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New issue of Pace Law Review on need for prison oversight in US

By Douglas A. Berman

I received via e-mail a press release spotlighting this new issue of the Pace Law Review that all sentencing law and policy fans will want to check out.  Here is how the press release begins: Latest issue of Pace Law Review offers blueprint for critically-needed U.S. prison oversight: Contains views from academics, human rights lawyers, national and international corrections experts The United States has, by far, the highest incarceration rate of any developed country on the planet, yet its prisons remain largely hidden worlds.  Unlike many Western countries, which have systems for inspecting and reporting on prison conditions, the U.S. lacks formal and comprehensive external oversight mechanisms to regularly monitor prisons and jails. Now, a newly released issue of the Pace Law Review, ?Opening up a Closed World: A Sourcebook on Prison Oversight,? offers a comprehensive look at prison oversight, including articles from leading academics, national and international corrections experts, and prisoners? rights and human rights lawyers...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on December 14, 2010 (boomark / email).