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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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IN EPIC FISCAL STORM, NEW STRATEGIES RISE

Posted on December 02, 2008
"There's an oft-neglected candidate: corrections. Because of politically motivated mandatory sentencing legislation, prisoner rolls have been growing rapidly, reaching world-leading shares of the total population. Complains Maricopa County, Ariz., Manager David Smith: "We have 40,000 felony cases yearly and corrections...

TN: CCA Faces Scrutiny After Man Dies in Jail

Posted on December 02, 2008
Friends and comrades: Yet another prisoner has died in the solitary confinement unit in the Metropolitan Nashville Detention Facility (MNDF). Terry Battle, a Black prisoner, died in June '08, and his case was only disclosed over the Thanks-taking holiday, in...

NY: A new tack on drug policy could save the state billions

Posted on December 02, 2008
A new tack on drug policy could save the state billions Posted by The Readers' Page November 30, 2008 5:00AM By Gabriel Sayegh While New York reels from the most severe budget crisis since the Great Depression, Gov. David Paterson...

Nick Montos Oldest Prisoner in MA dies without receiving a commutation

Posted on December 01, 2008
Dear Boston Globe Editor: Nick Montos, purportedly the oldest prisoner in Massachusetts, died yesterday (11/30/08) at the age of 92. He was incarcerated at MCI Norfolk. Since the summer of '08 fellow prisoners at Norfolk had been waging a "free...

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Black World Conference in New Orleans Discusses How to Advance Policies Critical to the Black Community

Posted on November 30, 2008
BMORENEWS.com : News, video and live radio for the black community in the Washington D.C. and Baltimore area BLACK LEADERS GATHER IN NEW ORLEANS TO DISCUSS POLICY AGENDA Fresh off the historic victory of Senator Barack Obama as the first...

Private Prison Profits Soar Through Prisoners in the Immigration System

Posted on November 28, 2008
Private Prison Profits Soar Through Bipartisan Pork by Dave Bennion Published November 26, 2008 @ 08:00AM PST Tom Barry at Border Lines, a blog I just added to my feed list, discusses the commodification of prisoners in the immigration system....

To fight drugs, U.S. must cut demand

Posted on November 28, 2008
"The Office of National Drug Control Policy, under which Plan Colombia and other drug control programs operate, spends 65 percent of its $12 billion annual budget on supply-side efforts and only 35 percent on the demand side. In 1971, when...

MA: DOC Commissioner Clarke gets an earful at a local hearing

Posted on November 27, 2008
"If there was a magic button that, if pressed, would instantly rehabilitate all prisoners and reduce recidivism to zero, with a show of hands, those who believe that the Department of Corrections would not press that button." Most hands shot...

Great News: Albert Woodfox of the Angola 3 to be released on bail after 37 years.

Posted on November 26, 2008
Woodfox and Wallace were each held in solitary confinement from the time of the murder until last March, after a federal court concluded that their suit alleging that such confinement for three decades constitutes cruel and unusual punishment could go...

A Victory in PA: Pittsburgh jury awards $185K to state prisoner

Posted on November 25, 2008
From the Human Rights Coalition---FedUp! Chapter Andre Jacobs, a captive of SCI Fayette in the PA DOC, was awarded $185,000 in compensatory damages by a jury today for violations of his constitutional rights while being hled in the Long Term...

OK: Good News Theresa Lee Hernandez

Posted on November 25, 2008
Empowering Oklahoma women & girls Monday, November 24, 2008 Theresa Lee Hernandez- Follow-up Dear Amici, Activists, and Allies: We are so pleased to let you know that on November 19, 2008, after serving only one year from the date of...

Tired of the Guilt, Fugitives Line Up to Give Up

Posted on November 24, 2008
November 24, 2008 Tired of the Guilt, Fugitives Line Up to Give Up By KAREEM FAHIM CAMDEN, N.J. ? A church served as the police station house, and central booking was set up in a community center. An apartment building...

Kansas discusses closing 2 El Dorado prisons

Posted on November 24, 2008
Kansas discusses closing 2 El Dorado prisons EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) -- Impending budget cuts have prompted the Kansas Department of Corrections to consider closing two minimum-security prisons in El Dorado, although no final decision has been made. "Every aspect...

(Bad) Choices for Possible Obama Drug Czar

Posted on November 24, 2008
Ramstad Seen as Possible Obama Drug Czar November 21, 2008 News Feature By Bob Curley As President-elect Barack Obama's transition team gathers steam, word is leaking out that recently retired Rep. Jim Ramstad (R-Minn.) -- a strong advocate for addiction...

WI Books to Prisoners: artwork by prisoners and others wanted

Posted on November 23, 2008
WANTED ? ARTWORK BY PRISONERS AND OTHERS Wisconsin Books to Prisoners was the recipient of a powerful set of posters created by 20 printmakers from the JUSTSEEDS Visual Resistance art collective. These posters were created in anticipation of the...

