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13 Sep 2014, 11:05 am by Kent Scheidegger
"Those are real numbers and real savings because less people are coming back into the prison system,'' Mr. [read post]
21 Aug 2008, 8:21 am
But the federal system is doing even more to reduce contraband flow and connect inmates with their families and approved contacts in the outside world, reported USA Today (Aug. 16): "By the spring of 2011, all 114 U.S. prisons are expected to have e-mail available for inmates. [read post]
” Also, the country’s legal system provides for imprisonment to be imposed upon persons for “acts that do not constitute internationally recognized criminal offences. [read post]
13 May 2020, 4:37 am by SHG
Prisoners can be very imaginative in finding ways to work, and beat, the system. [read post]
7 Jul 2008, 4:00 am
In 1994, Californians saw a state criminal justice system that too often let the worst criminals out of prison to wreak destruction and hurt the innocent, only to be sent back to prison for worse crimes. [read post]
1 Sep 2009, 5:45 am
Here are some of the details of the latest news: The California Assembly narrowly passed legislation Monday to alter the state's parole system and cut hundreds of millions from prison spending this year, but the plan may be doomed. [read post]
30 Aug 2007, 9:20 pm
From latimes.com: The death penalty system in California is so backed up that the state would have to execute five prisoners a month for the next 10 years just to clear the prisoners already on death row.The average wait for... [read post]
16 Dec 2021, 10:12 am by Ddswayne
Fight for Your Freedom but Plan for Prison Sadly, our justice system sometimes gets it wrong and innocent people go to prison, especially if you are not represented by an experienced criminal defense attorney. [read post]
21 Jun 2021, 11:58 am by Samantha Osaki
Third, due to disparities in the criminal justice system and political dimensions to prison locations, the demographic incongruity between the prison population and the surrounding community is stark. [read post]
First, the for-profit prison industry's history of abuse, neglect, and mismanagement raises serious questions about what kinds of abuses would occur if we hand over control of even more elements of our criminal justice system to CCA and similar profit-driven companies. [read post]
15 Apr 2014, 8:44 am by By Hedy Weinberg, ACLU of Tennessee
  At the time, privatization was being hailed as the "cure-all" to numerous problems plaguing the Tennessee prison system. [read post]
2 Aug 2012, 12:54 pm by The Law Offices of David S. Shrager
The move represents a significant philosophical shift away from the central prison system and towards more flexible alternative sentencing options focused on rehabilitation and community-based facilities. [read post]
20 Mar 2015, 10:50 am by Valerie Howell
According to the report, Georgia's prison system has improved in the past three years due to extensive legislative policy changes and shifts in the attitudes and mentalities of staff. [read post]
8 Jun 2019, 5:39 pm by CJLF Staff
  The head of the state prison system, Ralph Diaz disputes this, defending his department's handling of prisons. [read post]
29 Feb 2016, 3:46 pm by Howard Friedman
 The prison system's rule for Jewish inmates was based on the prison system's understanding of Jewish religious doctrine. [read post]
12 Jan 2017, 6:30 am
In an ongoing class action lawsuit, prisoners held in Illinois state prisons challenged the denial of, among other things, alert systems that would provide warnings to deaf prisoners during fires and other emergencies in the state prison facilities. [read post]
17 Aug 2010, 11:52 am by Clarence T.
Parole was abolished in the federal criminal system in 1984. [read post]
11 Oct 2010, 6:54 pm by Jeralyn
Kansas is officially out of beds for male prisoners, with a population last week of 8,411 — above the system’s capacity of 8,259. [read post]
20 Aug 2019, 11:43 am by Keegan Boyle
During her previous tenure she introduced the Forward Thinking Initiative, which was designed to work proactively instead of reactively to possible changes in the conditions of the prison system. [read post]