Letter Response to Citizen Complaints of Excessive Force, LASD Discovery Unit, 2016 Cor-rxrY oF Los Axcnlps Jrll McDoNNBLL, Snnnrnr clanuary 27, 2016 Bill Clifi,on law Offices of clames S. Muller ee5 E. Broadway, Suite IO?F Glendale, California gIeOb Dear }lr. CUfton: TLris letter is in response to your request, for …

Lifetime of Punishment - Impact of Felony Drug Ban on Welfare Benefits, The Sentencing Project, 2013 A LIFETIME OF PUNISHMENT: THE IMPACT OF THE FELONY DRUG BAN ON WELFARE BENEFITS For more information, contact: The Sentencing Project 1705 DeSales Street NW 8th Floor Washington, D.C. 20036 This report was written …

Historical Corrections Statistics in the US 1850-1984, DOJ BJS, 1986 U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics Historical Corrections Statistics in the United States, 1850-1984 U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics Historical Corrections Statistics in the United States, 1850- 1984 BY Margaret Werner Cahalan with the assistance …

IA Prison Population Forecast 2015-2025, Department of Human Rights, 2016 The Correctional Policy Project: Iowa Prison Population Forecast FY 2015-FY 2025 January 1, 2016 Sarah Johnson, M.A., Primary Author Iowa Department of Human Rights Division of Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning Steve Michael, Division Administrator Iowa Department of Human Rights …

In Our Own Backyard - Confronting Growth & Disparities, Vera Institute of Justice, 2015 In Our Own Backyard: Confronting Growth and Disparities in American Jails DECEMBER 2015 Ram Subramanian • Christian Henrichson • Jacob Kang-Brown A publication of CENTER ON SENTENCING AND CORRECTIONS Incarceration Trends a project of the Vera …

Federal Drug Sentencing Laws Bring High Cost, Low Return, PEW, 2015 A brief from Aug 2015 Federal Drug Sentencing Laws Bring High Cost, Low Return Penalty increases enacted in 1980s and 1990s have not reduced drug use or recidivism Overview More than 95,000 federal prisoners are serving time for drug-related …

FL's Aging Prisoner Problem, Florida Tax Watch, 2014 Florida’s Aging Prisoner Problem september 2014 September 9, 2014 Dear Fellow Taxpayer, Florida’s prison population is among the largest in the United States, and disproportionately large, given the state’s population. Furthermore, estimates show that the population will continue to grow much faster …

Directive - Informants, Philadelphia PD, 2009 (revised 2011)

Incarceration Trends - Historical Jail Populations 1970-2014, Vera Institute of Justice, 2015 CENTER ON SENTENCING AND CORRECTIONS Incarceration Trends: Data and Methods for Historical Jail Populations in U.S. Counties, 1970-2014 Jacob Kang-Brown Vera Institute of Justice December 2015 © 2015 Vera Institute of Justice. All rights reserved. Additional copies can …

Report & Recommendations Concerning the Use of Restrictive Housing, DOJ, 2016 U.S. Department of Justice Report and Recommendations Concerning the Use of Restrictive Housing FINAL REPORT January 2016 Table of Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 1 Overview of Restrictive Housing ............................................................................................................. 3 Subcategories of Restrictive Housing ...................................................................................................... 3 A Short History of …

Confidential Informant Guidelines, DOJ OAG Q:!)ffitt of t~t Att(trnt~ (I1)ttttrul Btts ~in9ton. E. (!t.20.5:30 THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S GUIDELINES REGARDING THE USE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANTS Preamble The following Guidelinesregardingthe useof confidentialinfomlants areissuedunder the authorityof the Attorney Generalasprovidedin sections509,510, and 533 of title 28, United StatesCode. They apply to the useof confidentialinfomlantsin …

Confidential Informants and Information, IACP, 2008 IACP National Law Enforcement Policy Center Confidential Informants and Information Concepts and Issues Paper Originally Published: June 1990 Revised: December 2003, October 2008 I. INTRODUCTION A. Purpose of Document This paper was designed to accompany the Model Policy on Confidential Informants established by the …

