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9 Sep 2008, 12:42 pm
" Essentially, after serving 1 year in an American jail, a Canadian can apply to be exchanged for an American prisoner (in the Federal System). [read post]
8 Oct 2015, 10:52 am
The system creates debtors prisons. [read post]
7 Apr 2020, 11:29 am
Stakeholders in the criminal legal system have the power to mitigate the risk presented by COVID-19. [read post]
23 Mar 2018, 11:29 am
In the federal system, there are very few ways to get out of a mandatory minimum prison sentence if a defendant pleads guilty or is convicted at trial. [read post]
20 Jul 2011, 2:00 pm
The university:announced in an internal memo sent to employees Tuesday that 130 jobs would be cut from its prison-system health services and 120 jobs from academic, health and support services.The memo from UTMB President David Callender said the reductions were made to compensate for $114 million the Legislature slashed from the medical school's 2012 budget.The prison system jobs would be lost at prisons statewide that are serviced under a … [read post]
24 Jan 2011, 12:38 pm
The criminal justice system's goals are two-fold, punishment and rehabilitation. [read post]
13 Apr 2011, 7:31 am
Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit upheld a lower court's order requiring a detainee convicted of hacking a prison computer system to pay for credit-monitoring services for prison employees.In a unanimous panel ruling on April 12 in U.S. v. [read post]
4 Sep 2023, 10:08 am
That means decarceration is the only realistic way Texas can dismantle its sprawling prison industrial complex—a system of 104 state prisons, 38 of which were built in one five-year period, that cost the state more than $3 billion annually to maintain. [read post]
6 Oct 2015, 7:34 am
Last night, we premiered Episode 12 of the Undisclosed Podcast: "Prisoners' Dilemma. [read post]
3 Jun 2009, 6:01 am
[JURIST] Canadian federal correctional investigator Howard Sapers [official profile] said Tuesday that the country's prison system is at full capacity [transcript, DOC] and is unable to handle many new prisoners without expanding. [read post]
23 Jun 2004, 4:32 pm
The American Bar Association today released a report and recommendations for changes in sentencing, prison conditions and programs for released prisoners, after being asked by Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy to examine what Kennedy called unfair and immoral practices in the country's criminal justice system. [read post]
5 Aug 2009, 2:23 am
Two inmates had brought a challenge against the state's prison system, alleging that the overcrowding had resulted in a failure to provide [Los Angeles Times report] adequate physical and [read post]
16 Jan 2008, 11:22 am
The former chief executive of Brocade Communications Systems was sentenced Wednesday to 21 months in prison for orchestrating a scheme to tamper with the company’s records of stock option grants. [read post]
22 Nov 2011, 9:51 am
We haven’t seen any increase in youth ending up in the prison system, so the results look pretty positive. [read post]
30 Jun 2010, 2:10 am
“Nicholas Green QC, the Chairman of the Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has said the Bar Council is willing to lend its support to the Secretary of State for Justice, Ken Clarke QC MP, as he makes tough and potentially unpopular decisions regarding the prison system, though they must lead to a better and more efficient administration of justice. [read post]
3 Sep 2007, 12:49 am
Prison workers (Texas has one of the biggest prison systems in the world) and social service workers make up more than a third of the state work force. [read post]
17 Mar 2004, 5:48 am
A new report commissioned by the Vermont Agency of Human Services criticizes the Vermont state prison system for a "culture ... that fails to embrace accountability," and holds it at least partly responsible for the deaths of seven inmates in the past two years. [read post]
10 Mar 2011, 11:17 am
Appropriately described as the "new Jim Crow" by commentators on race, the U.S. prison system also preserves and propagates the historical oppression of women. [read post]
26 Apr 2015, 9:24 am
See also prior, related Grits posts:Overuse of solitary confinement endangers public safetyDon't release inmates directly from solitary into the free world More inmates in solitary in Texas than entire prison systems in 12 other states combinedSolitary confinement down 34% in Texas prisonsDoes excessive use of solitary confinement harm public safety? [read post]
30 Jun 2024, 3:26 pm
Bolivian authorities transferred General Juan José Zuñiga on Saturday to the maximum security El Abra prison as part of an ongoing investigation into his alleged leadership of a failed coup attempt against President Luis Arce’s government, Director of the Penitentiary System Juan Carlos Limpias told local media. [read post]