Inspiring Rikers Teacher Runs Afoul of Jail's Rules

Posted on November 23, 2008
Inspiring Rikers Teacher Runs Afoul of Jail's Rules By MICHAEL WINERIP Published: January 25, 2006 JEFF KAUFMAN, a teacher at the Rikers Island jail, has a reputation as a good educator who cares about his student inmates. In 2004, without...

CA: Editorial: Time to pay for getting tough on crime

Posted on November 23, 2008
Editorial: Time to pay for getting tough on crime Published Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008 Sacramento Bee There's an old kids' joke, "How do you know if there's an elephant under your bed?" Answer: "Your nose is touching the ceiling." As...

OK: Audit: State?s prisons crowded, underfunded

Posted on November 23, 2008
Audit: State?s prisons crowded, underfunded November 23, 2008 Muskogee Phoeniz ? TAFT ? Velita Nash says she does not have a drug or alcohol problem. ?I have a problem shoplifting clothing,? she said. ?I steal clothes from a retailer.? Nash,...

MA: "Reform is Needed" letter by Barbara Dougan of FAMM

Posted on November 23, 2008
Letters to the Editor - The Boston Globe Reform is needed November 23, 2008 "PRISON TO double-bunk inmates" highlights the urgent need for sentencing reform in Massachusetts. Our prisons are bursting, due in large part to costly and inflexible mandatory...

Phone and Fax for Herman Bell and Jalil Muntaqim

Posted on November 22, 2008
PhonSF 8 defendants Herman Bell and Jalil Muntaqim (aka Anthony Bottom) are being held in intolerable conditions in the San Francisco County jail, a facility designed to hold arrestees for only a day or two. The Free the SF 8...

Gail Collins- NY Times " Time for Him to Go"

Posted on November 22, 2008
November 22, 2008 Op-Ed Columnist- NY Times Time for Him to Go By GAIL COLLINS Thanksgiving is next week, and President Bush could make it a really special holiday by resigning. Seriously. We have an economy that?s crashing and a...

Larger Inmate Population Is Boon to Private Prisons

Posted on November 20, 2008
Wall Street Journal NOVEMBER 18, 2008 Larger Inmate Population Is Boon to Private Prisons By STEPHANIE CHEN Prison companies are preparing for a wave of new business as the economic downturn makes it increasingly difficult for federal and state government...

MA: Testimony by Lois Ahrens to DOC Commissioner Clark on barriers to speaking to Lifers Group at Norfolk

Posted on November 20, 2008
From Cell Block to City Block: Strategies for a Successful Re-Entry My name is Lois Ahrens. I am the founder and Director of The Real Cost of Prisons Project, a Northampton-based national organization. With Donald Petigny-Perry, I also organized the....

Cheney, Gonzales Indicted in 'Prisonville'

Posted on November 20, 2008
The Bond Buyer November 20, 2008 Thursday SECTION: THE REGIONS; Pg. 1 Vol. 365 No. 33012 The Bond Buyer November 20, 2008 Thursday SECTION: THE REGIONS; Pg. 1 Vol. 365 No. 33012 Cheney, Gonzales Indicted in 'Prisonville' BYLINE: Richard Williamson...

2 articles on closoing Pontiac IL prison-- Mistakes of black youth keep Pontiac prison in business Union fights closing, wants more paroles revoked

Posted on November 20, 2008
Mistakes of black youth keep Pontiac prison in business Union fights closing, wants more paroles revoked November 20, 2008 Chicago Sun Times BY MARY MITCHELL marym@suntimes.com Pardon me while I make this real plain. If you have worn your knees...

The Agents of Change on Obama's Transition Team

Posted on November 20, 2008
The Agents of Change on Obama's Transition Team David Corn, Mother Jones eams, which, according to the office of the president-elect, will examine key departments, agencies, and commissions, as well as the White House, to provide Barack Obama and his...

This is Change? 20 Hawks, Clintonites and Neocons to Watch for in Obama's White House

Posted on November 20, 2008
AlterNet This is Change? 20 Hawks, Clintonites and Neocons to Watch for in Obama's White House By Jeremy Scahill, AlterNet Posted on November 20, 2008, Printed on November 20, 2008 http://www.alternet.org/story/107666/ U.S. policy is not about one individual, and no...

NY: Guards Oppose Closing of Empty Prisons which would save $84 million

Posted on November 19, 2008
Correctional officers oppose proposed cuts Tuesday, November 18, 2008 12:45 PM EST By James V. Franco The Record TROY ? The plan to save money by consolidating prisoners within the respective prisons where they are held is coming under fire...

Trial begins over California prison crowding

Posted on November 19, 2008
Trial begins over California prison crowding By DON THOMPSON -Nov. 19, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? Attorneys for the state and inmates' rights groups clashed Tuesday at the opening of a high-stakes trial over whether California's jam-packed prisons have led...

IL: Judge Halts Pontiac Prison Closing

Posted on November 19, 2008
Judge Halts Pontiac Prison Closing By Paul Meincke November 18, 2008 (PONTIAC, Ill.) (WLS) -- One of the state's cost cutting measures is closing the Pontiac prison. But a lot of people in Pontiac are fighting to keep the prison...

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