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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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Jail and the Census: A Change That Counts Easthampton's Prison Policy Initiative scores a victory for fair political representation.

Posted on April 07, 2010
Jail and the Census: A Change That Counts Easthampton's Prison Policy Initiative scores a victory for fair political representation. Thursday, April 08, 2010 By Maureen Turner Valley Advocate Peter Wagner knows firsthand just how hard it is to get people...

RI: Decriminalizing less than an ounce of marijuana would save the state $12.7 million in criminal justice costs per year

Posted on April 05, 2010
Providence, RI--According to the new report by OpenDoors, ?The Criminal Justice Costs of Marijuana Prohibition in Rhode Island,? marijuana prohibition has widespread and significant fiscal and human costs, results in unfair and racially disproportionate punishment, and has no demonstrated public...

KS: model parole program collapses with state budget cuts

Posted on April 05, 2010
Kansas' model parole program collapses with state budget cuts By RICK MONTGOMERY The Kansas City Star Sat, Apr. 03, 2010 Lewis was babbling. ?I can see things. ? There are signs out there coming from The Beast.? One of his...

OR/WA- Washington state prisoners produce frozen food for other prisoners as a cost savings-2400 calories-$5 a day

Posted on April 05, 2010
Inmates cook for inmates By Alex Paul, Albany Democrat-Herald Wednesday, March 31, 2010 LEBANON ? Inmates at the new Lebanon jail will eat three meals a day prepared by inmates from the Washington State Department of Corrections, according to police....

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Dallas PA: Residents concerned about security now that towers might be unmanned

Posted on April 05, 2010
Prison security is concern again April 4, 2010 By Rebecca Bria - Dallas Times Leader Staff Writer JACKSON TWP. ? Al Fox remembers the last time the towers at the State Correctional Institution Dallas were unmanned. It was Aug. 16,...

AFSC seeking testimonies from men, women and children relating to extended isolation and torture

Posted on April 04, 2010
The American Friends Service Committee Prison Watch Project is planning to update the Fall 2001 "Torture in US Prisons ? Evidence of US Human Rights Violations." We are seeking testimonies from men, women and children relating to the use of...

MA: Another suicide by a prisoner

Posted on April 04, 2010
Each suicide by a prisoner gets treated as if it were aberrant act, not as a result of the prison culture of humiliation and hopelessness. In this instance, Leslie Walker blames the suicide of Michael Caputo on a cut-back of...

California, in Financial Crisis, Opens Prison Doors and Comments on the Reality of the Situation

Posted on April 02, 2010
Comments on the article below which appeared in the 3-23-10 NY Times entitled "California in Financial Crisis, Opens Prison Doors." The comments below are from an knowledgeable organizer in CA who debunks much of what is in the Times article:...

Unneeded prison in Nevada eludes budget ax

Posted on April 02, 2010
"The state's opportunity to save $12 million had lost out to concerns about how the closing would affect guards who work there and the struggling economy of Carson City, the state capital." "The prison is a classic example," says businessman...

Idaho: Private Prison For Prisoners Addicted to Drugs and Alcohol to Open

Posted on April 02, 2010
Idaho drug prison to open in July Idaho Stateman By JOHN MILLER - Associated Press Writer Published: 03/15/10 BOISE, Idaho ? Idaho lawmakers and Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter now aim to staff a new $50 million, 432-bed drug treatment prison...

FL: Deals keep prisons open

Posted on April 02, 2010
Florida lawmakers come up with way to keep prisons open By Karen Voyles Published: Friday, April 2, 2010 at 8:34 a.m. Florida lawmakers have apparently come up with a way to keep all 59 major prisons open across the state...

Texas, more liberal than Mass.? Yes!

Posted on April 01, 2010
Texas, more liberal than Mass.? (Will MA ever stop patting itself on the back for some weird illusion about being liberal?-Lois) Posted by James Alan Fox, Crime and Punishment March 25, 2010 What a shocker! And for Massachusetts liberals like...

MA: D.A.'s response to bullying 'extreme'

Posted on April 01, 2010
The DA for Hampshire County (MA) has brought criminal charges against 9 youth involved in months of bullying of another classmate. The classmate,a fifteen year old girl who recently moved to the area from Ireland, hanged herself. D.A.'s response to...

Supreme Court Upholds Integrity of Criminal Justice System for Immigrants

Posted on March 31, 2010
Supreme Court Upholds Integrity of Criminal Justice System for Immigrants Washington, D.C. (March 31, 2010) ? The Supreme Court today issued a landmark decision in Padilla v. Kentucky, holding that defense lawyers must give correct advice to clients about the...

Erie Co. NY: Small County Jail in Upstate New York Has Big Problem With Suicides

Posted on March 30, 2010
Small Upstate New York County Jail Has Big Problem With Suicides by Mosi Secret, ProPublica - March 29, 2010 9:33 am EDT At the 680-bed Erie County Holding Facility, a small jail on the shores of Lake Erie in Buffalo,...

