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6 Feb 2021, 9:10 am by David J. Halberg, Esq.
Prosecutors for the DOJ say that incarcerated women at the Florida prison were frequent victims of sexual abuse by prison staff. [read post]
30 Nov 2012, 8:32 am
A scandal involving a confidential settlement paid by a state assemblyman to two women claiming sexual harassment was reportedly the reason for the release of the settlement records. [read post]
5 Dec 2008, 12:50 pm
However the JCHR states that my case is legally straightforward but politically difficult, and that the government is being unreasonable with the delay of legislating to allow at least some convicted prisoners the vote. [read post]
24 Mar 2008, 9:45 am
ACLU press release: Lower Court's Ruling Upholding Women's Right to Reproductive Freedom Will Stand: Washington, DC - The United States Supreme Court announced today that it would not review a lower court decision preventing prison officials in Maricopa County, Arizona,... [read post]
23 Aug 2022, 10:24 am
CAT/C/51/4, paras. 32-33.[3] UN Human Rights Committee, 44th session, General Comment No. 20: Article 7, 1992; para. 6[4] UN Human Rights Committee, 44th session, General Comment No. 21: Article 10, 10 April 1992; para. 3[5] UN Human Rights Committee, 32nd session, CCPR General Comment No. 16: Article 17 (Right to Privacy), 8 April 1988; para. 3[6] UN Human Rights Committee, 32nd session, CCPR General Comment No. 16: Article 17 (Right to Privacy), 8 April 1988; para. 4[7] Rule 11 of the UN Rules for… [read post]
17 Feb 2011, 2:31 pm
The Sentencing Project (excerpted) Today, 7.2 million men and women are under correctional supervision. [read post]
9 Oct 2022, 7:01 am by Farah Pandith, Jacob Ware
In al-Hol, for instance, Islamic State women killed over 70 people last year. [read post]
16 Jan 2010, 6:39 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Texas was the last state to approve a prison phone system, which is widely acknowledged as beneficial for maintaining family ties and facilitating successful reentry. [read post]
6 Sep 2012, 11:57 am by David
The records show that 1,153 of the empty beds are in minimum-security facilities and 724 others are in women’s prisons. [read post]
4 Jul 2013, 6:32 am by Gritsforbreakfast
As this map from Texas Prison Bidness shows, however, the state remains littered with private prisons to a quite remarkable degree. [read post]
2 Mar 2008, 7:02 am
The state is also receiving bids for the construction of facilities to create 3,000 additional prison beds to ease prison overcrowding. [read post]
12 Jul 2010, 2:02 pm by Jennifer Laurin
Rarely do those glimmers also resonate positively – much less progressively - with the welfare of women and children. [read post]
7 Jul 2010, 8:21 am by StephanieWestAllen
There is a dire need and want for change," said Susan Russo, a lifer at Valley State Prison for Women in Chowchilla, CA, who believes that this will have a lasting affect on the institution.Beginning her quest in 2007, Ms. [read post]
The pardoned prisoners were women with terminal diseases or who are raising their children in prisons. [read post]
23 Apr 2014, 3:30 am by Donna Coker
Roberts, Prison, Foster Care, and the Systemic Punishment of Black Mothers, 59 UCLA L. [read post]
30 Aug 2008, 4:20 pm
8-30-2008 New Jersey:TRENTON -- New Jersey is in the midst of an ambitious pilot program to find out what combination of services works best at keeping ex-inmates from returning to state prisons after they're released.The $2 million program, called "Another Chance," is part of the state's stepped-up efforts to lessen the percentage of ex-cons who re-enter state prison. [read post]
2 Jul 2014, 12:42 pm by Michael Lowe
Sexual assault arrests in Texas are life-changing situations: anyone busted for sexual assault here faces serious felony charges with the possibility of a long sentence in a Texas state prison. [read post]
The penalty for having or attempting an abortion outside these exceptions ranges from six months to two years in prison plus a fine, while anyone who procures or attempts to procure an abortion faces one to five years in prison. [read post]
And much higher numbers of women in state prisons and local jails are reported to suffer from mental health problems than similarly situated men. [read post]