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12 Feb 2011, 2:20 pm by Associated Press
District attorney John Chisholm said he has a plan that will bring down prison costs and also ensure the county remains safe. [read post]
20 Feb 2015, 4:47 am by Laura DeGeer
[JURIST] A federal court on Wednesday approved [ACLU press release] a settlement agreement [text, PDF] between the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) [official website] and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] in a class action lawsuit over the health care system within Arizona prisons. [read post]
24 Jan 2014, 7:25 am by Addison Morris
Human rights groups have long opposed the use of capital punishment in Iraq and the overarching legal system... [read post]
20 Mar 2015, 11:17 am by LaJuana Davis
Nance (Florida) has posted Student, Police, and the School-to-Prison Pipeline, Washington University Law Review, forthcoming, on SSRN here. [read post]
23 Dec 2011, 1:43 pm by rmorgan
-Al Jazeera TV, December 6, 2011 Host Rob Reynolds http://www.aljazeera.com/video/americas/2011/12/2011126204515296421.html “Every commission, every task force, every legislative group that hasstudied this matter has argued that the California correction system wasbroken and we needed to do rehabilitation; and that rehabilitation could be done much better in the local level than in remote state prisons. [read post]
3 Oct 2016, 7:15 am
If DHS is to eliminate private prisons from the immigration system, then it must reduce its use of detention. [read post]
10 Sep 2007, 2:22 am
“The troubled parole system suffered another blow yesterday when the High Court ruled that hearings in which prisoners are assessed for release are not sufficiently independent of Government. [read post]
16 Nov 2009, 2:14 am
"The NHS medical records system is under scrutiny after a nurse falsely recorded, in retrospect, that she had given a potentially life-saving medication to a female prisoner who later hanged herself. [read post]
15 Nov 2019, 5:52 am by David M. Boertje
This ban on private prisons will change the issue of mass incarceration and influence the criminal justice system and the criminal process overall. [read post]
30 Oct 2008, 7:07 pm
" Of the current criminal justice system and the need for transformative measures, Maull stressed the importance of understanding the culture of today's prisons. [read post]
24 Mar 2011, 8:04 am by Susan I. Nelson
CCA has current contracts with ICE and other federal clients, as well as 19 state prison systems. [read post]
7 Jul 2008, 1:08 pm
It could find no reason to change the existing system in which convicted prisoners found guilty of a crime serious enough to warrant imprisonment are denied the right to vote for the duration of their imprisonment.Prisoners have a variety of ways in which they can express their views about conditions in prison, including by writing to their Member of Parliament - and many do so.Article 25 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights covers the rights of the… [read post]
12 Mar 2018, 12:00 pm by [email protected]
While the number of male prisoners has fallen the female prison population is growing. [read post]
12 Mar 2018, 12:00 pm by [email protected]
While the number of male prisoners has fallen the female prison population is growing. [read post]
15 Sep 2014, 10:51 am by Jeff Welty
Kleypas, 40 P.3d 139 (Kan. 2001) (trial court correctly excluded “evidence regarding the conditions and effects of a life sentence in the Kansas correctional system”; such evidence was not mitigating in itself and was “too far removed” from the defendant’s ability to adapt to prison life to be admissible in support of that mitigating circumstance; the court did note that “[s]uch evidence might be admissible in rebuttal to counter . . . evidence… [read post]
5 May 2008, 11:35 pm
It held that even though plaintiff raised a question of material fact as to whether the practice of Tai Chi, separate from Taoism, is part of a system of religious belief, and as to whether his beliefs are sincerely held, plaintiff failed to show that his religious exercise was substantially burdened. [read post]
1 Feb 2016, 11:14 am by John Floyd
  In many respects, too many federal judges have become tolerant, if not comfortable, in a sentencing scheme that treats all offenders are incorrigibles who must be sent into a prison system that treats them like waste disposal products. [read post]
24 May 2016, 3:59 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Border Security: DHS Surveillance Technology Unmanned Aerial Systems and Other Assets, GAO-16-671T: Published: May 24, 2016. [read post]
7 Dec 2006, 11:49 pm
Issues that are receiving specific attention include overcrowding of prisons and awaiting-trial prisoner problems (currently dealt with by the Department of Correctional Services), as well as bail, sentencing and plea-bargaining (currently dealt with by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development). [read post]