Ral Cost of Prisons

Marcia Powell's Death Unavenged: County Attorney Passes on Prosecuting Prison Staff By Stephen Lemons, Wed., Sep. 1 2010 @ 8:09AM Feathered Bastard Sadly, Marcia Powell may never get justice The Maricopa County Attorney's Office has chosen not to prosecute Arizona...

Prison Without Walls Incarceration in America is a failure by almost any measure. But what if the prisons could be turned inside out, with convicts released into society under constant electronic surveillance? Radical though it may seem, early experiments suggest...

Melot: Prison costs loom over Michigan Prisoner releases haven't altered budgetary trends August 31, 2010 Is Michigan doomed to a $2 billion per year Corrections Department? Readers may be aware of the Granholm administration's push to reduce the prison population...

Ex-offenders face big debt challenges after prison Life after prison is often burdened by paying off large bills By Erica Sandberg Creditcards.com August 31, 2010 Even after leaving prison, most ex-offenders still carry a ball and chain: debt. About 650,000...

Prisoners, Security, Cells, High Security, Department of Corrections CANON CITY, COLO. -- A new high security prison in Canon City is preparing to open its doors to problem prisoners, and officials said the new facility is long overdue. The Centennial...

Inmates' treatment bottleneck means delays in release By TOM FAHEY State House Bureau Chief Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010 CONCORD – State prison inmates trying to earn parole, many of them with alcohol and drug abuse backgrounds, face a shortage of...

"Board member Eldred Harris said he could not square the concept of benefiting financially from the prison system with a requirement to purchase goods from correctional facilities when those within the prison system are evidence of school districts' failures. 'The...

Aging in prison Columbia Daily Tribune, Columbia MO STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS Sunday, August 22, 2010 Curtis Ballard rides a motorized wheelchair around his prison ward, which happens to be the new assisted-living unit — a place of many windows...

Are private prisons worth the cost? By Suzy Khimm Well before passing Arizona's controversial immigration law, Arizona lawmakers were treating the state as a laboratory of sorts for the criminal justice system. Last year, state legislators passed a bill that...

NY Times Editorial An End to Prison Gerrymandering Published: August 22, 2010 Gov. David Paterson of New York took a stand for electoral fairness earlier this month when he signed legislation that bans prison-based gerrymandering — the cynical practice of...

Report rips private Ariz. prison after escape 8-20-10 By JJ Hensley, The Arizona Republic The escape of three inmates from an Arizona prison will bring sweeping changes to the privately run facility near Kingman and could alter the way the...

Still another example of no disgusting thought left unsaid..... "Instead of handing out the welfare checks, we'll teach people how to earn their check. We'll teach them personal hygiene ... the personal things they don't get when they come from...

Take the money and . . . ? Despite law, schools get little of assets seized from crime suspects Tim Evans and Heather Gillers Star Watch Investigation- Indystar.com August 17, 2010 In Indiana, when police seize cash, luxury cars and...

Hearst Foundation Awards $150,000 to Saint Louis University Prison Initiative Innovative Program Brings Education to Inmates, Employees at Maximum Security Facility http://www.slu.edu/x38609.xml August 16, 2010- Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS — Saint Louis University has received a $150,000 grant from...

Health issues with older inmates cost Maine Panel weighs prisons versus nursing homes 8/16/10 By Mal Leary Capitol News Service AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine is not only the oldest state in the nation, the inmates in the state’s correctional facilities...

Death Row Prisoners File Racial Justice Act Claims Carol Turowski Co-Director of the Innocence and Justice Clinic, Wake Forest University School of Law Posted: August 9, 2010 03:33 PM The release last week of a study conducted by two law...

In Our Opinion: CORI reform - legislative change that makes sense By Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton/Hampshire County) Created 08/17/2010 A long-fought battle to help former prisoners move on once they've paid their dues to society was won earlier this month...

Suicide raises questions about safety of Mass. inmates By Shelley Murphy Boston Globe Staff / August 16, 2010 Philip Markoff’s apparent suicide yesterday in a Boston jail comes at a time of increasing scrutiny on suicides in the state’s prisons...

Calif. borrows from budget to build new death row By DON THOMPSON, Associated Press Writer Wednesday, August 11, 2010 Sacramento, Calif. (AP) -- Despite California's $19 billion budget deficit, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration said Wednesday it will borrow nearly $65...

City Moves to Reopen a Brooklyn Jail Shuttered in 2003, but Drops Plans to Expand It By JOHN ELIGON NY Times: Published: August 11, 2010 Despite neighborhood unease, the city is moving forward with plans to fully reopen a jail...