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1 May 2012, 3:42 pm
Pinellas County, Florida just released a Criminal Justice System Study on an interesting question, why has its prison population soared even as its crime rate and its population has fallen. [read post]
16 Jul 2021, 8:01 am
The 5-year sentence may seem low compared to state sentences for narcotics distribution, but keep in mind that there is no parole in the federal justice system. [read post]
11 Mar 2014, 1:52 pm
That’s the fundamental principle of our legal system. [read post]
11 Feb 2009, 5:33 pm
"You can't have federal judges in the framework of plaintiff and defendant running a system as complicated … as the prison system," Brown told a Sacramento gathering of the California Newspaper Association. [read post]
20 Sep 2013, 8:06 am
On the surface, it would seem that most public safety agencies have a duty and special interest to drive down crime rates and reduce the number of individuals cycling through the prison system. [read post]
30 May 2010, 2:32 am
Interestingly, the article has now been amended to remove part of a quote from the Ministry of Justice, who had initially said that “Disenfranchisement is an outdated, disproportionate punishment which has no place in a modern prison system with a renewed emphasis on rehabilitation and resettlement”. [read post]
16 Oct 2009, 11:57 am
Due to reports of the torture and anguish of prisoners and the secrecy surrounding the death penalty's application in China, it is virtually impossible to independently verify that any executed prisoners truly gave consent for the use of their organs.[100] Chinese prisoners are generally not notified of their impending execution until just hours before it occurs.[101] As a result, donor consent is rarely obtained in spite of it being a lawful requirement. [102]The… [read post]
15 Mar 2016, 8:57 am
Today's BrokeAndBroker.com Blog is an update of "Working The SEC System From Prison" (BrokeAndBroker.com Blog, May 1, 2015).You had your day in court. [read post]
27 May 2007, 12:25 am
" Reports the Journal ("Profits for private jailers," May 27):the Department of Homeland Security's Border Initiative and its detention of undocumented immigrants has further burdened the system. [read post]
30 Mar 2011, 3:14 pm
” In other news, University of Texas law school professor Maurie Levin today wrote a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder claiming that the Texas prison system has likely violated federal law by purchasing drugs with a Drug Enforcement Administration registration number assigned to a hospital that has been closed since 1983. [read post]
30 Jan 2007, 4:38 am
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"The delegation visited South Carolina because the state prison system was similar in size and organization to the existing Iraqi system, said Georgette Thornton of the Justice Department's International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program in Baghdad. [read post]
3 Oct 2020, 2:36 pm
Blacks and Latinos More Likely to be Sent to Prison On September 9, 2020, the Harvard Law School released the results of a year-long study documenting disparities in the criminal justice system through sentencing. [read post]
26 Jul 2024, 1:27 am
The report claimed that systemic issues persist in federal prison systems, such as sexual abuse of incarcerated people by employees, staffing shortages, Federal Prison workers convicted of crimes, and living conditions that led to the spread of COVID-19 during the pandemic. [read post]
22 Sep 2022, 9:28 am
Whereby, for over a year prisoners were denied our most fundamental support systems: visitation from loved ones, and transformative programs with community volunteers, with the most successful reentry outcomes. [read post]
8 May 2014, 6:28 pm
Inmates are more likely to be granted parole from a low-security institution.Overcrowding is considered a factor that contributes to more violence in prisons.News coverage of the report: Auditor general finds prison expansions aren't keeping pace (CBC News, May 6, 2014)Highlights from the 2014 spring auditor general’s report (Global News, May 6, 2014)Canadian prison overcrowding going to get worse in long-term, auditor general reports (National Post, May 6, 2014)Auditor… [read post]
30 Jul 2019, 4:10 am
In some state systems, Muslims are overrepresented by a factor of closer to eighteen, with more than 20 percent of prisoners identifying as Muslim. [read post]
16 Jul 2011, 12:53 pm
In February of 2011, the Office of Research and Strategic Planning published a document entitled West Virginia Correctional Population Forecast 2010 to 2020, A Study of the State's Prison System. [read post]
16 Jul 2011, 12:53 pm
In February of 2011, the Office of Research and Strategic Planning published a document entitled West Virginia Correctional Population Forecast 2010 to 2020, A Study of the State's Prison System. [read post]
12 Aug 2019, 7:37 am
Texas undeniably has made significant progress.For example, the latest annual statistical report on the Texas corrections system (2018) is out. [read post]
23 May 2011, 12:35 pm
In the early 1990’s, federal courts enforced a cap on the number of inmates in the Philadelphia prison system, and thousands of inmates were set free. [read post]
