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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: Sexual Abuse of Women Went Unheeded- 2 of 5 articles and Human Rights Watch Report

Posted on January 05, 2009
SPECIAL REPORT | CHAPTER 1 Sexual assaults on female inmates went unheeded Detroit Free Press BY JEFF SEIDEL ? FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER ? January 4, 2009 First of five parts For years, rights groups warned that male guards were...

PA: Rendell Wants No Parole for People Convicted of Repeated Violent Crimes

Posted on January 05, 2009
Rendell Wants No Parole For Repeat Violent Offenders Last Edited: Sunday, 04 Jan 2009 Governor Ed Rendell PHILADELPHIA -- Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell has put forth his first order of business for 2009. He wants to get rid of parole...

CA: Schwarzenegger's plan would cut number of parolees in half and reduce the prison population by 10% in a year

Posted on January 03, 2009
His proposal would cut the number of parolees in half and reduce the prison population by almost 10% within a year... Schwarzenegger plan would save nearly $1 billion in prisoner and parolee costs afurillo@sacbee.com Published Friday, Jan. 02, 2009 Gov...

NY State Law requires employers to provide jobseekers with criminal records with anti-discrimination info

Posted on January 01, 2009
In 2008, the first bill drafted by the David Rothenberg Center for Public Policy (DRCPP) at the Fortune Society, The Employer Education Act, was passed by the New York State Legislature and signed into law by Governor Paterson. The law:...

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Helen Suzman, Anti-Apartheid Leader, Dies at 91

Posted on January 01, 2009
"She was also remembered for efforts to ease p[prison conditions for Mr. Mandela and other political captives, ensuring that they were able to receive books." January 2, 2009 Helen Suzman, Anti-Apartheid Leader, Dies at 91 By ALAN COWELL and CELIA...

CA: Arsenic levels too high in Kern Valley State Prison's drinking water

Posted on December 29, 2008
Later, the agency developed plans to add a filtration plant. It obtained $2.5 million from lawmakers for that purpose in 2006. But planners abandoned the idea, electing instead to incorporate the project into an overall prison expansion approved by lawmakers...

Study reports murders by Black teenage men rise

Posted on December 29, 2008
"Bruce Western, a sociologist at Harvard, cautioned that the change in murder rates was not large and did not yet show a clear trend. Dr. Western also said that the impact of the reduction in government spending on crime control...

Oklahoma's Incarceration Rates--What would it mean to be average

Posted on December 29, 2008
Oklahoma's Incarceration Rates by: JULIE DELCOUR Associate Editor Sunday, December 28, 2008 What if Oklahoma's per-capita incarceration rate were average. Nothing excessive, mind you, just similar to that of states in the middle of the pack? The research committee over...

PA: Corruption a keystone of state government, prof says

Posted on December 28, 2008
Corruption a keystone of state government, prof says By Brad Bumsted and Brian Bowling TRIBUNE-REVIEW Saturday, December 20, 2008 HARRISBURG -- Pennsylvania is one of just a few states where corrupt government is ingrained in the culture. That's the view...

Leaning on Jail, City of Immigrants Fills Cells With Its Own

Posted on December 27, 2008
Maps http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/12/26/us/1227_DETAIN.html http://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/dwnmap December 27, 2008 Leaning on Jail, City of Immigrants Fills Cells With Its Own By NINA BERNSTEIN- NY Times CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. ? Few in this threadbare little mill town gave much thought to the Donald W...

Cash-strapped states cut juvenile justice programs

Posted on December 27, 2008
Cash-strapped states cut juvenile justice programs December 26, 2008 By JIM DAVENPORT COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ? State budget cuts are forcing some of the nation's youngest criminals out of counseling programs and group homes and into juvenile prisons in what...

Christmas Day in a Louisiana Dungeon: Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace Sent Back to Solitary

Posted on December 26, 2008
Ira Glasser Former Executive Director, ACLU Posted December 25, 2008 Christmas Day in a Louisiana Dungeon This is a story about a double crucifixion happening on the very day that hundreds of millions of Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus....

WA: cut backs for state DOC and making consolidating a prison for women

Posted on December 26, 2008
State might make Larch all-women prison Corrections seeks ways to save funds in face of budget woes Wednesday, December 24 | 9:00 p.m. THE COLUMBIAN, AP State officials are considering making the Larch Corrections Center in Clark County an all-women?s...

Alaska's prison population falls

Posted on December 26, 2008
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Alaska's prison population falls The Associated Press Published Thursday, December 25, 2008 ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- There are fewer prisoners under the watch of the Alaska Department of Corrections this year even though there have been more bookings...

Needle and Syringe Programs Reduce HIV in Prisons. Methadone treatment also effective in reducing injection drug use and HIV in prison

Posted on December 25, 2008
Needle and Syringe Programs Reduce HIV in Prisons. Methadone treatment also effective in reducing injection drug use and HIV in prison Modern Medicine: December 24, 2008 WEDNESDAY, Dec. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Reducing injection drug use in prison to reduce...

