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Other Jails Study Miami Diversion Program to Keep Mentally Ill from Repeated Incarceration by Faced with repeated jail admissions of people suffering from schizophrenia and other serious mental illnesses (SMI), the city of Miami has developed one of the nation’s most comprehensive diversion programs, focusing on treatment and community integration ...
Colorado Law Creates “Rebuttable Presumption” Against Incarcerating Pregnant Women by On August 7, 2023, a new law took effect in Colorado directing judges to provide bonds and alternatives to incarceration for defendants who are pregnant or who recently gave birth. HB23-1187 was signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis (D) ...
Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024
Exceptional Punishments by Kate Weisburd by Kate Weisburd No one should be made to give up their rights in exchange for being spared from prison. The same scene unfolds in criminal courtrooms across the country every day. After someone has been found guilty by a jury or pled guilty, a ...
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
Florida Pastor Accused of Running Shoplifting Ring With DUI Diversion Program Participants by The former pastor at a Florida church who ran its diversion program for DUI arrestees was arrested on August 7, 2023, accused of coercing program members into a shoplifting ring that allegedly stole $1.4 million in merchandise ...
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Restorative Justice Program Boosts South Carolina Prison and Public Safety by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Assistant U.S. Attorney General Amy L. Solomon, Director of the U.S. Justice Department’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP), and National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Director Nancy La Vigne visited South Carolina’s Turbeville Correctional ...
Article • April 21, 2021
New Research on Texas Diversionary Programs Shows Lower Crime Rates by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso   A new study using data from the Houston, Texas area shows that the use of diversionary programs results in overall lower crime, including among high-risk demographic groups. The study, “Diversion in the ...
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
The Toughest Love by Julia Lurie For Nearly 50 Years, the Delancey Street Foundation Has Offered an Alternative to Prison. But Does the Celebrated Program Really Work? by Julia Lurie, Mother Jones The headquarters of the Delancey Street Foundation occupies a piece of prime real estate near the base of San ...
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Missouri Downsizing Prisons to Save Cash by Bill Barton by Bill Barton Missouri Governor Mike Parson on Wednesday, January 15, 2020, announced a plan to close a number of housing units at prisons throughout the state. Budget director Dan Haug said, ‘‘What they are doing is they are consolidating space ...
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Filed under: Alternative Sentencing
Rider Programs in Idaho Offer Prisoners a Second Chance by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins  Overcrowded prison populations across the nation have forced states to seek alternatives to incarceration. One solution being used in Idaho is intensive rehabilitative programs called “riders” that can take the place of prison sentences.  About ...
Article • August 7, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019
Tennessee Adopts Alternative Sentencing for Primary Caregivers of Minor Children by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  Study after study has shown that children of incarcerated parents often suffer, sometimes catastrophically. Children with an incarcerated parent have higher incarceration rates as adults themselves than children who never had a parent behind ...
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Filed under: Alternative Sentencing
Oregon Transitional Leave Violations Require Morrissey Due Process Protections by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson In a case of first-impression, a fed­eral district court held that Oregon prisoners have a protected liberty interest in transitional leave that may not be revoked without procedural protections required by Morrissey v. Brewer, 408 ...
Article • April 16, 2019
Beleaguered Tennessee Community Corrections Program Set to Close by Stephen Newton by Stephen Newton After months of financial uncertainty and damaging allegations that began in 2018, the John R. Hay House, one of only 20 Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) community corrections programs in the state, has opted not to ...
Polls Show People Favor Rehabilitation over Incarceration by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A recent poll found a majority of Americans – 67 percent overall – believe that building more prisons and jails does not reduce crime. Nearly as many – 62 percent – don’t believe that more prisons would ...
Article • July 2, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
Tennessee Judge Ends Sentence Reductions for Prisoners Who Agree to Sterilization; Receives Reprimand by David Reutter by David Reutter A Tennessee state court judge has reversed course on a controversial sentence reduction program following an uproar from civil rights and prisoners’ rights advocates. He later received a public letter of ...
A Way Out: Abolishing Death by Incarceration in Pennsylvania, Abolitionist Law Center, 2018 ABOLISHING DEATH BY INCARCERATION IN PENNSYLVANIA 1 A Report on Life-Without-Parole Sentences ABOLITIONIST LAW CENTER A Way Out ABOLISHING DEATH BY INCARCERATION IN PENNSYLVANIA A Report On Life-Without-Parole Sentences 3 Abolitionist Law Center REPORT AUTHORS Quinn Cozzens, ...
From Cages to the Community: Prison Profiteers and the Treatment Industrial Complex by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Criminal justice reform is slowly taking hold in the U.S. Since 2014, at least 30 states have passed legislation aimed at reducing their prison populations. And following the election of “law and ...
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
First-time Burglary Offender Eligible for Pennsylvania DOC’s Recidivism Program by The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has held that a first-time offender convicted of burglary was entitled to participate in the Recidivism Risk Reduction Incentive (RRRI) Act. The decision came in an appeal filed by Sean Cullen-Doyle, who pleaded guilty to several ...
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
New FAMM Report Offers Solutions for BOP Recidivism by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna After extensive research, Families Against Mandatory Minimum (FAMM), which advocates for sentencing reform, published a report in May 2017 that highlighted numerous suggestions for reducing recidivism rates for federal prisoners. According to FAMM, “almost one-half (49.3%) ...
Article • December 26, 2017
Vermont Supreme Court: Home Detention Doesn't Count as Time Served by The Vermont Supreme Court affirmed a trial court’s ruling that a pretrial releasee subjected to a 24-hour home detention curfew with exceptions as a condition of release was not entitled to credit for time served on release because he ...
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