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10 May 2011, 5:23 am by lpbncontracts
United States, the plaintiff is a dental hygienist who claims that the U.S. [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]
27 Dec 2012, 7:58 am by Michael M. O'Hear
The Bureau of Justice Statistics has released the latest installment in its annual series on imprisonment in the United StatesPrisoners in 2011. [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… [read post]
9 Apr 2014, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
The American Humanist Association announced yesterday that it has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Prisons seeking require an Oregon federal prison to recognize Humanism as an official religious assignment option. [read post]
1 Aug 2012, 2:43 pm by Dan Gauss
In our report we detail how state governments could save substantial sums of taxpayer money – an estimated $28,362 per year per released aging state prisoner on the low-end – by actually releasing aging state prisoners, who pose no substantial public safety threat, through age-based parole programs. [read post]
5 Dec 2007, 5:22 pm
Among many holiday season traditions for sentencing fans is the release by the Bureau of Justice Statistics of its national head count of the number of persons in State and Federal prisons, and the number of persons on probation and parole, at yearend the prior year. [read post]
5 Sep 2018, 5:01 am by Andrew Hamm
United States, in which the Supreme Court struck down the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act, finding it unconstitutionally vague. [read post]
15 Feb 2024, 6:03 pm by Yosi Yahoudai
If approved, the appointment of a special master would have little, if any, precedent at a United States federal prison, according to attorneys seeking the arrangement. [read post]
9 Jun 2021, 6:13 am by David Oscar Markus
From the intro:Federal prison inmates are keeping large sums of money — in some cases more than $100,000 each — in government-run deposit accounts effectively shielded from court orders for things like child support, alimony or other debts, and not subject to the same scrutiny as accounts owned by non-incarcerated citizens, according to court documents and interviews.
Within the Federal Bureau of Prisons system, which houses roughly 129,000 inmates in… [read post]
2 Apr 2020, 12:36 pm by [email protected]
Attorney General William Barr announced in March that he was instructing the Bureau of Prisons to increase the use of home confinement for eligible federal prisoners. [read post]
2 Apr 2020, 12:36 pm by [email protected]
Attorney General William Barr announced in March that he was instructing the Bureau of Prisons to increase the use of home confinement for eligible federal prisoners. [read post]
1 Nov 2011, 3:56 am by Richard Renner
In July, the American Federation of Government (AFGE) Employees Council of Prison Locals called on Attorney General Eric Holder and the United States Congress in July to hold Bureau of Prisons (BOP) leadership accountable for failure to make changes to the climate of retaliation and discrimination that’s running rampant in the federal prison system. [read post]
19 Jun 2009, 9:09 am
In a recent report the United States topped all countries for the highest incarceration rate in the world. [read post]
23 Dec 2012, 5:11 am by Michael M. O'Hear
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]
19 Jan 2024, 1:10 pm by jeffreynewmanadmin
Jalal Hajavi, a Virginia man was sentenced yesterday to 24 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for criminal conduct in connection with a scheme to unlawfully export heavy equipment from the United States to Iran by routing the shipments though the United Arab Emirates (UAE). [read post]
19 Jan 2024, 1:07 pm by jeffreynewmanadmin
Jalal Hajavi, a Virginia man was sentenced yesterday to 24 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for criminal conduct in connection with a scheme to unlawfully export heavy equipment from the United States to Iran by routing the shipments though the United Arab Emirates (UAE). [read post]