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25 Jul 2007, 5:23 am
I thought it was only in America where people could lose their home due to the health care system we have.Mr. [read post]
22 May 2015, 9:19 am
The downside is that the line between the mental health system and the criminal justice system will continue to be blurred, regardless of the fact that the latter is not equipped to service the mentally ill. [read post]
17 Jun 2008, 8:57 am
Obviously, capitalist style punishment is a solid financial investment.Now I am not about to screech here that our prison system is anywhere near that created by Uncle Joe Stalin. [read post]
28 Feb 2014, 10:10 am
Providing high-powered but skewed accountability may be beneficial in severely dysfunctional school systems where neither hard nor soft factors are taught well, but it may be harmful in better school systems. [read post]
29 Jul 2020, 7:55 am
Of course, prison walls can’t contain the virus — which can just as easily leave those facilities and spread into surrounding communities and beyond.Swift action from every criminal system stakeholder — from police and public defenders to judges and corrections officials — was necessary to prevent a health crisis behind bars. [read post]
26 Dec 2008, 3:12 am
With several big-ticket criminal justice items on the table during the 81st Texas Legislature - most prominently a half-billion in raises for prison staff and another 8-9 figure expense for new programs to combat contraband smuggling in prisons - many have been openly wondering whether the state will have enough money to pay for it all.What's more, TYC requires investments in smaller facilities, special education, and expanded mental health services, while the… [read post]
9 Aug 2012, 10:00 am
Cal. 1995)., in which the court declared that the California Department of Correction's entire mental health system was not Constitutional as a result of the deliberate indifference of the Department and prison officials towards the special needs of the mentally ill. [read post]
17 Jan 2018, 4:51 pm
Ideologically, mental health courts seek to link offenders whose only alternative would be time in prison to long-term community-based treatment. [read post]
21 Jun 2014, 10:49 am
" According to the Houston Chronicle, out of all the various heat-related lawsuits against TDCJ, this is "the first one seeking class-action status that could open the prison system up to statewide litigation. [read post]
28 Jun 2013, 12:50 pm
The reason for the order was that the state was unable to provide its prisoners with constitutionally adequate medical- and mental health care, due largely to its serious overcrowding problem. [read post]
28 May 2007, 11:00 am
It is manipulation of the legal system for the purpose of carrying out political vendettas. [read post]
22 Sep 2011, 2:30 pm
The chief probation officer has described her primary goal as "changing the way we do business in the criminal justice system. [read post]
27 Feb 2014, 2:01 pm
And where the causes are intractable, then give prison. [read post]
7 Jan 2014, 7:58 am
”Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal reported (Jan. 5) that:The New York City Department of Correction has stopped its controversial use of solitary confinement for mentally ill inmates who break the rules, a shift that jail officials are hailing as groundbreaking.The last of the prisoners being held in the Mental Health Assessment Unit for Infracted Inmates at Rikers Island jail were reassigned Dec. 31, and what is known as the punitive segregation program has been… [read post]
25 Jun 2012, 4:22 pm
(Efren Paredes, Jr. is a Michigan prisoner sentenced to LWOP as a juvenile in 1989. [read post]
24 Apr 2009, 8:30 pm
"This gives me new belief in the justice system," said Charles Chatman, who was 20 when he was convicted of a rape he did not commit and spent the next 26 years in prison before his release in January 2008. [read post]
10 Jan 2008, 2:23 am
Just building the new death row facility will cost $336 million.At the same time, Californians are being asked to tighten our belts andlimit spending on health care, education and other public programs. [read post]
22 Dec 2021, 1:52 pm
Carceral institutions haven’t equitably applied, or in some cases even made available, advances made beyond prison walls — even in the face of court orders requiring basic public health measures. [read post]
4 Oct 2010, 6:10 pm
Figures have now been released which show the extent of the drugs problem, not only in Mountjoy, but in the Irish prison system generally. [read post]
22 Jun 2011, 8:26 am
The criminal justice system has long been a primary care provider for the mentally ill. [read post]
