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29 Sep 2008, 4:17 am
Penitentiary in Florence lasted nearly a half-hour and injured six times the number of people the Bureau of Prisons announced at the time, according to an incident report obtained... [read post]
16 Feb 2008, 8:49 pm
This week a Hasidic rabbi serving a twenty seven year sentence for financial fraud sought summary judgment in a suit against the federal Bureau of Prisons over the alleged infringement of his religious rights. [read post]
19 Jul 2019, 1:48 pm
Bureau of Justice Statistics, women prisoners are 3 times more likely than their male counterparts to have been sexually or physically abused in the past. [read post]
23 Dec 2012, 5:11 am
As part of my ongoing research into the origins of mass incarceration, I’ve been spending some quality time recently with a voluminous, fifty-year-old government report by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Characteristics of State Prisoners, 1960. [read post]
18 Aug 2011, 11:50 am
Based on years of litigation with the Bureau of Prisons, we have prepared a Guide posted here aimed at helping federal defenders provide the best representation for their clients both before and after sentencing. [read post]
16 May 2013, 12:21 pm
Bureau of Statistics. [read post]
15 Oct 2007, 5:10 am
Bureau of Prisons, will be among the federal institutions reviewed during a hearing before Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton today. [read post]
22 Dec 2021, 9:00 am
On December 21, 2021, the Department of Justice reversed a Trump-era legal opinion which would have required the Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) to reincarcerate individuals on home confinement at the end of the COVID-19 emergency. [read post]
21 Jan 2007, 10:59 am
As explained in this press release (emphasis added), being sent to state prison might extend the average person's life:The nation's state prison officials reported that 12,129 inmates died while in custody from 2001 through 2004, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. [read post]
24 Feb 2015, 1:22 pm
And the Bureau of Prisons' oversight mechanisms offer little protection. [read post]
14 Sep 2021, 10:49 pm
Pundits assert the Bureau of Prisons has shortened the date spans for prisoner release, arbitrarily shortened the timing of awards, and failed to make a timely implementation of earned time credits. [read post]
16 Jan 2007, 4:29 am
Bureau of Justice Statistics study finding that 56 percent of state prison inmates and 64 percent of local jail prisoners reported mental health problems within the past year. [read post]
9 Dec 2009, 1:58 am
Here are two new reports (forwarded by a helpful reader) from the Bureau of Justice Statistics at USDOJ comparing state prison, probation and parole populations: Prisoners in 2008 Probation and Parole in the United States 2008 Let's run through a few highlights, with an emphasis on Texas' standing: According to BJS, the massive growth in state prison populations witnessed in recent decades is finally beginning to retard, though trends vary widely from… [read post]
30 Mar 2020, 7:50 am
21 Dec 2010, 4:50 pm
The Bureau of Justice Statistics has released its annual report on the number of people in prisons and jails and on probation and parole. [read post]
15 Mar 2011, 10:22 am
Recidivism rates may be generated for the entire sample of released prisoners or for released prisoners with specific demographic, criminal history, and sentence attributes. [read post]
10 Jul 2009, 12:30 pm
Back in 2007, the Bureau of Prisons directed its chaplains to purge the prisons of all religious texts. [read post]
4 Apr 2010, 4:33 pm
This blog focuses a great deal on prison costs, but the chart below from the Bureau of Justice Statistics shows that costs for police and the judiciary have also been escalating over the past 25 years:Here's a link to the data underlying the chart. [read post]
9 Feb 2009, 9:25 am
Prisoners voting rights in Hong KongOn 18 December 2008, I reported on this development.Less than 2 months later, I can report that the Chinese authorities have leaped in front of the UK on the human rights issue of prisoner voting...Article in fullViews sought on prisoner voting rightsThe Constitutional & Mainland Affairs Bureau is seeking public views on three proposals on prisoner voting rights until March 23.Secretary for Constitutional… [read post]
11 Feb 2010, 12:19 am
2-11-2010 National:WASHINGTON—States are getting new leeway in tallying their prisoners in the 2010 census -- a move that could reshape the political map, increasing urban population numbers while reducing the figures for rural voting districts where inmates are incarcerated.The Census Bureau said this week it would release data on prison populations to states when they redraw legislative [read post]
