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Judge rejects credit challenge

September 23, 2021 by Vincent O'Bannon

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A California judge ruled against a challenge made by 44 district attorneys against CDCR. The DAs are contesting the implementation of new CDCR credit … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE, LEGAL Tagged With: cdcr, legal

LWOP REPLACES DEATH PENALTY

June 27, 2021 by Charles Crow

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“Life without parole (LWOP) sentences are steadily replacing the death penalty across the United States,” reported The Marshall Project in a recent … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE, LEGAL Tagged With: LWOP

RELIANCE ON LIFE IMPRISONMENT

June 27, 2021 by Charles Crow

The number of people serving life sentences in America today exceeds the total number of people in prison in 1970, reported The Sentencing Project in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE, LEGAL Tagged With: LWOP, Parole and Release

Criminal prosecuting plea bargains: is it flawed or beneficial?

May 31, 2021 by Harry C. Goodall Jr.

“90% of criminal cases in the United States end in a guilty plea” Plea bargaining is a flawed and possibly a coercive process that goes beyond … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE, LEGAL Tagged With: legal representation

Closing LA County’s Men’s Jail

May 31, 2021 by Harry C. Goodall Jr.

A task force was created to map out a pathway to close the Los Angeles County Men’s Central Jail (MCJ) by July 2021, according to the Los Angeles … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, POLITICS Tagged With: Institutions

NY’s Department of Corrections responsible for minority deaths

December 31, 2020 by Vincent O'Bannon

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Lack of COVID-19 testing in New York’s Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) is to blame for 80% of minority deaths and an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE Tagged With: COVID-19, Juvenile Justice, juveniles, New York

PARC National Prisoner Resource Directory

December 31, 2020 by Administrators

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EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS Ohio University Correctional Education - Haning Hall  102 1 Ohio University · Athens , OH 45701  Ohio University Southern … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE Tagged With: Resources

United States resumes federal execution in midst of pandemic

September 30, 2020 by Kenneth R. Brydon

California Death Penality

The federal government has resumed executions during the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting unsuccessful challenges before the U.S. Supreme Court. One … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE, DEATH PENALTY, DEATH ROW Tagged With: DEATH PENALTY, death penalty cases, execution methods

Prison and Jail phones monitored by AI

February 20, 2020 by Harry C. Goodall Jr.

A new artificial intelligence (AI) system targets key words and phrases during monitored phone calls from inside prisons and jails, according to an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE Tagged With: monitored by AI, Prison and Jail phones

California gun safety laws reported strongest in nation

February 13, 2020 by Alfred King

California leads the nation when it comes to strongest gun safety laws and innovative programs to reduce gun violence, according to a Juvenile Justice … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE, LEGAL, Recently Posted Tagged With: gifords law center, gun laws

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