Millions spent on Ohio's ailing, aging

Posted on March 30, 2010
Millions spent on Ohio's ailing, aging inmates BY JESSICA ALAIMO ? CentralOhio.com ? March 29, 2010 COLUMBUS -- Lawrence Reynolds overdosed on pills March 7. The Ohio State Penitentiary inmate was rushed to a Youngstown hospital. After nine days and....

After 19 Years, Released From Prison Under the Rockefeller Drug-Law Reforms

Posted on March 30, 2010
This is a radio story. To hear the story go to: http://www.wnyc.org/news/articles/by/maria_scarvalone Below is the text of the story. NEW YORK, NY March 23, 2010 ?Last year, New York State overhauled what many saw as the overly severe Rockefeller drug...

NY: City Reaches $33 Million Settlement Over Illegal Strip Searches for the 3rd Time in Ten Years!

Posted on March 26, 2010
City Reaches $33 Million Settlement Over Strip Searches By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT Published: March 22, 2010- NY Times For the third time in a decade, New York City has agreed to pay millions of dollars to settle a lawsuit stemming...

NY: After 19 Years, Amir Varick Amma is Released From Prison Under the Rockefeller Drug-Law Reforms

Posted on March 26, 2010
March 25, 2010 After 19 Years, Released From Prison Under the Rockefeller Drug-Law Reforms by Maria Scarvalone This is a radio story. To hear the story go to: http://www.wnyc.org/news/articles/by/maria_scarvalone Below is a transcription of the story...

Amir Varick Amma: After 19 Years, Released From Prison Under the Rockefeller Drug-Law Reforms

Posted on March 25, 2010
March 25, 2010 After 19 Years, Released From Prison Under the Rockefeller Drug-Law Reforms by Maria Scarvalone NEW YORK, NY March 23, 2010 ?Last year, New York State overhauled what many saw as the overly severe Rockefeller drug laws. The...

New York Times editorial. A Proper Count of Inmates

Posted on March 25, 2010
New York Times editorial A Proper Count of Inmates Published: March 23, 2010 The Census Bureau took an important first step toward electoral fairness when it announced that it would publish data on prison populations earlier than in the past,...

Update on Jail Playgound---Column by Errol Louis in Daily News--jail repainted

Posted on March 25, 2010
Brooklyn playground designed as prison: Just when will we stop setting up kids to fail? By Errol Louis Daily News Thursday, March 25th 2010, 4:00 AM A NYCHA employee repaints the controversial Brooklyn playground on Wednesday. Hats off to a...

Brookyn NY: "Jail Playground" !

Posted on March 25, 2010
http://blackandbrownnews.com/front/568028906_story.php To see the Jail Playground...go to the URL above. Original Story (3.21.10) There is no kind, gentle, diplomatic way to describe the offense against a community by this ?Jail Playground? on a New York City Housing Authority property, located...

RI and PA: RI sends troubled teenage boys to "facility" 300 miles away

Posted on March 25, 2010
(Teenagers) Offenders referred to Pa. school Sunday, March 21, 2010 By Lynn Arditi Providence Journal Staff Writer Deep in rural Pennsylvania, some 300 miles from Providence, The Glen Mills Schools appears to offer much to troubled teenaged boys. The school?s...

MA: CORI "Reform"---"The Wait Is Also Crime"- Change is stalled again due to fearful legislators---but what are they afraid of?

Posted on March 22, 2010
The wait is also a crime By Adtian Walker Boston Globe Columnist / March 20, 2010 Despite years of protests, chatter, executive orders, and legislative proposals, Massachusetts remains a lousy place to be a former criminal offender. And despite a...

NY Times Editorial: "Ex-Offenders and the Vote"

Posted on March 22, 2010
March 22, 2010 EDITORIAL- NY Times Ex-Offenders and the Vote Millions of ex-offenders who have been released from prison are denied the right to vote. That undercuts efforts to reintegrate former prisoners into mainstream society. And it goes against one...

PA prison population up despite national decline

Posted on March 22, 2010
Pa. prison population up despite national decline The Associated Press 3-22-10 HARRISBURG, Pa. - Even as the number of people in state prisons across the country has fallen for the first time in almost four decades, Pennsylvania's prison population is...

NY: Drop the Rock group also wants to drop some prisons and focus on sustainable economic development in NY State

Posted on March 22, 2010
"Caitlin Dunklee, coordinator of the Drop the Rock campaign, said, "New York can no longer use prisons as an economic stimulus plan. Warehousing low-income people of color to create jobs in upstate communities is unconscionable. State leaders must develop alternative...

Health care reform brings expansion of addiction and mental health coverage

Posted on March 22, 2010
From the Legal Action Center--(www.lac.org) March 22, 2010 In a major victory, ground-breaking expansion of addiction and mental health coverage of prevention, treatment and recovery is a part of the final healthcare reform bill passed on Sunday. The final bill,...

Race and Mythology in Drug Laws--The Senate Backs Off Equalizing Crack vs. Powder Sentencing Disparity

Posted on March 21, 2010
Editorial Race and Mythology in Drug Laws Editorial: NY Times Published: March 19, 2010 Congress is trying to undo some of the damage it inflicted more than two decades ago with its frenzied mandating of longer prison sentences for abusers...

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