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The U.S. Bureau of Prisons will make the final determination on where she'll be incarcerated. (cnn.com)
Cunningham v. Federal Bureau of Prisons D. Colo. (clearinghouse.net)
Picazo-Lucas will remain in custody pending transfer to a U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility to be determined in the near future. (justice.gov)
That means the disgraced banker who conspired with convicted killer Alex Murdaugh to commit financial fraud must report to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons ( BOP ) on September 28, 2023 to begin serving his 84-month sentence. (fitsnews.com)

Northern District of California Judge Jon Tigar agreed, finding that "providing the prisoner with only half as many food options as those available to other prisoners" was a serious deprivation, and "Pineida has provided compelling evidence that prison officials knowingly refused to provide him with the diet recommended by doctors following his [surgical] procedure. (fenwick.com)
On May 23, 2011, the United States Supreme Court in Brown v. Plata upheld a court order requiring California to release up to 46,000 prisoners to relieve serious overcrowding in the state's prisons and remedy grossly inadequate medical and mental health care. (eji.org)
It suggested that California, which sends large numbers of people to prison for violating a technical condition of their parole, could reduce the prison population by punishing technical parole violations through community-based programs. (eji.org)
He investigates life in a wide array of prisons-in Brazil, Bolivia, Norway, a prisoner of war camp, England and Wales, women's prisons in California, and a gay and transgender housing unit in the Los Angeles County Jail-to understand the hierarchy of life on the inside. (davidskarbek.com)
As of Saturday, the California Department of Corrections said that no inmates have yet tested positive for COVID-19, though it announced three employees were infected - two at the California Institution for Men and one at California State Prison-Sacramento, located outside Folsom. (latimes.com)
Internal documents obtained by The Times show multiple blocks at the California Health Care Facility, the state's medical prison outside Stockton, locked down a week ago for "influenza like illness. (latimes.com)
Corrections officials have progressively taken steps to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus in California prisons, halting visitation, volunteers and education programs, and screening employees for infection risk at the entrance. (latimes.com)
In California, coccidioidomycosis is a disease acquired by inhaling spores of Coccidioides immitis , a fungus found in certain arid regions, including the San Joaquin Valley, California, USA, where 8 state prisons are located. (cdc.gov)
These findings contributed to a court decision mandating exclusion of black inmates and inmates with diabetes from the 2 California prisons with the highest rates of coccidioidomycosis. (cdc.gov)
In 2005, the medical executive team of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) informed the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) that physicians at 2 prisons for adult men (prison X and prison Y) reported an increase in the number of inmates with coccidioidomycosis. (cdc.gov)
In response, the California Correctional Health Care Services (CCHCS) (the medical arm for California inmates) instituted policies for educating inmates and staff about coccidioidomycosis and for excluding inmates with immunocompromising conditions or severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease from California prisons in 3 coccidioidomycosis-endemic counties. (cdc.gov)
Although the reasons for this increase are not well understood, the practical effect of this increasing incidence has been seen in many settings, including the California state prison system. (cdc.gov)

Gabriel Pineida is an inmate imprisoned in Salinas Valley State Prison under California's three-strikes law. (fenwick.com)
In what may be the most significant prisoner's rights case in years, the Court found that the medical and mental health care provided by California's prisons violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. (eji.org)
Early release from prison is on the table as a state task force begins discussions on how to navigate California's incarcerated population through the coming storm of the novel coronavirus. (latimes.com)
After a decade of sustained effort to reduce health-threatening overcrowding, California's prison system remains at 134% capacity, with more than 114,000 inmates in state prisons built to hold 85,000. (latimes.com)
San Quentin State Prison, California's oldest prison, is still on a virtual lockdown - or "modified program" - as normal programs for all inmates have ceased since Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015, after "one confirmed case of Legionnaires' disease" was discovered, Warden Ron Davis' Aug. 27 bulletin said. (sfbayview.com)

