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News, commentary and analysis on prisons: government proposals with the aim of stemming overcrowding and recidivism; inmate living conditions and changing demographics; sentencing issues.
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Philadelphia: Cost of prisons: it's criminal

Posted on April 21, 2009
Cost of prisons: it's criminal Philadelphia Daily News April 20, 2009 OUR APPROACH TO CRIMINAL justice has become so criminally dysfunctional that it may no longer shock to learn that in Philadelphia, we spend twice as much housing each prisoner...

N.J. prisons confiscate collection of prisoner poems and stories

Posted on April 21, 2009
N.J. prisons confiscate collection of prisoner poems and stories April 20, 2009 21:02PM by Chris Megerian/Statehouse Bureau In one New Jersey prison, a published collection of poems and prose penned by prisoners is in a lockup of its own while...

TX: UNICOR continues to use prisoners to recycle electornics

Posted on April 20, 2009
Prison inmates dismantle Ark. recycled electronics © 2009 The Associated Press April 19, 2009, 7:41PM FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. ? Some federal prison inmates spend their days tearing apart cellular phones and dismantling computers recycled in Arkansas. The prisoners, working as part...

CO: Governor Runs From Issue He Ran On

Posted on April 20, 2009
Greene: Ritter runs from issue he ran on By Susan Greene Denver Post Columnist 04/19/2009 You should be scared, very scared. That's what DAs hope as the legislature contemplates a bill to reform sentencing laws. Notably silent, at least publicly,...

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Three book reviews: Abolishing The Prison Industrial Complex and Freeing All Political Prisoners

Posted on April 20, 2009
Abolishing The Prison Industrial Complex and Freeing All Political Prisoners Sunday, April 19 2009 By Hans Bennett Prisons Above all, these three highly-recommended books (available online at www.akpress.org) argue that prison-related issues are inseparable from racism, classism, sexism, and all...

F.B.I. and States Vastly Expand DNA Databases

Posted on April 19, 2009
"As in Britain, expanding genetic sampling in the United States could exacerbate racial disparities in the criminal justice system, according to Hank Greely, a Stanford University Law School professor who studies the intersection of genetics, policing and race...

Bryne Grants and another conscequence featured in new film: "American Violet"

Posted on April 18, 2009
Taking Drug Task Forces to Task By: Lewis Beale April 17, 2009 In November 2000, a drug task force arrested 28 residents of Hearne, Texas, almost all of them African-American, and charged them with distributing crack cocaine. Pressed to plead...

Senators Support Access To Mental Health Treatment For Children And Adolescents In Juvenile Justice System

Posted on April 18, 2009
Senators Support Access To Mental Health Treatment For Children And Adolescents In Juvenile Justice System 14 Apr 2009 The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) commends Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Ranking Member Arlen Specter (R-PA), and...

CT: Raise the Age supporters cheer Democrats' alternative budget

Posted on April 18, 2009
Raise the Age supporters cheer Democrats' alternative budget Hour Staff Writer Supporters of the Raise the Age campaign and other youth-focused legislation announced their support of the Democrats alternative proposed budget Monday, saying it preserves Connecticut's "commitments to children and...

Orleans prison in bad shape, feds say. Fiscal, staff, security problems 'daunting'

Posted on April 18, 2009
Orleans prison in bad shape, feds say Fiscal, staff, security problems 'daunting' Saturday, April 18, 2009 By Bruce Nolan Staff writer Orleans Parish Prison faces a huge burden of financial, staffing, security and other problems -- the worst of them....

Seattle: Need for new jail questioned as the number of prisoners decreases

Posted on April 17, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 Need for new jail questioned as inmate numbers drop By SCOTT GUTIERREZ SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF A shrinking number of inmates in the King County Jail is bucking prior forecasts and raising new questions about whether Seattle and....

African American Prison Disparity Grows in Iowa

Posted on April 17, 2009
Blacks' prison disparity grows in Iowa Des Moines Register By LEE ROOD ? April 15, 2009 African-Americans currently account for quarter of admissions, data show The proportion of blacks being admitted to Iowa prisons has reached its highest point in....

PA: State begins construction on 1st of 3 new prisons

Posted on April 16, 2009
State begins construction on 1st of 3 new prisons Tuesday, April 14, 2009 By Tom Barnes, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette HARRISBURG -- A lot of businesses and industries have been hard hit by the ailing economy, but in Pennsylvania there's still one...

A Racial Shift in Drug-Crime Prisoners Fewer Blacks and More Whites, Says Sentencing Project

Posted on April 15, 2009
A Racial Shift in Drug-Crime Prisoners Fewer Blacks and More Whites, Says Sentencing Project By Darryl Fears Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, April 15, 2009; Page A04 For the first time since crack cocaine sparked a war on drugs 20...

NV: "Centers" proposed for parole violaters and people with drug & alcohol convictions

Posted on April 14, 2009
Centers proposed for low-risk offenders By RACHELLE GINES Associated Press Writer 04/13/2009 CARSON CITY, Nev.?The Nevada Senate's top Democrat told lawmakers Monday that a new program for low-risk parole violators and drug and alcohol offenders would reduce the state's prison...