Risk Assessment Instruments in Correctional Settings, Council of State Governments Justice Center, 2013 ! Risk!Assessment!Instruments!Validated!and!Implemented!in!Correctional!Settings!in!the!United! States:!!! An!Empirical!Guide!! ! An#executive#summary#drawn#from#Sarah#L.#Desmarais#and#Jay#P.#Singh,#Instruments#for# Assessing#Recidivism#Risk:#A#Review#of#Validation#Studies#Conducted#in#the#U.S.#(New!York:# Council!of!State!Governments!Justice!Center,!2013).! INTRODUCTION! ! The!rates!of!crime,!incarceration,!and!correctional!supervision!are!disproportionately! high!in!the!U.S.!and!translate!into!exorbitant!costs!to!individuals,!the!public,!and!the!state.! Within!three!years!of!release!from!jail!or!prison,!twoSthirds!of!offenders!are!rearrested!and!half! are!incarcerated!for!a!new!crime!or!parole!violation.1!Though!many!offenders!recidivate,!a! considerable!proportion!do!not.!Thus,!there!is!a!need!to!identify!those!offenders!at!greater!risk! of!recidivism!and!to!allocate!resources!and!target!risk!management!and!rehabilitation!efforts! accordingly.!Risk!assessment,!a!crucial!component!to!implementing!evidenceSbased!recidivism! reduction!strategies,!is!the!process!of!estimating!the!likelihood!an!offender!will!recidivate!by! identifying!those!offenders!at!higher!risk!and!in!greater!need!of!interventions.!Assessment! results,!based!on!ratings!of!empirically!or!theoretically!based!risk!and/or!protective!factors,!can! be!used!to!determine!intervention!targets,!appropriate!programming!level!and!intensity,!and! supervision!level.!There!is!overwhelming!evidence!to!suggest!that!assessments!of!risk! completed!using!structured!approaches!produce!estimates!that!are!both!more!accurate!and! more!consistent!across!assessors!compared!to!subjective!or!unstructured!approaches.2!More! and!more,!structured!risk!assessment!approaches!are!being!used!in!correctional!agencies.3! ! The!nearly!100Syear!history!of!risk!assessment!instrument!development!has!been! documented!on!several!occasions.4!The!focus!and!structure!of!risk!assessment!tools!have! shifted!significantly!over!time.!Studies!have!identified!the!important!evolution!of!risk! assessment!and!predictability!of!criminal!behavior,*!from!Burgess’!(1928)5!seminal!work!on!the! application!of!a!systemized!prediction!methodology!through!the!progression!of!the!four!distinct! generations!summarized!below.!! ! ! The!first!generation!of!risk!assessment!is!best!described!as!unstructured!professional! judgment,!in!which!the!assessor!relies!on!his!or!her!professional!training!and!information! gathered!from!the!incarcerated!individual,!official!records,!or!other!sources!to!inform!his!or!her! …

Sentencing, Recidivism & the Positive Impact of Successful Reentry, Governor's Public Safety Summit, 2014 Sentencing, Recidivism, and the Positive Impact of Successful Reentry Agenda • Governor’s Task Force on Sentencing and Recidivism • Tennessee Trends • Sentencing • Recidivism • Reentry • Going Forward Governor’s Task Force on Sentencing and …

Law Paper on Prosecutor Police Relationships, Univ of Pittsburgh, 2011 PITT LAW UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH Legal Studies Research Paper Series Working Paper No. 2011-19 June 2011 The Interaction and Relationship Between Prosecutors and Police Officers in the U.S., and How This Affects Police Reform Efforts David A. Harris University of …

Prison Accountability and Performance Measures, Volokh Emory L. J. 2014 PRISON ACCOUNTABILITY AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES Alexander Volokh* A few decades of comparative studies of public vs. private performance have failed to give a strong edge to either sector in terms of quality. That supposed market incentives haven’t delivered spectacular results …

Defence Counsel in Criminal Cases, DOJ BJS, 2000 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report November 2000, NCJ 179023 Defense Counsel in Criminal Cases By Caroline Wolf Harlow, Ph.D. BJS Statistician Almost all persons charged with a felony in Federal and large State …

Immigration Offenders in Federal Criminal Justice System, DOJ BJS, 2000 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Revised 10/23/02, th Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report August 2002, NCJ 191745 Federal Justice Statistics Program Immigration Offenders in the Federal Criminal Justice System, 2000 John Scalia Marika F. X. Litras, …

Criminalization of Homeless in US Report, NLCHP NCH, 2009 Homes Not Handcuffs: The Criminalization of Homelessness in U.S. Cities A Report by The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty and The National Coalition for the Homeless July 2009 ABOUT THE NATIONAL LAW CENTER ON HOMELESSNESS & POVERTY The National …

Terrorism Threat Assessment, Virginia Fusion Center, 2009 2009 VIRGINIA TERRORISM THREAT ASSESSMENT COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE VIRGINIA FUSION CENTER MARCH 2009 LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE 2009 VIRGINIA TERRORISM THREAT ASSESSMENT This is LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE information and is protected by Code of Virginia Title 52-48 and 52-49 unless …