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Tag: Prison
Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2019 | Prison Policy Initiative
Report showing the number of people who are locked up in different types of facilities and why – 2019.
— Read on www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2019.html
See more at Prisonpolicy.org
Death Penalty ‘Another Failed Big Government Program’: Conservative | The Crime Report
California has spent $4 billion on the death penalty since it was reinstated in 1978. But its violent crime rate outpaces the national average, writes a leading conservative who welcomes the moratorium announced this week by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
— Read on thecrimereport.org/2019/03/14/death-penalty-another-failed-big-government-program-ca-conservative/
EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Marshals in Cleveland gave a decade’s worth of glowing reviews at ‘inhumane’ Cuyahoga County Jail where eight inmates died – cleveland.com
EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Marshals in Cleveland gave a decade’s worth of glowing reviews at ‘inhumane’ Cuyahoga County Jail where eight inmates died – cleveland.com
— Read on www.cleveland.com/metro/2019/03/exclusive-us-marshals-in-cleveland-gave-a-decades-worth-of-glowing-reviews-at-inhumane-cuyahoga-county-jail-where-eight-inmates-died.html
This is a LINK to the Marshal’s report
Probation and Parole Systems Marked by High Stakes, Missed Opportunities | The Pew Charitable Trusts
As part of a collaborative effort to improve the nation’s community corrections system, The Pew Charitable Trusts and the Laura and John Arnold Foundation analyzed the leading research and identified the most pressing problems and some promising solutions. The available data leave many questions unanswered, but this review reveals key insights and challenges many assumptions about supervision.
— Read on www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/issue-briefs/2018/09/probation-and-parole-systems-marked-by-high-stakes-missed-opportunities
Here is more information:
Less is More in New York: An Examination of the Impact of State Parole Violations on Prison and Jail Populations
Failure should not be an option: Grading the parole release systems of all 50 states
Younger Americans Much More Likely to Have Been Arrested Than Previous Generations; Increase Is Largest Among Whites and Women | RAND
Americans under the age of 26 are much more likely to be arrested than Americans born in previous decades, with the increase in arrest rates occurring most rapidly among white Americans and women. The rising rate of arrests and convictions is associated with a variety of negative ramifications.
— Read on www.rand.org/news/press/2019/02/25.html
The study can be accessed HERE
John Jay College on Vimeo
Video from 2 symposiums:
Crime in America and The Hidden Costs of the Criminal Justice System.
Day 1 of the Guggenheim Symposium
0:57 minute mark criminogenic effect of prison
0:59 min Research on mass incarceration
1:09 h:m prison doesn’t work
1:26 h:m restorative justice – can it restore and fix fear?
3:08 h:m violence in America
5:40 h:m mass shooting** excellent for CRJ-302
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— Read on vimeo.com/johnjaycollege/videos
Civil Rights and the School- to-Prison Pipeline in Oklahoma
Where is the chapter for bad behavior and punishment?
www.usccr.gov/pubs/docs/Oklahoma_SchooltoPrisonPipeline_May2016.pdf
Failure should not be an option | Prison Policy Initiative
Grading Parole Release Systems.
Report grading the fairness and effectiveness of the parole release systems of all 50 states
— Read on www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/grading_parole.html
Investing in Futures Economic and Fiscal Benefits of Postsecondary Education in Prison
Secondary Education for prisoners to reduce recidivism
“But the study says that research shows that giving inmates access to post-secondary education is critical to reducing mass incarceration, lowering recidivism rates and ensuring public safety.”
Future of Policing 