ID: Getting smart on crime does not mean more prisons beds

Posted on April 13, 2009
Monica Hopkins: Getting smart on crime does not mean more prisons beds BY MONICA HOPKINS - Idaho Statesman 04/12/09 Idaho's current budget deficit poses a crisis for decision makers. While prison spending increases, vital public services like Medicaid and education...

NY Times Editorial: Addiction Behind Bars

Posted on April 13, 2009
NY Times Editorial Addiction Behind Bars Published: April 12, 2009 The United States must do more to curb the spread of diseases like AIDS and hepatitis C in prison, where infection rates are high and inmates can easily spread disease...

WA: Plan to close McNeil Island prison has many critics Closing McNeil Island prison might save the state millions.

Posted on April 13, 2009
Plan to close McNeil Island prison has many critics Closing McNeil Island prison might save the state millions. It definitely would cost jobs in Pierce County and hurt businesses in Steilacoom. IAN DEMSKY Published: 04/11/09 Fourteen years before Washington became...

Twenty Years of Drug Courts -- Results and Misgivings from Drug War Chronicle

Posted on April 12, 2009
Feature: Twenty Years of Drug Courts -- Results and Misgivings from Drug War Chronicle, Issue #580, 4/10/09 The drug court phenomenon celebrates its 20th birthday this year. The first drug court, designed to find a more effective way for the...

NV: CCA Proposal for Building 6,000 cages

Posted on April 12, 2009
Board of Prison Commissioners hearing April 14th: Question of for-profit prison plans to build 6,000 beds in Nevada 4-10-09 *I'm with the non-profit Private Corrections Institute and have been a researcher in the field of for-profit prisons for a dozen...

National support sought for Sign-on to support NY's Anti-Shackling Bill

Posted on April 12, 2009
Sign-on to support NY's Anti-Shackling Bill Letter of Support for A.3373-A National support is sought for this Bill. You can sign-on individually or as an organization by contacting Tina Reynolds. Contact info at the bottom of this email....

WA: Closing prisons, slashing sentences eyed to balance budget

Posted on April 10, 2009
Closing prisons, slashing sentences eyed to balance budget By Jennifer Sullivan Seattle Times staff reporter April 9, 2009 OLYMPIA ? Tough-on-crime legislation that has long filled courtrooms, prisons and parole offices across the country has apparently met its match ?...

Delinquency and Prevention

Posted on April 10, 2009
Delinquency and Prevention Editorial- New York Times Published: April 9, 2009 The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency and Prevention Act of 1974, now up for Congressional reauthorization, provided states and localities with money, training and technical assistance for badly needed delinquency...

NC: 3 of 7 prisons saved by Senate for closure. Schools cut.

Posted on April 10, 2009
Senate budget targets schools Haywood prison spared in plan Jordan Schrader April 7, 2009 Citizen Times RALEIGH ? State Senate budget writers released a spending plan Monday that would save money by boosting class sizes, giving fewer tests and prodding...

WV: Sen. Rockefeller tours site of new federal prison says it is a perfect fit for moutaintwop location

Posted on April 10, 2009
Senator tours site of federal prison in McDowell County Mary Catherine Brooks Register-Herald Reporter April 09, 2009 Bringing attention to the nearly 350 jobs to be created by the federal prison now under construction in the McDowell County industrial park,...

CA: Coalinga state prison still falls short, grand jury reports

Posted on April 10, 2009
Coalinga state prison still falls short, jury reports Thursday, Apr. 09, 2009 By Eddie Jimenez / The Fresno Bee Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga is still plagued with crowding, inadequate medical care and concerns that inmates could be exposed...

OH: Prison employees escape layoffs due to $59 million to prisons from stimulus bill

Posted on April 07, 2009
Prison employees escape layoffs Monday, April 6, 2009 11:00 PM By Alan Johnson THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH In today's eroding economy, this is news: The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction will not lay off 500 employees. The agency that runs...

AL: First Federal Prison for Women Touted as Boost for Economy

Posted on April 07, 2009
Groundbreaking set for Alabama's first federal women's prison Posted by Tom Gordon -- Birmingham News April 06, 2009 Groundbreaking is scheduled Wednesday at the west Alabama site of what will be the state's first all-female federal prison. The facility will...

SF: Poverty Court Opens

Posted on April 07, 2009
NEWSOM IGNORES VOTERS: $2.7 MILLION POVERTY COURT OPENS IN SAN FRANCISCO BRINGING THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX TO A NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR YOU! Notwithstanding a blistering defeat at the polls and strong opposition by the SF Board of Supervisors Newsom's Community Justice...

OH: Mental health care burdens prisons

Posted on April 06, 2009
Mental health care burdens prisons By Lou Grieco Staff Writer Monday, April 06, 2009 DAYTON ? Ohio prisons projected spending $64 million on inmates' mental health care in 2006 ? or $8.7 million more than prison officials planned to spend...

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