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14 Feb 2012, 9:19 pm by andré douglas pond cummings
  She argues that the War on Drugs has functioned as a re-subordination of African American and Latino men, a new Jim Crow of sorts, that continues to lay waste to urban city centers and the families of those that are incarcerated under our onerous drug policies in the United States. [read post]
23 Feb 2012, 8:00 am by Suzanne Ito
" But in reality, long-term solitary confinement does more harm than good: it jeopardizes public safety by leaving prisoners ill-equipped to re-enter society; exacerbates mental illness and even creates symptoms of mental illness in formerly healthy prisoners; and actually costs more than operating standard prisons — in the case of Tamms, three times more than the average prison in Illinois. [read post]
7 Aug 2009, 11:27 am
  The Indiana Court of Appeals recently reversed one trial court's judgment ordering an indigent debtor to pay $25 monthly on an ordinary contract debt, or face prison. [read post]
11 Jan 2007, 4:39 am
" "The lawmakers on the Sunset Commission prefer to pour more funds into in-prison and outpatient drug and alcohol treatment programs; change the probation and parole structure to emphasize early release for good behavior and low-risk offenders; and give judges authority to release state jail inmates with severe medical conditions early. 'We're at a crossroads with where we're going to go with the criminal justice system,' said Sen. [read post]
15 Nov 2018, 11:35 am by Lindsay Offutt
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced his support for the FIRST STEP Act, which aims at reforming the prison system to better rehabilitate individuals upon re-entering society. [read post]
15 Aug 2010, 8:13 am by Gritsforbreakfast
"As we're growing with the program, we're making some changes, as you would with any program. [read post]
4 May 2010, 5:20 pm by SOIssues
What do prisoners need in order to successfully re-enter society? [read post]
18 Jan 2011, 10:06 am by John Elwood
§ 2254 holds that a prisoner is always “in custody” for purposes of Miranda any time that prisoner is isolated from the general prison population and questioned about conduct occurring outside the prison regardless of the surrounding circumstances. [read post]
4 Jun 2017, 4:45 am by SHG
If women commit 17% of felonies, but only comprise 8% of prisoners, they’re doing better than the men. [read post]
20 Apr 2009, 12:19 pm
They're thrown over barrier walls, carried in body cavities and delivered by UPS. [read post]
21 Aug 2010, 12:35 pm by Jeralyn
"They're fighting them for us so that we can debate whether or not we're going to allow a Mosque. [read post]
23 Aug 2015, 1:04 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
"The public seems to be very happy that we're going to reopen the facility and have jobs," he said. [read post]
10 Aug 2017, 8:00 am
In Lexington County, rich people can buy their freedom, while poor people are locked up simply because they’re poor. [read post]
15 Mar 2017, 5:29 am by SHG
They’re our clients, our responsibility. [read post]
6 Apr 2009, 3:46 pm
The NYT opined today that states should buck the apparently increasing practice of jailing people because they're poor, calling this both "barbaric and unconstitutional. [read post]
6 Oct 2010, 7:29 am by David M. Trontz
Enhanced sentences can and will be handed down by state criminal judges for defendants that are classified as habitual offenders, violent habitual offenders, violent career criminals and prisoner releasee re-offenders. [read post]