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FCC Regulations On Exorbitant Prison Phone Rates Ineffective: Prison Phone Providers Still Cashing In

Jul 21, 2014 No Comments

The families of the more than two million men, women, and children behind bars in America found something to cheer about earlier this year when the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) set new caps on interstate rates for telephone calls from prisoners, an effort spearheaded by Prison Legal News’s tireless advocacy. Whereas contract providers like Global

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Retroactivity of Drug Guidelines Amendments

Jul 18, 2014 No Comments

Today, the United States Sentencing Commission has scheduled a vote as to whether the November 2014 Amendments to the federal drug sentencing guidelines will apply retroactively. The new Amendments reduce the drug sentencing guidelines by 2 points and can result in a sentence reduction of 6 months to 2 years for many inmates. Most legal

Thousands Await Clemency for Drug Sentences

Jul 18, 2014 No Comments

Today — July 18, 2014 — an important vote will occur. The United States Sentencing Commission will vote on the 2 Point Reduction Law, which potentially may reduce the sentences of many federal inmates. In late December, the president commuted the prison sentences of eight inmates. The inmates who were spared were convicted of nonviolent

Ninth Circuit Revives Prison Trust Account Seizure Claim; Disputed Ownership Requires Due Process Protections

Jul 18, 2014 No Comments

In an unpublished ruling, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a federal district court’s sua sponte dismissal of a California prisoner’s claims that prison officials improperly removed money from his trust account without adequate due process protections. California state prisoner Anthony Brazier filed a federal civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983,

Fear and Discouragement Don’t Rehabilitate Prisoners

Jul 17, 2014 No Comments

American Prisons: A Failure of the Greatest Magnitude The state and federal prison systems of America are in tatters. Inmates are being transformed into hardened convicts. Recidivism rates continue to rise. And all the while, the concept of prison rehabilitating offenders has become a running joke, ongoing dialogue on prison reform aside. It’s pathetic, plain

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How Is Prison Realignment Playing Out In California

Jul 17, 2014 No Comments

According to the study reported in this video, California’s Realignment Initiative is resulting in more auto thefts throughout the state. The study does not suggest building more prisons to house California’s criminals. Instead, the study’s authors propose finding alternative methods to reduce crime.

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Consequences of California’s Realignment Initiative

Jul 17, 2014 No Comments

By Christopher Petrella and Alex Friedmann David Harvey, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Geography at the City University of New York, writes, “Capitalism never resolves its problems; it simply rearranges them geographically.” The same can be said of California’s almost three-year-old Public Safety Realignment initiative – legislation designed to reduce the Golden State’s prison population,

Texas State Prison / Windham School District

Jul 16, 2014 No Comments

Name: Windham School District Associated Educational Institution: Itself Associated Prison: 89 Separate Prisons Website: https://wsdtx.org/ Mailing Address: P.O. Box 40 804 Bldg. B, FM 2821 West Huntsville, TX 77320 Phone Number: (936) 291-5300 Fax Number: (936) 291-5300 Email Address: [email protected], Contact Forms Available on Website Point of Contact: Not Publicly Available Social Media: Texas Prison

UNICOR: Prison Sweatshop or Under-Exploited Tool for Rehabilitation?

Jul 16, 2014 No Comments

Each weekday morning at the Leavenworth minimum security federal prison camp in Kansas, more than 130 of the camp’s inmates troop off to work at the institution’s Electronic Recycling Factory. For many, this is the first real job that they have ever held. The Leavenworth Electronics Recycling Factory is a part of Federal Prison Industries,

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Crowded Prisons, Unions, and CA Three Strikes: Why We Can't Just Build More Cages

Jul 15, 2014 No Comments

This video provides a unique overview of California’s prison problem. California’s philosophy is to lock them up and throw away the key. The bulk of California’s prisoners are imprisoned for non-violent drug offenses. The Three Strikes Law and so-called ‘mandatory sentencing’ guidelines are briefly examined. Simply throwing money at the problem — hiring more prison

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FCC Regulations On Exorbitant Prison Phone Rates Ineffective: Prison Phone Providers Still Cashing In

Retroactivity of Drug Guidelines Amendments

Thousands Await Clemency for Drug Sentences

Ninth Circuit Revives Prison Trust Account Seizure Claim; Disputed Ownership Requires Due Process Protections

Fear and Discouragement Don’t Rehabilitate Prisoners

How Is Prison Realignment Playing Out In California

Consequences of California’s Realignment Initiative

Texas State Prison / Windham School District

UNICOR: Prison Sweatshop or Under-Exploited Tool for Rehabilitation?

Crowded Prisons, Unions, and CA Three Strikes: Why We Can't Just Build More Cages

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