Our newest report reveals how the Census Bureau’s counts of incarcerated populations lead seven Massachusetts towns to dilute the votes of residents who do not live in the precinct that contains a correctional facility.
The Prison Policy Initiative research clearinghouse has been updated with 26 new reports:
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Prison Gerrymandering in Massachusetts: How the Census Bureau prison miscount invites phantom constituents to town meeting
by Prison Policy Initiative, October, 2013
"Prison gerrymandering distorts local democracy in 7 Massachusetts towns that contain large correctional institutions and use the "representative town meeting" form of government."
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Prison Gerrymandering
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The Missouri Model Reinventing the Practice of Rehabilitating Youthful Offenders
by Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2010
"For instance, the average length of stay in North Carolina juvenile facilities was 386 days in 2007,18 while California youth average three years in confinement."
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Juveniles
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State Trends Legislative Victories 2011-2013 Removing Youth from the Adult Criminal Justice System
by Campaign for Youth Justice, 2013
"[E]ighty-five percent of youth sentenced to life without parole are peo- ple of color, with 75 percent of all cases in California being African American or Hispanic youth."
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Juveniles
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Drug Testing and Crime-Related Restrictions in TANF, SNAP, and Housing Assistance
by Congressional Research Service, September, 2013
"The 1996 welfare reform law gave states the option of requiring drug tests for TANF recipients and penalizing those who fail such tests."
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Drug Policy
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Violent Crime in U.S. Falls to New 32-Year Low
by John Jay College of Criminal Justice, October, 2013
"Compared with trends since 1980, the arrest rate for violent youth crime reached a new low every year from 2009 through 2012."
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Crime and Crime Rates Juveniles
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Jail Mental Health Design and Programming "Options and Opportunities"
by National Institute of Corrections, United States Department of Justice, July, 2013
"More people are being booked into the McLean County Detention Facility with more serious criminal charges and they are staying longer."
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Mental Health
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Ending Mass Incarceration: Social Interventions that Work
by The Sentencing Project, October, 2013
"Evidence based research provides the strongest support for school and community-based interventions in lieu of residential placement."
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Incarceration Rates Growth Causes
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The Health Effects of Conducted Energy Weapons The Expert Panel on the Medical and Physiological Impacts of Conducted Energy Weapons
by Council of Canadian Academies, 2013
"Since 1998, at least 33 deaths have followed the deployment of a CEW in Canada."
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Police
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The Impact of the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program How Byrne JAG is Changing the Criminal Justice System
by National Criminal Justice Association, October, 2013
"The Byrne Justice Assistance Grant program... is the nation's cornerstone crime-fighting program, supporting the federal government's crucial role in spurring innovation, as well as testing and replicating evidence-based practices in crime control..."
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Crime and Crime Rates
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Juvenile Facility Staff Responses to Organizational Change
by Alexandra Cox, SUNY New Paltz, October, 2013
"Staff and youth perceptions of fairness were rooted in their desire for participation and voice in the organizational landscape."
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Juveniles Prison Procedures
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Three Quarter Houses: The View from Inside
by John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Prisoner Reentry Institute, October, 2013
"Illegal evictions derail recovery and reintegration and can lead to relapse, street homelessness, unemployment, and violations of parole mandates that can result in re-incarceration."
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Prison Programs Recidivism Reentry Mental Health
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The Choice is Yours: Early Implementation of a Diversion Program for Felony Offenders
by Urban Institute, Justice Policy Center, October, 2013
"As of June 30, 2013, of consented participants in the The Choice is Yours (TCY) who progressed beyond orientation and into the full enrollment phase, 4.6 percent (N=3 of 65) have been rearrested"
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Prison Programs Recidivism Reentry Mental Health
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Reclaiming Michigan's Throwaway Kids: Students Trapped in the School-to-Prison Pipeline
by Michigan ACLU, 2009
"In a significant number of Michigan school districts, students of african descent are suspended and expelled at rates that are disproportionately high relative to their repre- sentation in the school population. In contrast, white students tend to be disc"
(In a significant number of Michigan school districts, students of african descent are suspended and expelled at disproportionately high rates. In contrast, white students tend to be disciplined at rates that are proportionate or disproportionately low.) See similar reports about:
Education Juveniles
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Justice for Immigration's Hidden Population Protecting the Rights of Persons with Mental Disabilities in the Immigration Court and Detention System
by Texas Appleseed, March, 2010
"Detention often exacerbates mental illness,3 separates immigrants with mental disabilities from therapeutic services and family, frequently leads to misdiagnosis, and interrupts continuity of care."
