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The Sentencing Project's 25th anniversary forum: Criminal Justice 2036: A 25-Year Vision for Reform
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January 18, 2012
(City Limits)
NY Prisoners Counted Differently, But Still Not Voting Prisoners will be counted in their hometowns rather than where they're incarcerated but neither those imprisoned in state facilities nor parolees can vote in New York.
January 18, 2012
(CNN)
CNN Poll on Felony Disenfranchisement - An Issue in 2012 Election At Monday's Republican debate in South Carolina, presidential candidates sparred over whether people with felony convictions should be allowed to vote, with front runner, Mitt Romney, saying, "I think who committed violent crimes should not be allowed to vote again."
January 18, 2012
(The Callie Crosby Show)
Marc Mauer on WGBH’s “The Callie Crosby Show” Marc Mauer, executive director of The Sentencing Project, is interviewed about the “three strikes” legislation passed by the Massachusett’s legislature and aimed at keeping habitual offenders incarcerated longer. The bill is now making its way to Governor Deval Patrick’s desk for approval.
January 13, 2012
(The Sentencing Project)
New Report Examines Private Prisons in America Private prisons held over 128,000 prisoners in 2010, representing an 80 percent increase since 1999. This growth has been built on the claim that private prisons can operate at a lower cost than publicly operated facilities, while still providing the same levels of service. Private prison companies have failed to fulfill this promise, according to the new report, Too Good to be True: Private Prisons in America.
January 11, 2012
(The Sentencing Project)
Disenfranchisement News National: Civil rights report details “historic” assault on voting rights National: Senate bill introduced to restore federal voting rights Florida: Florida under scrutiny for voting laws California: San Francisco’s highest voter turnout comes from County Jail
January 9, 2012
(Washington Post)
Va. prisons’ use of solitary confinement is scrutinized
Critics have set their sights on Virginia, where lawyers and inmates say some
of the state’s 40,000 prisoners, including some with mental-health issues, have
been kept in isolation for years, in one case for 14 years.
Critics have set their sights on Virginia, where lawyers and inmates say some of the state’s 40,000 prisoners, including some with mental-health issues, have been kept in isolation for years, in one case for 14 years.
January 5, 2012
(The North Star News)
NAACP Extends Hand to the Incarcerated The National Associations for the Advancement of Colored People has 40 active prison branches and prison memberships in excess of 500 members.
January 5, 2012
(The North Star News)
Prison Populations Drop, but Black Incarceration Remains High Though the overall prison population is on the decline, the incarceration rate for African-American men and women in federal and state prisons was much higher in 2010, when compared with the number of whites and Hispanics behind bars, according to a U.S. Justice Department report published in December.
January 4, 2012
(The Sentencing Project)
Race and Justice News Featured: Race and reform strategies Spotlight on Research: Studies of racial disparities in federal sentencing Spotlight on Research: Perceptions of problems affecting African American Communities and children Policy: Governor vetoes bill that sought to end North Carolina’s Racial Justice Act Policy: Justice Department investigates targeting of black students for unfair treatment in Mississippi Policing: What are encounters with the police like for an African American male? |
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