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Demonstrable Remorse, Psychiatric Diagnoses, and Alternatives to Incarceration by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian Probation officials play a critical role in the criminal justice process. These officials create pre-­sentencing reports containing both legal and extralegal information about the offender. This information is used to fashion sentencing recommendations. One factor …
Article • July 15, 2024 • from CLN July, 2024
California Court of Appeal Explains Qualification for Mental Health Diversion Under Pen. Code § 1001.36, Rules Defendant Qualified for Pretrial Mental Health Diversion by David Reutter by David M. Reutter   The Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, issued a writ of mandate directing a trial court to …
The Problem with Some Non-Carceral Punishments by Carlo Difundo by Carlos Difundo By 2007, the incarceration rate in the U.S. had skyrocketed to about 767 per 100,000 people. That statistic leads the free world and compares unfavorably with Russia’s 450 to 600 per 100,000 people. Many people see the problem …
Article • February 15, 2022 • from CLN March, 2022
Mental Health Response Teams Proved Effective in New York City by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian  No one should fear picking up the phone and asking for help. This is the premise of Behavioral Health Emergency Assistance Response Division (known as “B-HEARD”), a recently launched mental health program in …
Article • February 15, 2022 • from CLN March, 2022
Filed under: Alternative Sentencing
Non-Prosecution Policies Seem to Work in Baltimore by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins  The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic is credited with accelerating many trends that were already emerging before the plague struck. From work-at-home to mRNA vaccines, many of these new trends seem to have won a permanent place …
Article • December 15, 2021 • from CLN January, 2022
Veterans Restorative Justice Act Offers More Than Alternatives to Jail in Minnesota by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On August 10, 2021, a crowd of veterans’ organizations, prosecutors, defense attorneys, lawmakers, and other interested parties gathered outside the Minnesota State Capitol to watch Governor Tim Walz symbolically sign into law …
Article • December 15, 2020 • from CLN January, 2021
Effective Crisis Management Without Police by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins One of the many new elements in the recently energized movements for social justice and criminal justice reform is the call to “defund police.” Often misconstrued as a desire to do away with law enforcement altogether, defund advocates are …
Article • December 15, 2020 • from CLN January, 2021
Denver 911 Calls Routed to Mental Health Professionals by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Imagine for a moment, you just lost your job. The lack of income might soon push you into homelessness and a host of other troubles. Out of exasperation, you sit down on the curb, head in …
Article • August 19, 2019 • from CLN September, 2019
Filed under: Alternative Sentencing
Indiana Supreme Court Reduces 30-Year Prison Sentence to 23-Year Community Corrections Placement in Rare Case by Chad Marks by Chad Marks In August 2013, Lisa Livingston was arrested for various drug charges involving 3.35 grams of methamphetamine and one baggie of cocaine weighing 1.89 grams. Livingston posted a $75,000 property …
Article • March 6, 2019
Can We Fight Crime With Public Shaming? by Kathi Valeii Humiliation-based punishments are designed as deterrents, but sentences that embarrass the most vulnerable among us are cruel, and represent the worst of American policies. by Kathi Valeii, DAME Magazine In November, several Bangladeshi immigrants who’d been convicted of food-stamp fraud …
Article • February 15, 2019 • from CLN March, 2019
Oklahoma Supreme Court Announces Drug Court Dismissal of Charges After Successful Completion of Drug Program Entitles Defendant to Immediate Expungement by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On December 18, 2018, the Supreme Court of Oklahoma ruled that when a drug court dismisses charges after a defendant’s successful completion of a …
The Power of the Prosecutor: A Personal Account by Ashley Sawyer by Ashley Sawyer, Campaign for Smart Justice Consultant, ACLU of Vermont Have you ever watched an episode of “Law & Order”? The creators do an amazing job of dramatizing the court process. The characters playing the prosecutors are always …
Article • August 17, 2018 • from CLN September, 2018
What Some Prison Sentence Lengths Actually Reflect by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon When a criminal convictee is sentenced, the number of months or years assessed does not always mean the convictee will remain in prison for that entire time. Nearly all states and most other jurisdictions in the world …
A Way Out: Abolishing Death by Incarceration in Pennsylvania, Abolitionist Law Center, 2018 ABOLISHING DEATH BY INCARCERATION IN PENNSYLVANIA 1 A Report on Life-Without-Parole Sentences ABOLITIONIST LAW CENTER A Way Out ABOLISHING DEATH BY INCARCERATION IN PENNSYLVANIA A Report On Life-Without-Parole Sentences 3 Abolitionist Law Center REPORT AUTHORS Quinn Cozzens, …
Publication • July 7, 2017
Office of the Inspector General - Review of...Smart on Crime Initiative, Evaluation and Inspections Division, 2017 Office of the Inspector General U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General U.S. Department of Justice Review of the Department’s Implementation of Prosecution and Sentencing Reform Principles under the Smart on Crime …
Publication • 2017
An Evaluation of Seven Second Chance Act DOJ 2017 The author(s) shown below used Federal funding provided by the U.S. Department of Justice to prepare the following resource: Document Title: An Evaluation of Seven Second Chance Act Adult Demonstration Programs: Impact Findings at 18 Months Author(s): Ronald D’Amico, Christian Geckeler, …
California’s Historic Corrections Reforms, PPIC, 2016 California’s Historic Corrections Reforms September 2016 Magnus Lofstrom, Mia Bird, and Brandon Martin PPIC.ORG © 2016 Public Policy Institute of California. PPIC is a public charity. It does not take or support positions on any ballot measures or on any local, state, or federal …
Community Cages - Profitizing community corrections and alternatives to incarceration, AFSC, 2016 COMMUNITY CAGES: Profitizing community corrections and alternatives to incarceration e h t f o t r a P l Treatment Indusetriax Compl 2tic #no series AUGUST 2016 COMMUNITY CAGES: Profitizing community corrections and alternatives to incarceration AUGUST 2016 …
Better by Half - The New York City Story of Winning Large-Scale Decarceration while Increasing Public Safety, Greene & Schiraldi, 2016 Better by Half: The New York City Story of Winning Large-Scale Decarceration while Increasing Public Safety JUDITH A. GREENE* Director, Justice Strategies VINCENT SCHIRALDI Senior Research Fellow, Harvard Kennedy …
Publication • August 12, 2016
Filed under: Alternative Sentencing
Audit of the Department’s Use of Pretrial Diversion and Diversion-Based Court Programs as Alternatives to Incarceration, DOJ OIG, 2016 Office of the Inspector General U.S. Department of Justice Audit of the Department’s Use of Pretrial Diversion and Diversion-Based Court Programs as Alternatives to Incarceration Audit Division 16-19 July 2016 AUDIT …
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