Juvenile inmates were first transferred to Angola -- one of the largest maximum-security prisons in the country, which has been dubbed by some as the "Alcatraz of the South" - in October, following concerns about a lack of capacity, safety and service plaguing youth detention centers. (yahoo.com)
Fifteen people were killed in the Dec. 17 massacre at the prison complex in gunfire between jailed members of the same gang in a cellblock housing over 500 inmates. (emirates247.com)
Despite mounting pressure from civil liberties groups such as the ACLU and advocates for inmates, prison systems across the United States have so far resisted calls to reduce their COVID-19 threats by releasing prisoners. (latimes.com)
The Sacramento Bee has reported other inmates being monitored for possible COVID-19 at Mule Creek State Prison. (latimes.com)
Documents obtained by The Times, for instance, show inmates arriving one day last week at the Stockton facility from four prisons, including San Quentin. (latimes.com)
Inmates in prison are charged with a felony, which is far more serious than a misdemeanor. (css.org)
But last October, several women at Bom Pastor women's prison in Recife separately told Human Rights Watch researchers that they witnessed the same male guard verbally harass and grope inmates. (hrw.org)
The prison was originally surrounded by hundreds of acres of farmland where inmates worked. (wikipedia.org)
The Education Department of East Jersey State Prison offers a variety of programs to the inmates. (wikipedia.org)
The prison offers primary education (A.B.E. Course) and secondary education (GED) courses to the inmates. (wikipedia.org)
In effect, according to the order, the Commission will gain reasonable access to the prison facilities to examine records, communicate with staff and inmates, and monitor their operations. (davisvanguard.org)
Taliban insurgents in military uniform set off a car bomb and stormed an Afghan prison on September 14, freeing hundreds of inmates and killing four policemen in the country's largest jailbreak in years. (foreignpolicy.com)
In the early morning hours Monday, the Taliban attacked a prison in Ghazni province freeing hundreds of inmates ( NYT , BBC , TOLO News ). (foreignpolicy.com)
An analysis of the themes for the issues brought by the inmates showed characteristics such as everyday life in prison, maternity/family relationships, internal and external love relationships and gender relationships. (bvsalud.org)

While under the Bush administration prisoners could be held indefinitely in CIA-run black holes, in many cases the CIA prisons-many of which were located in eastern Europe-acted as way stations for prisoners who were to be shipped off to regimes where the abductees were subjected to torture. (wsws.org)
a plan that brings home lifers, parents, rapidly aging and medically fragile prisoners, and further reduces the women's prison population. (prisonactivist.org)
The prison service is obligated to provide prisoners the same medical services that are given outside of jail. (timesofisrael.com)
At oral argument in November, Justice Breyer described prison conditions as "horrendous," citing evidence of prisoners "found hanged to death in holding tanks where observation windows are obscured with smeared feces, and discovered catatonic in pools of their own urine after spending nights locked in small cages. (eji.org)
A prison that deprives prisoners of basic sustenance, including adequate medical care," the Court reasoned in this week's decision, "is incompatible with the concept of human dignity and has no place in civilized society. (eji.org)
Writing for the majority, Justice Kennedy acknowledged that the scope of the release order - reduction to 137.5% capacity or up to 46,000 prisoners - is "unprecedented," but noted that "[o]ver the whole course of years during which this litigation has been pending, no other remedies have been found to be sufficient. (eji.org)
In some facilities, prison officials govern with care and attention to prisoners' needs. (davidskarbek.com)
The task force's first meeting was Saturday, involving lawyers for the governor's office, corrections department, Department of State Hospitals and those representing prisoners in long-running litigation over prison conditions. (latimes.com)
A department memo filed in federal court showed transfers between prisons were also largely halted, though prisoners in need of mental health crisis care were still being moved around the state. (latimes.com)
Prison medical workers have been instructed to use only regular surgical masks around prisoners quarantined with influenza-like illness, not the higher-quality N95 masks. (latimes.com)
The increase in remand prisoners has put pressure on the prison population in recent years and Corrections is now looming as a political battleground, with Opposition leader Bill English warning that it will test the Government. (nzherald.co.nz)
So far, and emerging from the discussions, there is a realization that human rights are not about making the difficult job of a prisons officer difficult or cumbersome, but are all about professionalising and humanising their work, ultimately contributing to the safety of prisoners, staff and the community as a whole. (lu.se)

A federal judge assigned the independent monitor to review medical records of people who died while incarcerated in the Illinois Department of Corrections, as part of a legal settlement in a lawsuit over poor medical care in the state's prisons. (wbez.org)
PHOENIX, AZ - In fulfilling her promise of a bold agenda for her first 100 days in office - her First 100 Days Initiative - Gov. Katie Hobbs issued an executive order last week that established the Independent Prison Oversight Commission for transparency and accountability of the state's correction facilities. (davisvanguard.org)

Please let media outlets know you support real public safety solutions not more prisons and jails. (prisonactivist.org)
The state repeatedly has staved off federal court threats to order inmate releases with major changes in sentencing laws, a shift of low-risk offenders to county jails and cancellation of contracts for out-of-state private prisons. (latimes.com)
Cops are performing illegal body cavity searches while rape and sexual assault remains rampant in jails and prisons. (truthout.org)
Which federal, state, and local policymakers have taken meaningful steps to protect people in prisons and jails from COVID-19, and what exactly did they do? (prisonpolicy.org)
We created this COVID-19 policy tracker at the beginning of the pandemic to help the public understand what was - and wasn't - being done to depopulate crowded prisons and jails and make them safer. (prisonpolicy.org)

