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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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IL: Joliet takes first steps to rehabilitate prison as a park

Posted on July 19, 2009
Tourist trap? Joliet takes first steps to rehabilitate prison as a park By Steve Schmadeke | Tribune reporter July 18, 2009 For more than a century, the Joliet Correctional Center was known as one of the nation's toughest prisons, a...

MA: An Act to Reform CORI, Restore Economic Opportunity and Improve Public Safety H. #3523, S. #1608

Posted on July 17, 2009
From Boston Workers Alliance An Act to Reform CORI, Restore Economic Opportunity and Improve Public Safety H. #3523, S. #1608 Background Growing access to criminal background information prevents hundreds of thousands of Massachusetts residents from obtaining work, housing and educational...

Jacqueline Berrien, of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund Chosen to Head E.E.O.C.

Posted on July 17, 2009
Obama Chooses an E.E.O.C. Leader Published: July 16, 2009 NY Times President Obama picked Jacqueline A. Berrien, a lawyer with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, to head the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The White House made the announcement...

NAACP CALLS FOR END TO PRISON-BASED GERRYMANDERING AT NATIONAL CONVENTION

Posted on July 17, 2009
NAACP CALLS FOR END TO PRISON-BASED GERRYMANDERING AT NATIONAL CONVENTION by Peter Wagner, July 17, 2009 [URL: http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2009/07/17/naacp/ ] On Tuesday, the delegates to the NAACP's 100th annual convention approved a resolution calling for an end to prison-based gerrymandering: THEREFORE,...

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LA: Tallulah: closed male prison re-opens as women's prison run by parish sheriff

Posted on July 17, 2009
DOC moves 75 females to facility in Tallulah By Matthew Hamilton ? July 16, 2009 Tallulah's prison has a new name to go along with its new purpose. Formerly known as the Steve Hoyle Rehabilitation Center, the prison is now...

Sotomayor for the Prosecution

Posted on July 16, 2009
Sotomayor for the Prosecution ? By James Ridgeway | Wed July 15, 2009 Mother Jones Sonia Sotomayor's all-but-certain confirmation will be a notable victory for the Democrats, and a long-overdue victory for diversity on the nation's highest court. Whether it...

Brief Review in Rethinking Schools: *The Real Cost of Prisons Comix

Posted on July 14, 2009
*The Real Cost of Prisons Comix Edited by Lois Ahrens Comix by Kevin Pyle, Sabrina Jones and Susan Willmarth (PM Press, 2008) $12.95, unpaginated Between the 1920s and 1960s, about one out of every one thousand people in the United...

WA: DOC receives $185 in Federal Stimulus Funds

Posted on July 14, 2009
STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 13, 2009 DOC to Receive Nearly $185 Million in Federal Stimulus Funds OLYMPIA ? The Department of Corrections will receive nearly $185 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds...

America's Jail Crisis: Budget-strapped counties are being crushed by the costs of incarceration. But there are solutions.

Posted on July 14, 2009
America's Jail Crisis Jesse Bogan, 07.13.09 Budget-strapped counties are being crushed by the costs of incarceration. But there are solutions. Forbes.com HOUSTON -- Out the 20th floor window of the Harris County Criminal Justice Center, the sprawl and elevation of...

OK: Republicans Push for More Prisoners to Go to Private Prisons. 3,000 "beds' in private prisons empty.

Posted on July 13, 2009
Private prisons in Oklahoma The state has six private prisons that hold about 19 percent of the prison population or 4,343 offenders. The average cost for a medium-security bed in a private prison is $17,611 a year and $23,725 for...

Barbara Margolis, Prisoners? Advocate, Dies at 79

Posted on July 13, 2009
Barbara Margolis, Prisoners? Advocate, Dies at 79 By MARGALIT FOX Published: July 12, 2009 NY Times Barbara Margolis, a longtime volunteer in New York City jails who 20 years ago founded Fresh Start, a widely praised training program that brings...

Opinion: To get more, they need Gitmo Don't be surprised if distressed Small Town U.S.A. rolls out the welcome mat for Guantanamo prisoners.

Posted on July 13, 2009
Opinion: To get more, they need Gitmo Don't be surprised if distressed Small Town U.S.A. rolls out the welcome mat for Guantanamo prisoners. By Eric J. Williams June 29, 2009 LA Times When Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) and other Republicans...

NY Times: About New York: Giving Life, Wearing Shackles and Chains,SEEKING CHANGE A protest in Manhattan over shackling of women in labor.

Posted on July 12, 2009
Congratulations to Tina Reynolds and Stacey Thompson and all of the other women on their excellent organizing work. Remember to call Gov. Paterson's office to say you want him to sign the bill! Lois About New York: Giving Life, Wearing...

NV: Mental Illness Keeps Many Clycling Through Jail

Posted on July 12, 2009
Illness keeps many on cycle through jail Committing crimes gets them treatment which ends with their release By Timothy Pratt Sunday, July 12, 2009 | 2 a.m. CASE STUDIES: HIGH COSTS, POOR OUTCOMES If Nevada was willing to invest in...

Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Attorney General Eric Holder at the Vera Institute of Justice?s Third Annual Justice Address

Posted on July 11, 2009
Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Attorney General Eric Holder at the Vera Institute of Justice?s Third Annual Justice Address Thursday, July 9, 2009...

Review of The Real Cost of Prisons Comix in Feminist Review

Posted on July 10, 2009
Thursday, July 9, 2009 The Real Cost of Prisons Comix Edited by Lois Ahrens PM Press As activists know all too well, crafting a political message and effectively mobilizing an audience is an elusive task. In The Real Cost Of...

Once Again, Guilty of Having HIV

Posted on July 10, 2009
Once Again, Guilty of Having HIV posted 2009-07-09 by Cynthia Fernandez CHLP Intern Last week, the Knoxville News Sentinel reported a case of a young woman arrested for prostitution in Knoxville, Tennessee, who faces a three-to-fifteen-year prison term for ?aggravated...

PA Report: Census Prisoner Count Dilutes Urban Political Clout

Posted on July 10, 2009
PA Report: Census Prisoner Count Dilutes Urban Political Clout The Legal Intelligencer By Amaris Elliott-Engel June 26, 2009 The voting power of Philadelphians is diluted on the state level because state and federal prisoners are counted by the U.S. Census...

MI/CA: Guards hope for prisoners from CA

Posted on July 09, 2009
He's blunter about Michigan's plan to release thousands of inmates earlier than would once have been the case. "Lock your door and load your guns -- you're going to need it," Tylutki said. Corrections officers conducted "informational picketing" Tuesday outside...

WI: Both Dems and GOP irked as govenor vetoes key prison release terms. Some changes made.

Posted on July 09, 2009
All but people convicted of the most violent offenses will be eligible for "earned release." "While the final decision over who gets out early will be up to a newly created Earned Release Review Commission appointed by the governor, which...

MA: Letters to the Editor of the Boston Globe on jail "riot"

Posted on July 09, 2009
OVERCROWDED INMATES Middlesex Jail prisoners reached a breaking point July 9, 2009 RE ?PRISONERS force evacuation of jail: Vandalism was cause of flooding, sheriff reports?? (Metro, July 6): The conditions under which we hold prisoners awaiting trial at Cambridge?s Middlesex...

California grants early release of some parole violators

Posted on July 09, 2009
From the Los Angeles Times California grants early release of parole violators Dealing with overcrowding and fiscal constraints, officials have set free some inmates and approved early release for others. By Michael Rothfeld July 9, 2009 Reporting from Sacramento ?...

Middlesex Jail in Cambridge MA: Prisoner crowding is cited after riot. Population is up fivefold since 1980

Posted on July 07, 2009
Prisoner crowding is cited after riot Population is up fivefold since 1980 By Jonathan Saltzman The Boston Globe / July 7, 2009 The weekend riot at the Middlesex Jail in Cambridge has put a spotlight on overcrowding at Massachusetts jails,...

PA: No parole for people convicted of violent offences...not so fast critics warn.

Posted on July 07, 2009
No parole for repeat violent offenders? Not so fast, critics warn By DANA DiFILIPPO Philadelphia Daily News WITH EVERY violent crime committed by a repeat offender, get-tough politicians and police bemoan crime's incalculable cost to society - the lost victims,...

Giving Birth in Chains: The Shackling of Incarcerated Women During Labor and Delivery

Posted on July 06, 2009
Giving Birth in Chains: The Shackling of Incarcerated Women During Labor and Delivery By Anna Clark Created Jul 6 2009 - 7:00am As birthing choices are increasingly prominent in the public conversation, pregnant women are more and more empowered to...

Bus with NY prison visitors tips over, killing 1.

Posted on July 06, 2009
Bus with NY prison visitors tips over, killing 1. 7-4-09 LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. (AP) ? A bus transporting visitors to upstate prisons rolled onto its side and plowed into a rock ledge on a highway in the Adirondack mountains early...

Editorial: Justice Ignored. The detention of immigrants under Obama continues to be neglectful and abusive

Posted on July 06, 2009
Editorial: Justice Ignored NY Times Published: July 5, 2009 In January 2007, two immigrant advocacy groups and two former immigration detainees petitioned the Department of Homeland Security to take a simple but important step. They asked it to establish legally...

Jim Webb?s attack on American Gulag

Posted on July 06, 2009
Jim Webb?s attack on American Gulag By Alexander Cockburn Published: Monday, July 6, 2009 Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia introduced his bill to set up a bipartisan National Criminal Justice Commission. "We find ourselves as a nation," Webb declared, "in...

Prison Visits Go ?Pay-Per-View?

Posted on July 06, 2009
July 6, 2009 Prison Visits Go ?Pay-Per-View? MIAMI (CBS/AP) There?s still no place like home, but for the prison population, "being there" on the Web is becoming the next best thing. And prison officials say "video-conference visitation" offers benefits for...

NY Times: article on the effects of mass incarceration on the families of people who have been incarcerated

Posted on July 05, 2009
This is an extremely narrow view...still I thought you might want to read it and check out the graph. And, of course, comments can be made on the NY Times website and letters to the editor. Lois In Prisoners? Wake,...

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