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4 Mar 2019, 11:23 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The bill requires guards in women's prisons to receive training related to pregnant inmates and for the women to receive education about their pregnancy, parenting skills, medical and mental health issues, etc.. [read post]
15 Mar 2011, 2:25 pm by Anne Morrison, Women's Rights Project
You can learn more about girls in juvenile justice facilities on this page, which features podcast interviews and photos of the Brownwood State School, a youth prison in Texas. [read post]
2 Jul 2012, 2:45 pm
After spending nearly 11 years behind bars, two Mississippi women were released from prison last week when a judged vacated their aggravated assault convictions. [read post]
27 Jan 2012, 9:17 am by Gritsforbreakfast
From a Human Rights Watch press release:Aging men and women are the most rapidly growing group in US prisons, and prison officials are hard-pressed to provide them appropriate housing and medical care, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. [read post]
13 Dec 2011, 5:27 pm by Susan I. Nelson
The press release stated that “reports from inside the facility included complaints of lack of access to medical care, including for pregnant women, spoiled food, no contact visits, and virtually non-existent access to attorneys. [read post]
15 Jul 2012, 12:00 pm by Paul F. Enzinna
Although it is unconstitutional to imprison an individual for inability to pay fine, men and women across the United States are serving jail time for failure to pay criminal fines and "user fees" imposed by cash-strapped jurisdictions. [read post]
14 Mar 2012, 1:19 pm by Michael L. Guisti
A conviction of felony grand theft can result up to three years in state prison, and in this case with 15 counts of grand theft pending if convicted the suspects could face up to 45 years in prison, says Guisti. [read post]
24 Mar 2015, 12:54 pm by J. Bradley Smith, Esq.
The Women in Prison Project contends that shackling during labor increases the risks of injury both to mother and child. [read post]
6 Jun 2019, 4:01 am by Administrator
As [Elizabeth] Comack observes, “For some [women], incarceration is part of a long line of state intervention into their lives. [read post]
1 Sep 2010, 10:24 am by Marsha Banks, Amiracle4sure
To learn more about how your state treats pregnant women in prison, see our map on state standards for pregnancy-related heath care in prison. [read post]
12 Nov 2010, 7:05 am
Assault with intent to rob or murder is punishable by up to 20 years in the state prison. [read post]
10 Jul 2010, 8:44 am by Gritsforbreakfast
"Becky Price, deputy director of TDCJ's rehabilitation programs division, said the state's program is patterned after a similar effort at a Fort Worth federal prison. [read post]
21 Jun 2024, 2:42 pm by Ria Tabacco Mar
As feminist legal scholar Aya Gruber has written, hyperfocus on the criminal legal system has “diverted feminist energy and capital away from addressing the underlying conditions that make women, especially marginalized women, vulnerable to personal and state violence. [read post]
16 Jun 2023, 7:25 pm by David M. Boertje
Talvi, an investigative journalist by profession, was writing a book about incarcerated women, and wanted them to tell their stories in order to bring the abuse and trauma that was so common to women in the prison system out of the shadows. [read post]
18 Feb 2016, 1:32 pm by Scott Grabel
Sexual assault is a serious criminal offense, leaving those found guilty facing years in prison, fines, probation, required to register as sex offenders, and more depending on state laws, the defendant’s criminal history, the age of the victim, and other factors. [read post]
6 Oct 2015, 12:23 am
"Okunishi Masaru had been on death row since 1969, after being convicted of the murders of five women. [read post]
11 Jul 2012, 8:19 am
Third degree aggravated assault can carry between three and fives years in a New Jersey state prison. [read post]