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9 Apr 2008, 2:50 am
President Bush is to sign the Second Chance Act in a public ceremony on Wednesday, making rehabilitation a central goal of the federal justice system. [read post]
22 Mar 2016, 7:06 am by Gritsforbreakfast
You’ll even pay an “administrative fee” for the privilege of handing money over to the court. [read post]
27 Jan 2007, 6:31 pm
It is important that all sectors of the community, interested in the English legal system, are given an opportunity to respond to the current crisis on prison capacity. [read post]
24 Apr 2016, 9:58 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Just to clear my browser tabs, here are a few odds and ends that merit Grits readers' attention.Walker County is the administrative and historical epicenter of the Texas prison system. [read post]
30 Aug 2020, 11:05 am by Jordan Ross
In the speech, Johnson commended the administration’s efforts to advance criminal justice reform. [read post]
30 Mar 2007, 9:40 am
  While the PLRA has shrunk the number of court cases initiated by prisoners and reduced the burden on prison and jail administrators as intended, the authors demonstrate that significant unintended problems also flow from this law. [read post]
18 Jan 2015, 7:11 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The Texas House Corrections Committee this week put out its interim report (pdf) covering the following topics:Oversight of TDCJ, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, and TJJDReview of mental health services in the justice systemEvaluate 'pay for performance' model for privatizing juvenile justiceSchool discipline and the criminal justice systemThere's a decent overview of operations of monitored agencies, including a good discussion of administrative segregation (solitary… [read post]
1 Jul 2008, 4:33 pm
The California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice's final report, "Fair Administration of the Death Penalty," is here. [read post]
15 Mar 2010, 10:47 am by Ashby Jones
As WSJ reporter Jess Bravin reports on Monday, “the long-troubled military commission system has yet to resolve fundamental questions and remains under legal challenge. [read post]
That “convict lease” system was the historical antecedent to the modern private prison industry – and to the ICE detainee labor program profiled in the Times this week, which helps make immigration detention profitable for the private prison companies that run most detention facilities, like the Corrections Corporation of America and GEO Group. [read post]
19 Mar 2014, 6:45 am by Steven Eversole
However, 40 percent of her earnings went to food and then the program administrators. [read post]
3 Mar 2013, 11:35 am by Omar Ha-Redeye
The report concludes that Ontario's justice system is in a state of crisis, as First Nations are overrepresented in the prison population and significantly underrepresented on jury lists and those who work in the administration of justice, If we continue the status quo we will aggravate what is already a serious situation, and any hope of true reconciliation between First Nations and Ontarians generally will vanish. [read post]
13 May 2011, 1:06 pm by Kim Zetter
Hackers who breach and cause substantial harm to critical infrastructure systems would face a mandatory minimum three-year prison sentence if the White House gets its way. [read post]
28 Mar 2012, 7:11 am by admin
The administration failed to mention that as a low-security prison, the new facility’s inmates will include asylum seekers fleeing torture and persecution. [read post]
22 Dec 2013, 4:00 pm
The administration sees the act as part of an effort to reduce unduly harsh sentences for drug crimes and to stop the overcrowding of federal prisons. [read post]
9 Jun 2010, 12:41 pm by Steve Hall
"Corrections has mushroomed to the third-largest allocation in our state budget, behind health care and education," said Jean Bickmire, administrative and legislative director of the nonprofit Justice and Mercy Inc., a Lancaster County organization that promotes prison system reforms. [read post]
7 Jan 2014, 7:58 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Grits wanted to alert readers to several interesting, recent items related to solitary confinement, which in Texas is called "administrative segregation," or "ad seg." [read post]
27 Mar 2007, 9:42 am
Court administrators will monitor the work of contract attorneys through detailed monthly reports submitted by the attorneys. [read post]