Prison Procedures

  • The Impact of CA's Probation Performance Incentive Funding Program [PDF]
    Pew Center on the States, February, 2012
    “In the first year of implementation, the state probation failure rate declined from 7.9 percent during the baseline years of 2006–2008 to 6.1 percent in 2010, a 23 percent reduction in revocations.”
  • The State of Sentencing 2011 [PDF]
    Sentencing Project, February, 2012
    “During 2011, state legislatures in at least 29 states adopted 55 criminal justice policies that may contribute to continued population reductions and address the collateral consequences associated with felony convictions.”
  • (New) Adult Criminal Justice Case Processing in Washington, DC [PDF]
    Urban Institute, February, 2012
    “For every 150 arrests for a felony in the District, 100 have formal charges filed, 53 result in a conviction, 16 result in prison, and 4 result in a “long” prison sentence (≥3 years). Most of these figures are similar in other large urban counties.”
  • Jail Needs Assessment for San Mateo County: A preliminary analysis, [PDF]
    Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, December, 2011
    “Based on current trends, CJCJ recommends deferring construction of new jail space until alternative pretrial release [...] expanded probation supervision, reduced probation revocation, and expanded community treatment alternatives have been fully explored”
  • Probation And Parole In The United States, 2010 [PDF]
    Bureau of Justice Statistics, October, 2011
    “The state parole population declined by 0.3% during 2010. The number of adults on supervised release in the federal system increased by 4.9%, which contributed to the increase in the U.S. parole population.”
  • Life in Limbo An Examination of Parole Release for Prisoners Serving Life Sentences with the Possibility of Parole in California, [PDF]
    Stanford Criminal Justice Center, September, 2011
    “When victims attend hearings, the grant rate is less than half the rate when victims do not attend.”
  • Inmate Fees as a Source of Revenue Source of Challenges, [PDF]
    Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, July, 2011
    “[A]dditional fees would increase the number of inmates qualifying as indigent, increase the financial burdens on the inmate and their family, and jeopardize inmates’ opportunities for successful reentry.”
  • Balancing Punishment and Treatment Alternatives to Incarceration in New York City, [PDF]
    VERA Institute of Justice, May, 2011
    “For those concerned about public safety, these results are good news; they show that many felony offenders can be sent to rigorous community programs rather than jail without increasing the risk to the public.”
  • Due South Looking to the South for Criminal Justice Innovations, [PDF]
    Justice Policy Institute, May, 2011
    “Recognizing the significant costs associated with [...] high incarceration rates, a number of [Southern] states have recently implemented innovative strategies for reducing their prison populations and ensuring better outcomes [...].”
  • Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program 2010 [PDF]
    Bureau of Justice Statistics, April, 2011
    “The five states eligible to receive the largest total state allocation included California ($51.1 million), Texas ($34.0 million), Florida ($30.9 million), New York ($24.8 million), and Illinois ($18.9 million).”
  • Turning the Corner Opportunities for Effective Sentencing and Correctional Practices in Arizona, [PDF]
    Justice Strategies, January, 2011
    “Arizona policymakers can restore judicial discretion to sentence people to more effective, less costly correctional supervision and treatment options in lieu of prison in cases where such measures would clearly better serve both justice and public safety.”
  • In For a Penny The Rise of America's New Debtors' Prisons, [PDF]
    American Civil Liberties Union, October, 2010
    “Incarcerating indigent defendants unable to pay their legal financial obligations often ends up costing much more than states and counties can ever hope to recover.”
  • The Hidden Costs of Criminal Justice Debt [PDF]
    Brennan Center for Justice, October, 2010
    “Although “debtors’ prison” is illegal in all states, reincarcerating individuals for failure to pay debt is, in fact, common in some – and in all states new paths back to prison are emerging for those who owe criminal justice debt.”
  • Women in Law Enforcement 1987-2008 [PDF]
    Bureau of Justice Statistics, June, 2010
    “Overall, the precent of sworn federal law enforcement officers who were women increased slightly from 1998 to 2008.”
  • Interstate Transfer of Prison Inmates in the United States [PDF]
    National Institute of Corrections, February, 2006
    “2,089 state-sentenced inmates were transferred between state prison systems, 345 transferred to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and 2,466 transferred to privately operated prisons located outside the sending state as of July 1 2005.”
  • Prison Needle Exchange: Lessons from a Comprehensive Review of International Evidence and Experience,
    Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, October, 2004
  • Ohio Grievance Study
    Prison Reform Advocacy Center, 2000
  • Prisoner Petitions in the Federal Courts, 1980-96 [PDF]
    Bureau of Justice Statistics, October, 1997
    “Between 1980 and 1996, the number of prisoner petitions appealed increased from 3,675 to 17,002.”
  • The State of Corrections in Massachusetts: A Warning, [PDF]
    Massachusetts Correctional Legal Services, January, 1997
    “[T]he Department of Correction and many county jail administrations have increased the use of segregation and punishment as the primary method of control. Ironically, these policies which purportedly increase security do the opposite.”
  • Disproportionate Imprisonment of Blacks in the United States: Policy, Practice, Impact, and Change, [PDF]
    Prepared by Scott Christianson for the National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice, March, 1982
    “This report seeks to promote a better understanding of the problem of racially differential imprisonment and attempts to offer some specific goals and strategies for reducing racial disparities in American criminal justice.”

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