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12 Aug 2013, 4:30 am by David Oscar Markus
To house the prisoners of its war on terror, the United States military put up a makeshift prison at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. [read post]
21 Dec 2010, 6:43 am
Te New York Times PRISON crowding has reached crisis proportions: California’s prisons, the largest state system in the country, operate at almost double their maximum capacity. [read post]
10 Aug 2012, 8:45 am by CJLF Staff
$40M NY Policing System Revealed: Rocco Parascandola and Tina Moore of New York Daily News report the NYPD and Microsoft designed Domain Awareness System, which inputs data from crime reports, a network of cameras, radiation detectors, and license plate readers was unveiled Wednesday. [read post]
27 Apr 2018, 1:41 pm by Thomas O'Toole
Cuomo said the move was intended to reform a state criminal justice system that disproportionately disenfranchises minorities. [read post]
10 Oct 2010, 9:00 am by jly
In 2008, as a part of an “American Exception” series exploring the U.S. criminal-justice system, New York Times reporter Adam Liptak pointed out that overseas criminologists were “mystified and appalled” by the scale of American incarceration. [read post]
2 Aug 2011, 8:56 am by CJLF Staff
New York Law Limits Purchase of Firearms: NY1 News reports New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed a new state law that prevents the purchase of firearms by those convicted of domestic violence. [read post]
21 Jan 2010, 4:00 am by Conaway & Strickler, P.C.
Policymakers and prosecutors alike agree that New York should limit the number of juveniles sent to prison-like facilities and create more community-based programs for reducing youth crimes. [read post]
4 Sep 2023, 10:08 am by John Floyd
Three statesNew York, Connecticut, and New Jersey—have cut their prison populations by 50 percent, while another 25 states have cut their prisoner populations by 25 percent. [read post]
19 Dec 2006, 5:07 am
"Georgia Man Fights Conviction as Molester": The New York Times today contains an article that begins, "Genarlow Wilson, 20, is serving a prison sentence that shocked his jury, elicited charges of racism from critics of the justice system and that even prosecutors and the State Legislature acknowledge is unjust. [read post]
11 Jan 2012, 11:24 am by David Shapiro, National Prison Project
Visiting loved ones is hard enough without the new charge because, as the New York Times reports, family members “in many cases already shoulder the expense of traveling long distances to the remote areas where many prisons are located. [read post]
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has been a partial ally to critics of the state’s criminal punishment system, closing several small and mid-sized correctional facilities during his tenure. [read post]
8 Oct 2015, 4:38 am by SHG
Not, as the New York Times would have it, because it’s “justice,” but because these aren’t vicious, violent criminals in the first place. [read post]
22 Jan 2013, 9:30 am
The vast majority of those involved in New York's criminal justice system, from the officers serving the NYPD and Assistant District Attorneys to judges and criminal defense lawyers, would likely not place marijuana ("marihuana" in the New York Penal Code) in the same realm of contraband such as heroin, cocaine and other controlled substances. [read post]
29 Jun 2015, 12:28 pm by CJLF Staff
Second NY Prison Escapee Captured Alive:  Relief overwhelmed residents of upstate New York after the second prison escapee was captured alive near the Canadian border on Sunday after 22 days on the run. [read post]
30 May 2008, 6:47 am
From the New York Times editorial page: Two years have passed since the federal courts relinquished control of Louisiana's notoriously troubled juvenile justice system. [read post]
19 Nov 2006, 11:54 am
Under the new system, in-state residents will be charged a flat rate of $3.50 for a maximum 20-minute collect call from a prison inmate. [read post]