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Immigration Detainees Mental Health
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State of Recidivism The Revolving Door of America's Prisons
by Pew Center on the States, April, 2011
"The most recent of those reports, which tracked offenders released from state prison in 1994, concluded that a little more than half of released offenders (51.8 percent) were back in prison within three years..."
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Prison Programs Recidivism Reentry
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The Hospital Cost of Firearms
by Urban Institute, September, 2013
"Young males (age 15-24) are the most common firearm assault victims, visiting the ED almost seven times more than the national average."
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Gun Control
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The Cost of Firearm Violence
by Children's Safety Network, 2013
"PIRE researcher Ted Miller estimates annual firearm injury costs average $645 per gun in America."
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Gun Control
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Thinking Outside the Cell Alternatives to Incarceration for Youth with Mental Illness
by Texas Appleseed, April, 2011
"...youth should be supported close to their families and home environments and that detention should always be a last resort."
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Juveniles Mental Health
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Restructuring Texas' Juvenile Justice System Saving Money, Saving Communities & Saving Youth
by Texas Appleseed, March, 2011
"Building a continuum of care -- reserving secure facilities for only those youth who cannot be safely treated in the community -- provides for quality treatment."
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Juveniles
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Improving Discovery in Criminal Cases in Texas: How Best Practices Contribute to Criminal Justice
by Texas Appleseed, February, 2013
"Witness statements are often crucial to the evaluation and defense of a criminal case. While most states require pre-trial disclosure of witness statements or lists, Texas does not."
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Trials
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Safer, Smarter, and More Cost-Efficient Approaches to Reducing Crime in Texas
by Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, October, 2013
"39% of people in prison (53,810 men and women) were incarcerated for a nonviolent, non-sexually based offense."
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Crime and Crime Rates
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Criminal Victimization, 2012
by Bureau of Justice Statistics, October, 2013
"The apparent increase in the number and rate of serious violent crime from 2011 to 2012 was not statistically significant."
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Crime and Crime Rates
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Smart on Sentencing, Smart on Crime: An Argument for Reforming Louisiana's Determinate Sentencing Laws
by Reason Foundation, Pelican Institute for Public Policy, Texas Public Policy Foundation, Right on Crime, October, 2013
"Today, Louisiana has the highest incarceration rate in the country, with 868 of every 100,000 of its citizens in prison."
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Sentencing Policy
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Criminals and Campaign Cash The Impact of Judicial Campaign Spending on Criminal Defendants
by Center for American Progress, October, 2013
"As Illinois voters were bombarded with attack ads featuring violent criminals, the high court ruled in favor of the prosecution in 69 percent of its criminal cases -- an 18 percent increase over the previous year."
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Prison and The Economy Public Opinion
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Managing Prison Health Care Spending
by The Pew Charitable Trust, The MacArthur Foundation, October, 2013
"Pew found that prison health care spending in these 44 states totaled $6.5 billion in 2008, out of $36.8 billion in overall institutional correctional expenditures."
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Prison and The Economy Prisoner Welfare
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Report of Findings: (investigation of allegations of national origin discrimination)
by Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice, March, 2012
"...AOC policy does not provide interpreters in child custody hearings; child support hearings, civil no-contact order 50C proceedings, foreclosures, and divorce proceedings"
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Civil Rights Trials
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