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“Accelerated Release: A Literature Review” by the National Council on Crime and Delinquency is our site of the day The National Council on Crime and Delinquency has released a report earlier this month, “Accelerated Release: A Literature Review” that couldn't be more timely, given the proposal by...
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States Hesitate to Lead Change on Executions NEW YORK TIMES By ADAM LIPTAK When a state panel recommended last April that Tennessee abandon the three chemicals used in executions across the nation in favor of the single drug usually used in animal euthanasia, the state¹s corrections commissioner said...
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Editorial: Early release of prisoners has to be considered Prison costs are a big part of fiscal crisis; controlling them is part of the solution Published 12:00 am PST Thursday, December 27, 2007 Story appeared in EDITORIALS section, Page B6 Print | E-Mail | Comments (6)| Digg it | del.icio.us With...
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As the Prison Budget Goes, So Goes the Budget Deficit By: Brian Leubitz Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 10:13:43 AM PST And both are skyrocketing. That we are unable to control our prison spending will lead to just one more in a laundry list of budget disasters in the coming years, but nothing in our budget has...
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2008 looms as year of reckoning on California's prison crowding By: DON THOMPSON - Associated Press SACRAMENTO -- The crisis-fueled momentum that produced a nearly $8 billion prison-spending plan earlier this year has lost some of its steam, leaving the state vulnerable to federal judges ordering...
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They were talking about doing this the whole time I was in there..... I can't believe the are going to do it.... but they are going to stall as long as they can....... JP
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Adult System Worsens Juvenile Recidivism, Report Says By Robert E. Pierre Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, November 30, 2007; A14 Youths tried as adults and housed in adult prisons commit more crimes, often more violent ones, than minors who remain in the juvenile justice system, a panel of experts...
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Prison System a Costly and Harmful Failure: Report By Randall Mikkelsen WASHINGTON - The number of Americans in prison has risen eight-fold since 1970, with little impact on crime but at great cost to taxpayers and society, researchers said in a report calling for a major justice-system overhaul. The...
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Jail eyes state funds Monday, November 05, 2007 By Michael Van Cassell ( mvancassell@ freelancenews. com ) The recidivism rate in California's jails and prisons is staggering. At 70 percent, it's the worst in the country. And here in San Benito County , jailers often see the same faces come through...
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Prison system fine for staph infections By Judy Lin - jlin@sacbee. com Published 5:31 PM PDT Wednesday, October 31, 2007 Print | E-Mail | Comments (5) | Digg it | del.icio.us California's prison system has been slapped with a $21,000 fine for ignoring and failing to reduce the spread of staph infections...