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21 Aug 2018, 8:45 am
Incarcerated leaders in the South Carolina prison system decided they had had enough. [read post]
22 Apr 2015, 8:27 pm
“It was a delivery system,” said Bryan P. [read post]
24 Oct 2009, 11:57 am
As more states look to privatizing prisons to save money, Troy Hooper at the Aspen Daily News begins a series on abuses in the prisoner transport system. [read post]
13 Dec 2011, 5:27 pm
Those gathered said they were there to shed light on “the devastating impact of detention and deportation on immigrants and their families,” as well as protest the for-profit private prison system that houses many of the detained undocumented immigrants. [read post]
20 Jan 2008, 5:22 am
A Pennsylvania federal district court dismissed the claim against the city of Philadelphia, finding that the alleged violations did not stem from any policy or practice of the Philadelphia Prison System, and that the city cannot be held on a respondeat superior theory for actions of prison employees. [read post]
8 Jan 2020, 7:53 am
Four of the deaths occurred after the entire prison system had been placed on lockdown, a level of security which should have “prevent[ed] . . . further violence. [read post]
16 Aug 2017, 6:45 am
We’re suing to end the inhumane conditions in Nebraska’s prison system. [read post]
19 Mar 2015, 6:42 am
"Justice goes to prison to weigh Mich. sentencing system": Gary Heinlein of The Detroit News has this report. [read post]
10 Nov 2016, 6:58 am
Thinking more long-term, if Trump makes good on his campaign promises to implement mass deportation, private prison companies may look forward to enormous new contracts as the feds try to process 11 million people through a system designed to handle a fraction of that volume.Who knows if that campaign promise was real; certainly it was unrealistic. [read post]
13 Apr 2020, 10:50 am
To quote Attorney General Barr, “The mission of BOP (Bureau of Prisons) is to administer the lawful punishments that our justice system imposes. [read post]
30 Nov 2010, 1:45 pm
The overcrowding in California's prison system that prevents the adequate treatment of the mental and physical health of prisoners in violation of the Eighth Amendment was the subject of today's oral argument in Schwarzenegger v. [read post]
25 Aug 2014, 5:00 pm
The massively overcrowded prison system is one of the biggest strains on the state General Fund budget, costing nearly $395 million for the 2015 fiscal year. [read post]
14 Apr 2011, 4:24 pm
, by Rachel Roth: Eight years ago, Congress acknowledged the brutal fact of systemic sexual assault behind bars by unanimously passing the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). [read post]
3 Jul 2009, 1:43 am
“Cherie Booth QC has endorsed a call to close some prisons and hand the management of the rest of the prison system in England and Wales over to local communities. [read post]
14 Mar 2014, 2:14 pm
NPR Colorado's prisons chief wants to limit solitary confinement By Andrea Dukakis Mar 14, 2014 Listen New Department of Corrections head Rick Raemisch vows to continue efforts to reform the prison system initiated by the late Tom Clements. [read post]
28 Dec 2022, 7:12 am
President Joe Biden signed into law a bill requiring the federal Bureau of Prisons to overhaul outdated security systems and fix broken surveillance cameras. [read post]
6 Apr 2011, 9:18 am
Washington Post Advocates of overhauling the U.S. criminal justice system see a bright spot in the dire financial straits that states are facing: Politicians eager to trim budgets are willing to cut spending on prisons and corrections programs. [read post]
27 Jun 2008, 9:28 pm
Heather MacDonald asks: Is the Criminal-Justice System Racist? [read post]
6 Jun 2014, 11:01 am
Many of my examples are taken from it, including the persons drawn into the system after fishing out of season and making an illegal left turn, and the woman saddled with a $10,000 debt on emerging from prison. [read post]
23 Oct 2013, 7:57 am
Readers may be interested in this fascinating report on the fusion of public and private actors in certain state prison systems: Florida leads the nation in placing state prisons in the hands of private, profit-making companies. [read post]