WI: Univ. of WI-Federal Prison to end 4 year college program

Posted on December 24, 2008
UW-Baraboo, prison end relationship By Matthew Ryno / News Republic December 24, 2008-- Baraboo, WI Working toward a four-year university degree while behind bars will no longer be an option at a nearby federal prison, due to a push to...

VT putting criminal records on line.

Posted on December 23, 2008
States putting criminal records online by John Curran - Dec. 21, 2008 Associated Press WATERBURY, Vt. - Worried your daughter's new boyfriend might have a nefarious past? Want to know whether the job applicant in front of you has a...

Booked: Seminar Explores American Prisons

Posted on December 23, 2008
Booked: Seminar Explores American Prisons by Nora Grenfell '12 Hamilton College (NY) December 23, 2008 During the fall semester, a new seminar was offered by Hamilton's English Department. "Booked: Prison Writing," taught by Associate Professor Doran Larson, offered a survey...

OH: Budget cuts force closure of Cincinnati jail

Posted on December 22, 2008
Budget cuts force closure of Cincinnati jail Published on Saturday Dec 20, 2008 One of Hamilton Countys four jails has shut its doors because of budget cuts, the first time a jail has closed in the county without a new...

VT: Womens prison opens, but not enough women to fill it

Posted on December 22, 2008
http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/83334/ Womens prison opens, but not enough women to fill it Monday December 22, 2008 ST. ALBANS, Vt. (AP) Vermont corrections officials have rearranged the states prison system,turning the correctional facility in St. Albans into awomens prison...

UT: Focus of budget cuts include drug abuse treatment and cuts to juvenile jails

Posted on December 22, 2008
Focus of budget cuts begins to sharpen Huntsmans plan � Several social programs would feel the pinch and 1,100 could lose their jobs. By Robert Gehrke The Salt Lake Tribune Updated:12/20/2008 It is, perhaps, the unlucky 7. But details of...

The Evidence Gap Drug Rehabilitation or Revolving Door?

Posted on December 22, 2008
December 23, 2008 The Evidence Gap Drug Rehabilitation or Revolving Door? By BENEDICT CAREY NY Times ROSEBURG, Ore. ? Their first love might be the rum or vodka or gin and juice that is going around the bonfire. Or maybe...

OH: State could invest in half-way houses rather than more prisons

Posted on December 19, 2008
Ohio bill seeks to ease prison crowding By JULIE CARR SMYTH AP Statehouse Correspondent Thursday Dec 18, 2008 Akron Beacon Journal Non-violent drug offenders could spend more time in halfway houses instead of in prison. Well-behaved inmates who earn their...

The Angola 3: Reform, Bobby Jindal Style

Posted on December 18, 2008
James Rucker Posted December 17, 2008 | Reform, Bobby Jindal Style http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-rucker/reform-bobby-jindal-style_b_151737.html We may be on the brink of inaugurating a Black president, but the miscarriage of justice unfolding in Louisiana with the case of the Angola 3 tells a...

Blog Reveiw on Hunger, Homeless Poverty Task for of the American Library Assoc.: Comics for community organizing, outreach and education

Posted on December 18, 2008
Hunger, Homelessness Poverty Task Force Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association http://www.hhptf.org/ Comics for community organizing, outreach and education Monday December 15, 2008 Graphic novels are a suitable medium for illustrating cold, hard facts...

MA: Marijuana Law Comes With Challenges

Posted on December 18, 2008
December 18, 2008 Marijuana Law Comes With Challenges By ABBY GOODNOUGH NY Times BOSTON ? Last month, voters approved a statewide measure decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana. Now, wary authorities say, comes the hard part. They are...

NY: Gov. Paterson marks for prisons for closing

Posted on December 17, 2008
Published December 16, 2008 04:39 pm - After winning efforts to keep the minimum-security prison open, workers and lawmakers look at a different fight this time. Paterson proposes closing Camp Gabriels By KIM SMITH DEDAM Staff Writer LAKE PLACID ?...

HOME DEPOT ACCUSED OF VIOLATING CIVIL RIGHTS OF JOB APPLICANTS WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS---Legal Action Center and National Employment Law Center seeking poeple with complaints

Posted on December 17, 2008
HOME DEPOT ACCUSED OF VIOLATING CIVIL RIGHTS OF JOB APPLICANTS WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS Please see the notice below regarding a Title VII national class charge recently filed against Home Depot based on its failure to hire applicants due to their...

JEHT Foundation closes down due to investments with Bernad Madoff

Posted on December 15, 2008
Statement of Robert Crane, President of the JEHT Foundation, on behalf of the Foundation?s Board of Directors Posted under General News on Monday, December 15, 2008 The JEHT Foundation, a national philanthropic organization, has stopped all grant making effective immediately...

MA DOC 2007 annual report

Posted on December 14, 2008
http://www.mass.gov/Eeops/docs/doc/annual_report_2007.pdf...

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