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This month Sonya Pfeiffer reviews Prisoner of Politics: Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration by Rachel Elise Barkow.
Letter to the Federal Communications Commission regarding the prison pay phone industry.
Letter to Attorney General Eric Holder regarding responses to and actions concerning prison rape.
The seminar discusses a review of evaluation, designation, treatment and BOP procedures for prisoner placement and follow up. Mr. Jack Donson discusses the BOP requirements and regulations and Dr. Diane Sommer provides in-depth information referencing her thirty-five years of experience as a doctor, twenty of which were in the BOP as well as her time in the military.
The Board of Directors adopted a resolution regarding women in prison and jails.
Solitary confinement is unconstitutional punishment for prisoners who have, or are at risk of, serious mental illness. Dan Jackson and Nicholas Goldberg point out the negative effects — hallucinations, hypertension, uncontrollable anger, suicidal thoughts, and chronic depression. It is no excuse to claim that the rules against solitary confinement do not apply as long as the prisoner has contact with guards and occasional visits from lawyers, psychiatrists, and family members.
We submit these comments on the interim rule, published by BOP on December 5, 2013 … on sentence reduction for extraordinary and compelling reasons. The first provision codifies existing practice by which, when considering a prisoner for reduction in sentence, the General Counsel solicits the opinion of the United States Attorney in the district in which the prisoner was sentenced. The second provision provides that the Bureau’s “final decision is subject to the general supervision and direction of the Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General.” Neither provision should be adopted.
What happens to our clients after sentencing is largely a mystery to defense attorneys. For most of us, our impressions of prison are created more by fictionalized media than actual knowledge. Our lack of familiarity with the corrections system makes us ill-equipped to prepare our clients for what they can actually expect on the inside. In this webcast, former federal prisoner turned professor Michael Santos speaks about what defenders can do to help prepare their clients prepare for prison and beyond.
Solitary Confinement: Human, Economic and Public Safety Costs -- Washington, DC (June 19, 2012) – The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers believes that safe and humane prisons must be the highest priority of any correctional system. NACDL welcomed the long-overdue hearing on solitary confinement held today before the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights.
Memo prepared for the webinar "Everything You Wanted To Know About Federal Compassionate Release (But Didn’t Know To Ask)."
This month Susan Elizabeth Reese reviews American Prison: A Reporter’s Undercover Journey Into the Business of Punishment by Shane Bauer.
Attorney-client communications federal caselaw and state-specific anecdotal data in Illinois
Attorney-client communications federal caselaw and state-specific anecdotal data in Wyoming
Law enforcement officers have renewed their demand that Congress alter the law to allow states to jam phone signals of contraband cellphones in prisons.
