National Center for Youth Law - The Flores Settlement Agreement & Unaccompanied Children in Federal Custody, 2019 Tornillo, photo courtesy of Reuters The Flores Settlement Agreement & Unaccompanied Children in Federal Custody February 2019 U.C. Davis Immigration Law Clinic This briefing document was prepared by the National Center for Youth …

Office of Inspector General Department of Homeland Security - ICE Does Not Fully Use Contracting Tools to Hold Detention Facility Contractors Accountable for Failing to Meet Performance Standards , 2019 ICE Does Not Fully Use Contracting Tools to Hold Detention Facility Contractors Accountable for Failing to Meet Performance Standards January …

New York City Board of Correction - Serious Injury Reports in NYC Jails, 2019 Serious Injury Reports in NYC Jails January 2019 Table of Contents Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 3 Background ................................................................................................................................................... 6 Current Serious Injury Reporting Procedures and Policies ........................................................................... 6 Methodology ................................................................................................................................................. 8 Findings ......................................................................................................................................................... 9 Injury to Inmate …

State of Hawai’i HCR 85 Task Force on Prison Reform - Creating Better Outcomes, Safer Communities, 2018 Creating Better Outcomes, Safer Communities Final Report of the House Concurrent Resolution 85 Task Force on Prison Reform to the Hawai‘i Legislature 2019 Regular Session Prepared by the HCR 85 TASK FORCE with …

Auditor of the State of California -- California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Several Poor Administrative Practices Have Hindered Reductions in Recidivism and Denied Inmates Access to In‑Prison Rehabilitation Programs, 2019 California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Several Poor Administrative Practices Have Hindered Reductions in Recidivism and Denied Inmates Access …

WA State Office of the Corrections Ombus - Summary Report on the Washington State Penitentiary Prisoner Food Preferences Survey, 2019 Summary Report on the January 2019 Washington State Penitentiary Prisoner Food Preferences Survey Report prepared for the Washington State Office of Corrections Ombuds March 2019 2 Table of Contents Executive …

South Carolina Supreme Court Rules Mandatory Electronic Monitoring of Sex Offenders Must Be ‘Reasonableness’ Under Fourth Amendment by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The Supreme Court of South Carolina held that a state law requiring mandatory electronic monitoring of sex offenders must meet the “reasonableness” standard under the U.S. and …

New York City Cops Using Supposedly Sealed Arrest Records by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Since 1976, arrests in New York that do not result in convictions are supposed to be sealed. Sealed meaning inaccessible through any background checks or public records, anywhere. This is meant to ensure that citizens …

Ninth Circuit Rules Detective’s Persistent Questioning After Invocation of Right to Counsel Entitles California Prisoner to Habeas Relief by Richard Resch by Richard Resch The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that a California prisoner convicted of murder is entitled to habeas relief because a detective continued …

IL Prisons - Medical Investigation Team - Statewide Summary Report, Including Review of Statewide Leadership and Overview of Major Services, 2018 Case: 1:10-cv-04603 Document #: 767 Filed: 11/14/18 Page 1 of 153 PageID #:11432 Statewide Summary Report Including Review of Statewide Leadership and Overview of Major Services Report of the …

Justice Policy Institute: The Ungers, 5 Years and Counting - A Case Study in Safely Reducing Long Prison Terms and Saving Taxpayer Dollars, 2018 NOVEMBER, 2018 1 Acknowledgments THIS REPORT IS THE RESULT OF THE COLLABORATIVE AND CUMULATIVE EFFORTS OF SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS OVER SEVERAL YEARS. THE “UNGER STORY” …

Gravengood v. Corizon, NM, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2018

Letter: Senators Schatz, Gillibrand, Harris and Murray and Congressmen Nadler and Lee address Inspector General Michael Horowitz, BOP standards of employee conduct, re: Frank Lara, 2018

Arabella Advisors: Understanding and Confronting the Prison-Industrial Complex - An Overview for Philanthropists, 2018 Understanding and Confronting the Prison-Industrial Complex An Overview for Philanthropists OCTOBER 2018 UNDERSTANDING AND CONFRONTING THE PRISON-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX A BO UT T H E REPORT As part of its commitment to learning, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation …

Reforming Restrictive Housing: The ASCA-Liman Nationwide Survey of Time-in-Cell, 2018 Reforming Restrictive Housing: The 2018 ASCA-Liman Nationwide Survey of Time-in-Cell Reforming Restrictive Housing: The 2018 ASCA-Liman Nationwide Survey of Time-in-Cell The Association of State Correctional Administrators The Liman Center for Public Interest Law at Yale Law School October 2018 The …

Assoc. of State Correctional Administration - Reforming Restrictive Housing - The 2018 ASCA-Liman Nationwide Survey of Time-in-Cell, 2018 Reforming Restrictive Housing: The 2018 ASCA-Liman Nationwide Survey of Time-in-Cell Reforming Restrictive Housing: The 2018 ASCA-Liman Nationwide Survey of Time-in-Cell The Association of State Correctional Administrators The Liman Center for Public Interest …

National Center for Transgender Equality - LGBTQ People Behind Bars - A Guide to Understanding the Issues Facing Transgender Prisoners and Their Legal Rights, 2018 LGBTQ PEOPLE BEHIND BARS A GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING THE ISSUES FACING TRANSGENDER PRISONERS AND THEIR LEGAL RIGHTS National Center for TRANSGENDER EQUALITY This is a …

U.S. Dept. of Justice - Review of the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Management of Its Female Inmate Population, 2018 Office of the Inspector General U.S. Department of Justice OVERSIGHT INTEGRITY GUIDANCE Review of the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Management of Its Female Inmate Population Evaluation and Inspections Division 18-05 September …

LaPointe v. Osario, AZ, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2018 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Release ("Settlement Agreement") is entered into, on, by, and among ANTHONY GREGORY LAPOINTE, individually (the "Plaintiff'); and the STATE OF ARIZONA ("the State") on behalf of Arizona Department of Con-ections ("ADC") employees ROGER …

ACLU Virginia -- Women in the Criminal Justice System - Pathways to Incarceration in Virginia, 2018 PHOTO: NARAL PRO-CHOICE OF AMERICA/FLICKR WOMEN IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM: PATHWAYS TO INCARCERATION IN VIRGINIA Acknowledgement First and foremost, we would like to thank the residents of Friends of Guest House in Fairfax, …