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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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Last Entry: March 27, 2011 at 18:14:51

Do you want your tax dollars to build a 5,800 bed jail in New Orleans?

Posted on September 04, 2010
HOW DO YOU WANT YOUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS SPENT TO REBUILD OUR CITY? FACT: There are currently 3,500 inmates in the Orleans Parish Prison (OPP), 2,700 of whom are ?city prisoners.? This represents the highest rate of detention of any urban...

"What is Prison -Based Gerrymandering" --A film version to premier Oct. 15, 2010

Posted on September 04, 2010
What Is Prison-Based Gerrymandering? By Jeff Reichert Writer and Director of the documentary film Gerrymandering September 3, 2010 11:24 AM (go to this URL for a trailer of the movie: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-reichert/what-is-prisonbased-gerry_b_704847...

AZ: "Marcia Powell's Death Unavenged: County Attorney Passes on Prosecuting Prison Staff" with comments from Donna Hamm and Peggy Plews

Posted on September 02, 2010
Marcia Powell's Death Unavenged: County Attorney Passes on Prosecuting Prison Staff By Stephen Lemons, Wed., Sep. 1 2010 @ 8:09AM Feathered Bastard Sadly, Marcia Powell may never get justice The Maricopa County Attorney's Office has chosen not to prosecute Arizona...

People who have been incarcerated face big debt challenges after prison & burdened by paying off large bills

Posted on August 31, 2010
Ex-offenders face big debt challenges after prison Life after prison is often burdened by paying off large bills By Erica Sandberg Creditcards.com August 31, 2010 Even after leaving prison, most ex-offenders still carry a ball and chain: debt. About 650,000...

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Prison Without Walls (The Atlantic Monthly)

Posted on August 31, 2010
Prison Without Walls Incarceration in America is a failure by almost any measure. But what if the prisons could be turned inside out, with convicts released into society under constant electronic surveillance? Radical though it may seem, early experiments suggest...

MI: How to close prisons and still not save money

Posted on August 31, 2010
Melot: Prison costs loom over Michigan Prisoner releases haven't altered budgetary trends August 31, 2010 Is Michigan doomed to a $2 billion per year Corrections Department? Readers may be aware of the Granholm administration's push to reduce the prison population...

CO: Canon City Opens 316 "high security" 24 hour a day lock down cages

Posted on August 28, 2010
Prisoners, Security, Cells, High Security, Department of Corrections CANON CITY, COLO. -- A new high security prison in Canon City is preparing to open its doors to problem prisoners, and officials said the new facility is long overdue. The Centennial...

NH: Lack of money for treatment means prisoners can stay in prison for a year waiting for programs

Posted on August 27, 2010
Inmates' treatment bottleneck means delays in release By TOM FAHEY State House Bureau Chief Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010 CONCORD ? State prison inmates trying to earn parole, many of them with alcohol and drug abuse backgrounds, face a shortage of...

NY: Ithaca school board balks at buying-from-prisons policy. State purchasing policy requirement removed

Posted on August 27, 2010
"Board member Eldred Harris said he could not square the concept of benefiting financially from the prison system with a requirement to purchase goods from correctional facilities when those within the prison system are evidence of school districts' failures...

AZ: Are private prisons worth the cost?

Posted on August 24, 2010
Are private prisons worth the cost? By Suzy Khimm Well before passing Arizona's controversial immigration law, Arizona lawmakers were treating the state as a laboratory of sorts for the criminal justice system. Last year, state legislators passed a bill that...

Aging in Prison

Posted on August 24, 2010
Aging in prison Columbia Daily Tribune, Columbia MO STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS Sunday, August 22, 2010 Curtis Ballard rides a motorized wheelchair around his prison ward, which happens to be the new assisted-living unit ? a place of many windows...

NY Times Editorial: An End to Prison Gerrymandering

Posted on August 23, 2010
NY Times Editorial An End to Prison Gerrymandering Published: August 22, 2010 Gov. David Paterson of New York took a stand for electoral fairness earlier this month when he signed legislation that bans prison-based gerrymandering ? the cynical practice of...

Report rips private Ariz. prison after escape

Posted on August 22, 2010
Report rips private Ariz. prison after escape 8-20-10 By JJ Hensley, The Arizona Republic The escape of three inmates from an Arizona prison will bring sweeping changes to the privately run facility near Kingman and could alter the way the...

NY Republican Candidate Proposes Turning Prisons into Dormitories for People Receiving Welfare

Posted on August 22, 2010
Still another example of no disgusting thought left unsaid..... "Instead of handing out the welfare checks, we'll teach people how to earn their check. We'll teach them personal hygiene ... the personal things they don't get when they come from...

IN: Take the money and . . . ? Despite law, schools get little of assets seized from crime suspects

Posted on August 20, 2010
Take the money and . . . ? Despite law, schools get little of assets seized from crime suspects Tim Evans and Heather Gillers Star Watch Investigation- Indystar.com August 17, 2010 In Indiana, when police seize cash, luxury cars and...

