illinois Department of Corrections is really moving into...

PETA Suggests Renting Prison For Chicken Empathy Museum

Posted on September 16, 2009
PETA Suggests Renting Prison For Chicken Empathy Museum http://mystateline.com/content/fulltext/?cid=99621 Tuesday, Sep 15, 2009 (Roanoke, VA) -- PETA's executive vice president sent a letter to Virginia Governor Timothy Kaine on Monday offering to rent a state prison facility and turn it...

IL: Allegations of Human Rights Abuses at Tamms super max during Senate hearing on mental health in prisons

Posted on September 16, 2009
?Mental illness has been criminalized in our country over the last 30 years,? Durbin said. ?By allowing our prisons and jails to become a primary provider of mental health services, we have taken a step backward in the effort to...

VA: Issues That Matter to You: Prison Jobs and Funding

Posted on September 15, 2009
Issues That Matter to You: Prison Jobs and Funding By Amy Gardner Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, September 13, 2009 Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine's decision last week to shutter two state prisons and a juvenile detention center to help...

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