Prison exchange program brings diverse groups together

Jul 13, 2017 No Comments

“THE INSIDE-OUT PRISON EXCHANGE PROGRAM INCREASES OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF PRISON, TO HAVE TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT EMPHASIZE COLLABORATION AND DIALOGUE, INVITING PARTICIPANTS TO TAKE LEADERSHIP IN ADDRESSING CRIME, JUSTICE, AND OTHER ISSUES OF SOCIAL CONCERN.” — INSIDEOUTCENTER.ORG An innovative learning program that brings together incarcerated and traditional students is breaking down

The Processing of New Arrivals at Federal Prisons

Jul 7, 2017 No Comments

The Federal Bureau of Prisons is a massive entity with over 41,000 employees and an annual budget of more than $7 billion. It is responsible for the housing and management of approximately 188,000 federal inmates, each of which must be cataloged, inventoried, and processed into the prison system, and ultimately into each individual federal prison.

Inmates Lose Court Challenge to Ohio’s Execution Drugs

Jul 6, 2017 No Comments

A divided federal court of appeals has rejected a challenge to the three-drug execution protocol Ohio plans to use. The state had suspended executions for more than three years due to litigation attacking its three-drug lethal injection method, and to its inability to obtain barbiturates formerly used to anaesthetize death row prisoners before being given

Correctional Education Crucial to Inmates’ Future Success

Jul 6, 2017 No Comments

RECEIVING EDUCATION AND TRAINING BEHIND BARS CAN HELP PREVENT YOUTH FROM RE-ENTERING THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN THE FUTURE. America’s prison population began to spike in 1975. But why? Prior to that time, the incarceration rate was pretty level. Since the late 70s, though, prisons have become more packed each year. Longer sentences and expanded enforcement and

Lethal Injection Challenge Rejected

Jun 30, 2017 No Comments

On November 2, 2016, the Eleventh Circuit upheld a district court’s denial of death row prisoner Thomas D. Arthur’s challenge to the use of the drug midazolam in the lethal injection protocol used by the State of Alabama. Arthur challenged midazolam as the first in a series of three drugs administered during executions. Midazolam took

Third Circuit Reverses Denial of Class Certification

Jun 30, 2017 No Comments

The Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has resurrected a challenge to the constitutionality of 8 U.S.C. § 1226(c), the section of the Immigration and Nationality Act that requires mandatory detention of undocumented immigrants who have committed certain crimes. The challenge was brought in 2012 by plaintiffs Garfield Gayle, Neville Sukhu, and Sheldon Francois.

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Federal Prison Population Dropped 13% In Four Years

Jun 29, 2017 No Comments

A new analysis released by the nonprofit Sentencing Project is a classic case of good news and bad news. On one hand, it finds a widespread trend toward lower incarceration levels: the combined state and federal total number of inmates has declined by 4.9% since hitting its peak in 2009, and the Federal Bureau of

Challenge to Lethal Injection Drug Rejected

Jun 29, 2017 No Comments

By Christopher Zoukis On November 2, 2016, the Eleventh Circuit upheld a district court’s denial of death row prisoner Thomas D. Arthur’s challenge to the use of the drug midazolam in the lethal injection protocol used by the State of Alabama. Arthur challenged midazolam as the first in a series of three drugs administered during

FOIA Request for Complaints Against Immigration Judges Granted

Jun 29, 2017 No Comments

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court’s order allowing across-the-board redactions by the government in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. The American Immigration Lawyers Association submitted a FOIA request to the Executive Office for Immigration Review, a division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), seeking disclosure

It's Time to End the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Jun 28, 2017 No Comments

STATISTICS SHOW THAT NONWHITE AND DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN ARE AT THE HIGHEST RISK OF GOING FROM SCHOOL TO JAIL. (PHOTO CREDIT: PHILIP LACONTE, FLICKR) The “school-to-prison pipeline” describes the unfortunate trend of kids graduating not out of school, but rather into the criminal justice system. The pipeline effect is especially evident where large segments of the population are

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Prison exchange program brings diverse groups together

The Processing of New Arrivals at Federal Prisons

Inmates Lose Court Challenge to Ohio’s Execution Drugs

Correctional Education Crucial to Inmates’ Future Success

Lethal Injection Challenge Rejected

Third Circuit Reverses Denial of Class Certification

Federal Prison Population Dropped 13% In Four Years

Challenge to Lethal Injection Drug Rejected

FOIA Request for Complaints Against Immigration Judges Granted

It's Time to End the School-to-Prison Pipeline

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