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13 Aug 2008, 11:52 pm
  Here are some details from the Las Vegas Sun:Blacks get more prison time than whites, and women receive lighter sentences than men, according to a university study of the state's court system released Tuesday. [read post]
22 Sep 2017, 9:02 am
Students who are temporarily or permanently kicked out of school are far more likely to end up in the criminal justice system, a track known as the school-to-prison pipeline. [read post]
15 May 2015, 10:00 am by JacksonWhite Law
Yes, failure to pay the fines and court fees associated with being in the criminal justice system can lead to jail time. [read post]
27 Sep 2019, 2:00 am by Christopher Tyner
The North Carolina Department of Public Safety announced this week that it will temporarily suspend operations at three prisons to alleviate high staff vacancy rates and enhance safety and security in the state prison system. [read post]
14 Sep 2009, 6:15 am
" The prison system in California spends an average of more than $40,000 a year on a population of about 170,000. [read post]
8 Apr 2008, 6:53 am
The strategy gets a boost tomorrow, when President Bush signs the Second Chance Act, making rehabilitation a central goal of the justice system, says the New York Times. [read post]
4 Jan 2021, 10:38 am by Jon Brodkin
(credit: Getty Images | Stefano Montesi - Corbis) A British judge today rejected the US' request to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, saying that Assange would be at greater risk of suicide in the American prison system. [read post]
17 Feb 2009, 12:28 pm
It appears that the Obama administration will focus more on rehabilitation and be less stringent with nonviolent first-time federal drug offenders than the prior Bush administration. [read post]
27 Mar 2014, 11:56 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Moreover, in the wake of the 2007 sex scandals, the Lege installed numerous layers of oversight that must be staffed on the administrative side. [read post]
30 Aug 2010, 3:21 pm by Shorstein & Lasnetski
The Obama administration has discussed changing this system so that crack cocaine crimes are punished more in line with powder cocaine crimes in federal court. [read post]
On any given day, more than 10,000 people are in a form of solitary confinement in federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) facilities, with people of color, transgender people, and people with mental health needs disproportionately represented in this figure. [read post]
These unnecessary incarcerations also add to the strain on a prison system that's already nearly 40 percent over capacity. [read post]
29 Dec 2020, 2:17 pm by Margaret Colgate Love
” The incoming administration should urge Congress to offload some of pardon’s exclusive functions onto the legal system by enacting robust statutory relief mechanisms, for those in prison and for those who have fully served their sentences, as a majority of states have done in recent years. [read post]
9 Sep 2011, 12:45 pm by Bill Raftery
Topics to be discussed include: September 12 Subcommittee A: Prison overcrowding Subcommittee C: Draft legislation relating to gubernatorial succession September 13 Subcommittee A: Prison overcrowding, with Administrator of the Supreme Court Steve Canterbury Subcommittee B: HB 2755, Relating to Mentally Ill Persons (provides that the President of the West Virginia Sheriffs’ Association, along with the Supreme Court of Appeals and the Secretary of the Department of… [read post]
29 May 2009, 8:00 am
During the 1990s the Netherlands faced a shortage of prison cells, but a decline in crime has since led to overcapacity in the prison system. [read post]