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20 Nov 2015, 10:30 am
” Removed from their families, children in these prisons are denied a meaningful education and adequate mental health treatment, have been held in solitary confinement, and are sometimes subject to physical and sexual abuse. [read post]
27 Jan 2016, 8:45 am
President Obama has also committed to the recommendations in the Department of Justice report targeting solitary in the federal prison system. [read post]
24 Jun 2019, 11:00 am
State resources should be spent on improving quality of life—education and health care— not keeping its residents in cages. [read post]
28 Apr 2011, 12:30 pm by Rebecca McCray, Center for Justice
As New York’s prison population ages rapidly, the system is feeling the strain of rising health care costs. [read post]
16 Sep 2010, 11:00 pm by Adam Wagner
Criminal lawyers are constantly faced by defendants with serious mental health issues who spend most of their lives moving between state institutions, usually prisons or hospitals. [read post]
2 Jul 2020, 7:27 am by Dylan Hayre
We know that the egregious harm created by our carceral systems has always been deliberately concentrated in Black and Brown communities. [read post]
2 Jan 2007, 8:22 am
"The ultimate goal is to route them away from jails and prisons, and get them into hospitals and community-based programs. [read post]
2 Jan 2009, 8:01 pm by Dennis Wilkins
Our prisons have become the largest mental health system for the poor, the largest battered women's shelter, and the largest system of public housing. [read post]
23 Apr 2013, 10:51 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
Before subjecting a child to solitary confinement the Bill would require county jails to have a mental health professional evaluate the inmate and evaluate the suitability of using less restrictive means of confinement for prisoners with mental health issues. [read post]
6 Feb 2007, 4:41 am
They also decried court-ordered spending on prison health care as an "unaccountable" intrusion into legislative spending prerogatives. [read post]
17 Aug 2024, 2:37 pm by John Floyd
  The adult prison system left him alone where he could kill himself. [read post]
28 Sep 2023, 10:18 am by Alan J. Borsuk
” He said how the system overall deals with people with mental health problems is one area where improvements can be made. [read post]
11 May 2009, 1:57 am
State officials said that after studying the problem they found their prison populations were being driven up, not by crime, but mainly by breakdowns in their parole and probation systems. [read post]
5 Aug 2009, 11:31 pm
A copy of the opinion can be found here:[www.ca9.uscourts.gov]The panel of federal judges said state officials had failed to comply with previous orders to fix the prison health care system and reduce crowding. [read post]
26 Apr 2016, 12:28 pm by Jim Gerl
The toolkit provides resources for educators and community members and highlights the five critical components of an effective reentry system: program infrastructure, strategic partnerships, education services, transition processes, and sustainability.Children of incarcerated parents are at greater risk of health and behavior issues in school, among other challenges. [read post]
13 Dec 2019, 1:49 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
If convicted, the defendants could face significant prison sentences and probation and fines. [read post]
20 Feb 2019, 9:45 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Their treatment mission never really materialized and recidivism rates from the facilities are far higher than other inmates leaving TDCJ.Critiquing carceral mental-health careThe largest mental hospitals in Texas are all jails and prisons. [read post]
19 Jan 2012, 12:28 pm by McNabb Associates, P.C.
“As part of the nation’s health care system, Medicare serves vulnerable populations,” said United States Attorney, Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. [read post]
19 Aug 2010, 7:30 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Reports Julian Aguilar at the Texas Tribune:As of last July 2010, about 11,760 of the offenders incarcerated in the Texas State prison system, or 7.5 percent of the total prison population, claimed foreign residency, according to testimony from Jerry McGinty, the budget director for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. [read post]