MO: Innovative Program Brings Education to Inmates, Employees at Maximum Security Facility

Posted on August 20, 2010
Hearst Foundation Awards $150,000 to Saint Louis University Prison Initiative Innovative Program Brings Education to Inmates, Employees at Maximum Security Facility http://www.slu.edu/x38609.xml August 16, 2010- Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS ? Saint Louis University has received a $150,000 grant from...

Health issues with older prisoners cost Maine

Posted on August 19, 2010
Health issues with older inmates cost Maine Panel weighs prisons versus nursing homes 8/16/10 By Mal Leary Capitol News Service AUGUSTA, Maine ? Maine is not only the oldest state in the nation, the inmates in the state?s correctional facilities...

NC: Death Row Prisoners File Racial Justice Act Claims

Posted on August 18, 2010
Death Row Prisoners File Racial Justice Act Claims Carol Turowski Co-Director of the Innocence and Justice Clinic, Wake Forest University School of Law Posted: August 9, 2010 03:33 PM The release last week of a study conducted by two law...

Daily Hampshire Gazette: In Our Opinion: CORI reform - legislative change that makes sense

Posted on August 17, 2010
In Our Opinion: CORI reform - legislative change that makes sense By Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton/Hampshire County) Created 08/17/2010 A long-fought battle to help former prisoners move on once they've paid their dues to society was won earlier this month...

MA: Another suicide raises questions about safety of MA prisoners

Posted on August 16, 2010
Suicide raises questions about safety of Mass. inmates By Shelley Murphy Boston Globe Staff / August 16, 2010 Philip Markoff?s apparent suicide yesterday in a Boston jail comes at a time of increasing scrutiny on suicides in the state?s prisons...

Vermont Prisoners Now In a CCA Prisons in TN & KY To Be Sent to the Greenfield (MA) Jail

Posted on August 14, 2010
Vermont inmates headed for Mass. (for an aerial view of the Greenfield jail go to http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20100813/NEWS02/100812036/Vermont-inmates-headed-for-Mass#ixzz0wb8TV7fP) By Sam Hemingway, Burlington Free Press Staff Writer ? Friday, August 13, 2010 Up to 100 Vermont inmates will be transferred from out-of-state, privately...

Calif. borrows from budget to build new death row

Posted on August 14, 2010
Calif. borrows from budget to build new death row By DON THOMPSON, Associated Press Writer Wednesday, August 11, 2010 Sacramento, Calif. (AP) -- Despite California's $19 billion budget deficit, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration said Wednesday it will borrow nearly $65...

NY: City Moves to Reopen a Brooklyn Jail Shuttered in 2003, but Drops Plans to Expand It

Posted on August 14, 2010
City Moves to Reopen a Brooklyn Jail Shuttered in 2003, but Drops Plans to Expand It By JOHN ELIGON NY Times: Published: August 11, 2010 Despite neighborhood unease, the city is moving forward with plans to fully reopen a jail...

NH: Students and prisoners prodcue a play

Posted on August 13, 2010
Students and inmates produce play By Ann Baum, The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth Published on Friday, August 13, 2010 (Go to the URL below for a great picture!) Every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon, seven of the 14 students enrolled in...

MA: Federal Judge Orders MA Correctional Health to Turn Over Records On Prisoner Suicides

Posted on August 12, 2010
Judge orders prison suicide records Advocacy group sues over care of inmates By Jonathan Saltzman Globe Staff / August 12, 2010 A federal judge in Boston ordered a former contractor for the state prison system yesterday to provide him with...

MA: Activist led drive to scrutinize inmate fees

Posted on August 11, 2010
Activist led drive to scrutinize inmate fees By Daily Hampshire Gazette Created 08/11/2010 - 09:00 NORTHAMPTON - A Northampton woman played a role in convincing the Legislature to take a second look at a move to charge inmates fees in...

CA Prison Budget Cuts Hurt Jail Plans

Posted on August 11, 2010
CA Prison Budget Cuts Hurt Jail Plans (Unknown Source) Posted: 11 Aug 2010 06:27 AM PDT State government has promised to chip in $26 million for a new jail in Calaveras County and $80 million for a jail expansion in...

MA: New Law Signed on August 6, 2010 A Good Step in the Right Direction on Ending Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentences

Posted on August 10, 2010
Families Against Mandatory Minimums On August 6, 2010, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick signed into law limited but promising reform of the state?s harsh mandatory minimum sentencing laws for drug offenses. Drug offenders who are serving mandatory minimum sentences at county...

Voices from Solitary: Gang "Validation" and Permanent Isolation in California Prisons including an essay from Joseph Aragon

Posted on August 08, 2010
Voices from Solitary: Gang "Validation" and Permanent Isolation in California Prisons Jean Casella and James Ridgeway | August 7, 2010 URL: http://wp.me/pKbGK-wR (from Solitary Watch) To read more of Joseph Aragon's work including some of his poetry go to:...

"Epidemic" of Suicides in Massachusetts Prisons

Posted on August 08, 2010
"Epidemic" of Suicides in Massachusetts Prisons Jean Casella and James Ridgeway | August 6, 2010 From Solitary Watch URL: http://wp.me/pKbGK-w1 On July 15, an inmate hanged himself in his cell at the Old Colony Correctional Center in Bridgewater, bringing the...

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