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Old Main prison: A tour through American prison history

Edit Al Jazeera 26 Mar 2016
In 2013, the prison reopened its doors to the public with a two-hour guided tour, operated by the NMCD ... ' ... Yet, according to the lawsuit, they housed "many nonviolent prisoners" transferred there because of "unsubstantiated allegations of gang involvement", as well as mental disabilities, or simply to "ease overcrowding at other institutions" – all, according to the lawsuit, for "no apparent or penologically legitimate reason at all" ... ....

Injustice and misery in PH jails

Edit The Oslo Times 08 Mar 2016
March 8, NY. On Dec. 3, 2010, antidrug police in Muntinlupa City arrested 30-year-old tricycle driver Ronaldo Rivera on drug trafficking charges ... That was the last time Rivera, who asserts his innocence, saw the inside of a courtroom ... According to the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), between 85 and 90 percent of the more than 94,000 inmates in its custody are awaiting or undergoing trial ... These initiatives show promise....

Injustice and misery in PH jails (HRW - Human Rights Watch)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Mar 2016
(Source. HRW - Human Rights Watch). On Dec. 3, 2010, antidrug police in Muntinlupa City arrested 30-year-old tricycle driver Ronaldo Rivera on drug trafficking charges ... That was the last time Rivera, who asserts his innocence, saw the inside of a courtroom ... According to the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), between 85 and 90 percent of the more than 94,000 inmates in its custody are awaiting or undergoing trial ... (noodl....

Time to revisit IPC

Edit Deccan Herald 05 Mar 2016
Besides the ongoing controversy on the law of sedition, there are enough cogent reasons for this ... Prof ... This classification is highly conservative in view of significant developments which have taken place in penology and correctional administration ... All such reasons have now vanished and the presence of death penalty in master criminal law of India defies modern principles of penology and rehabilitation ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... 5 ... 6 ... 7 ... ....

Shining a spotlight on social justice (Sheffield Hallam University)

Edit Public Technologies 29 Feb 2016
(Source. Sheffield Hallam University). Expert lawyers and criminologists will be shining a spotlight on social justice in a week-long series of events looking at a number of global problems including forced marriages, how protests are policed and access to legal aid ... He is also widely published in the areas of penology, prison gangs and terrorism ... Click to view the image ... Sital Dhillon, head of the HKC, said ... Original Document ... (noodl....

Make time for a museum where felons did theirs

Edit Stars and Stripes 11 Feb 2016
I was halfway down Block 1 at Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, peering into a cell for a thief imprisoned in 1829, when I realized the place resembled a Carthusian monastery ... They are forbidden to speak unless given permission ... In fact, the "Pennsylvania system" was penology's breakthrough idea, rescuing murderers, burglars, forgers and confidence men from cruel treatment by keepers and fellow miscreants ... ... ... www ... ....

Georgia to execute US state's oldest death row inmate

Edit DNA India 30 Jan 2016
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer last year spoke out against "unconscionably long delays that undermine the death penalty's penological purpose." ... Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer last year spoke out against "unconscionably long delays that undermine the death penalty's penological purpose." ... "He and his co-defendant Van Solomon -- both African American -- were sentenced to death... ....

Solitary Hell: There But for Fortune

Edit CounterPunch 29 Jan 2016
Show me the prison, show me the jail ... In an op-ed published in the Washington Post, Obama further expounded on this practice in penology, asking, “How can we subject prisoners to unnecessary(my italics) solitary confinement, knowing its effects, and then expect them to return to our communities as whole people?” While Obama’s action and essay are certainly a step in the right direction, one is left wondering a couple of things ... ....

Feb 1st: RALLY Against the Torture of Prisoners (Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity)

Edit Public Technologies 27 Jan 2016
(Source. Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity). Rally Against the Torture of Prisoners Feb 1, 2016 ... 2015 ... Instead, these checks are causing serious psychological and physical harm. John R. Martinez, in solitary for 15 years, stated that the checks 'are counter-productive to their so called intended purpose (mental health care) and serve zero legitimate penological purpose other than to harass and mentally torment us prisoners.' ... (noodl....

LIFE ON DEATH ROW Brumfield: Don’t execute Sussex Prison inmate No. 1100057

Edit Richmond Times Dispatch 03 Jan 2016
It was with heartbreaking irony that the Richmond ‘80s-era rock group, the Dads, performed their reunion show the same week former member Bryan Harvey’s murderer, inmate No ... Supreme Court ... Don’t fry No. 1100057 — it lets him off too easily. Here’s why. ... It is unrelated to any legitimate penological goal, and constitutes a form of psychological torture that amounts to the gratuitous infliction of cruel and unusual punishment upon (him).” ... ....

Sleep deprived woman drives car into Las Vegas crowd

Edit The Examiner 23 Dec 2015
... by the legislative repeal will now have those sentences reduced to life.” A statement in solidarity claimed, “[W]e are persuaded that, following its prospective abolition, this state’s death penalty no longer comports with contemporary standards of decency and no longer serves any legitimate penological purpose,” said Judge Kozinski of the U.S....

When court lost faith in human ability to reform

Edit Deccan Herald 12 Dec 2015
The air was gloomy, eyes swollen and red, the despair evident. It felt like a dead man’s dungeon, the negativity could not be missed. Where was I? I was inside a prison. A place, which up until last week, was a symbol of reformation and of faith that people have the potential to change ... To ensure justice to victims, one should not lose sight of the restorative and reformative aspects of penology....

Case on Irish abortion law ‘possible’ after Belfast ruling

Edit The Irish Times 30 Nov 2015
“However it is not entirely clear how it would be taken,” Colm O’Gorman said ... That is very clear.”. Ms Bacik, who is Reid Professor of Criminal Law, Criminology and Penology at Trinity College Dublin said there was a general presumption a case could only be taken in the High Court in the Republic by a pregnant woman who was affected in a manner that was being claimed to be in breach of the European convention ...    .  . ....
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