Another award for Federal Prison Handbook. Winner of the 2017 I&I Book Award First Place Blue Ribbon, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards. It was said that “the competition was exceptionally stiff, and the process of choosing the few M&M First Place Award Winners from the Shortlisters was tough.” So, a CIBA First Place Win
Four days after the White House prison reform summit (See “White House Summit Pushes for Action on the “First Step” Act” on christopherzoukis.com for more information), and 10 days after clearing the House Judiciary Committee on a 25-5 vote, the “First Step” Act (H.R. 5628) easily passed the House of Representative on a 360-59 vote.
In October 1989, 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling was kidnapped at gunpoint and never seen again. When the boy’s mother, Patty Wetterling, learned that her home state of Minnesota did not have a database of possible suspects—notably convicted sex offenders—she set out to make a change. Wetterling’s efforts led to the passage of the Jacob Wetterling Crimes
As long as there have been prisons in America, there have been people concerned about educating the inmates. William Rogers, a clergyman, is believed to be the first prison educator, teaching behind bars in the late 1700s. Despite strong opposition from those that believe prisoners should not be entitled to an education, there are still
By Christopher Zoukis Recently, Futurity.org, a website running research news from America’s top universities, featured an interesting article in it’s heath and medicine segment. Prison linked to obesity among black men, proclaimed the title. The article referenced a study that saw researchers pull data from the 2001-2003 National Survey of American Life. The survey included
The House Judiciary Committee on May 9 approved, by a 25-5 margin, the Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person Act (H.R. 5682), known for short as the “First Step” Act. Sponsored by Reps. Doug Collins (R-GA) and Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), the measure is a pared-down revision of the Prison Reform and Corrections Act
Federal Prison Handbook has been named the WINNER in Non-Fiction in the 12th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards, and we are bursting with pride. The National Indie Excellence Awards celebrate independent publishing as a strong and proud facet of the publishing industry, taking the time to recognize the hard work of authors and publishers. Furthermore,
We are proud to announce Christopher Zoukis’ recently published book Federal Prison Handbook, has placed in the 2018 Eric Hoffer Book Award as a Finalist in the Reference category. The Eric Hoffer Award honors the memory of the great American philosopher Eric Hoffer by highlighting salient writing, as well as the independent spirit of small
While at a convenience store in Winchester, Virginia, in September 2016, Edward Kovari was arrested by a local police officer who had been checking out-of-state license plates and found an outstanding warrant from Texas accusing Kovari of having stolen the car he was driving. A waiter in his upper30s, Kovari had recently moved from Houston
In July 2017, congress introduced the Prison Reform and Redemption Act – H.R.3356 — 115th Congress (2017-2018). Intended as a bill to guide the Department of Justice in the creation and use of a Post-Sentencing Risk and Needs Assessment System for the Bureau of Prisons (BOP). The assessment system looks closely at several factors: a
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