On April 11, 2013, federal judges threatened Gov. Jerry Brown with contempt charges.They gave him 3 weeks to create a serious plan to comply with the Eighth Amendment and reduce the prison population by 9000 human beings this year. (prisonactivist.org)
I'm looking at all options to reduce the prison muster, so that it doesn't end up being built. (nzherald.co.nz)
Correctional experts explain that the release of vulnerable populations - who are overwhelmingly older, seriously mentally ill, physically disabled, and/or chronically ill - presents little or no public safety risk of recidivism, while correctional medical and mental health experts predict that failure to reduce the prison population would result in increased numbers of deaths. (sfbayview.com)

Williams died behind bars after officials obtained a do-not-resuscitate order from him declining medical interventions that could extend his life. (wbez.org)
Mr. Pineida alleged that prison officials, however, refused to provide him with such a diet, and that as a result, he was often left with two options: eat food that would cause him ongoing, painful and severe symptoms or go hungry. (fenwick.com)
The court directed prison officials to provide him with a medically appropriate diet while the lawsuit remains pending. (fenwick.com)
Plaintiffs argued this "prison gerrymandering" was improper because those incarcerated at the ACI are not true constituents of local elected officials, but instead remain residents of their pre-incarceration communities for virtually all legal purposes, including voting. (riaclu.org)
Counting people at the ACI as constituents of Ward 6 officials made no sense," said Aleks Kajstura of the Prison Policy Initiative. (riaclu.org)
Many people think prisons are all the same-rows of cells filled with violent men who officials rule with an iron fist. (davidskarbek.com)
When babies reach six months, prison officials take them from their mothers, even if the mothers are only awaiting trial, and sent to family or other caretakers on the outside. (hrw.org)
On May 12th, state officials reported that 300 people had been released from Arkansas state prisons. (prisonpolicy.org)

Brazilian law also prohibits women's prisons from using male guards. (hrw.org)

The order ( .pdf ) was filed September 20, 2023 - meaning Laffitte has until Thursday to turn himself into federal authorities. (fitsnews.com)
A week after that - on August 21, 2023 - Laffitte and the government filed a consent order seeking an extension of one week for Laffitte to report to the federal prison system. (fitsnews.com)
A federal judge ruled on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023 that incarcerated youths be removed from a temporary lockup, at a former death row building in Louisiana's adult maximum-security prison. (yahoo.com)

In 2016, a man incarcerated at an Illinois prison signed a living will, stating he was of sound mind and did not want certain medical interventions to extend his life. (wbez.org)
Joana," 27, sentenced to seven years for robbery, went to see the prison doctor at Bom Pastor twice in 2016. (hrw.org)

It was another black eye for a penitentiary system that recently came under criticism following a December prison inmate massacre that was the country's deadliest. (emirates247.com)
He had learned many new skills during his time in prison from an older inmate. (css.org)
The purpose of this study was to review rates of coccidioidomycosis at prisons X and Y, to reevaluate the population for risk factors for development of primary disease, as well as to evaluate inmate risk factors for development of the most debilitating forms of coccidioidomycosis. (cdc.gov)

A San Quentin State Prison employee who previously was reported to have tested positive ultimately was a negative case, the department said. (latimes.com)

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has used his first memo since taking office to direct prosecutors to quit sending criminals to prison in many cases and downgrade charges for crimes such as armed robbery and drug dealing. (rt.com)
Bragg also demanded leniency for the most egregious violent crimes, banning prosecutors from seeking prison sentences exceeding 20 years. (rt.com)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A woman who has spent a dozen years behind bars for a deadly crash on the Buckman Bridge could be leaving prison as soon as this weekend, but prosecutors are trying to keep Sasha Pringle locked up. (news4jax.com)
Because prosecutors still want Pringle to serve more time and are pushing for her to be re-tried, the State Attorney's Office asked a judge to order her back to the Duval County jail, which was granted. (news4jax.com)
A gag order barring Donald Trump from publicly assailing prosecutors, court staff and potential witnesses in a criminal case has largely been upheld on appeal. (yahoo.com)
The sentence is less than the 1 1/2 to 2 years in prison that prosecutors had sought for Sgt. (keloland.com)
Hernandez overbilled Medicare by more than $200 million, according to prosecutors who say she ordered more cancer genetic tests for Medicare beneficiaries in 2020 than any other clinician in the nation. (medscape.com)
Prosecutors alleged that Hernandez took advantage of the flexible telemedicine rules allowed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and she and another nurse " essentially robo-signed " the orders. (medscape.com)
As part of the scheme, telemarketing companies would contact Medicare beneficiaries to convince them to request orthotic braces and genetic tests, and then send pre-filled orders for these products to Hernandez, who signed them, attesting that she had examined or treated the patients, prosecutors said in a statement . (medscape.com)
Prosecutors said Hernandez never examined the patients for whom she ordered $14 million in medical equipment, and that she lied when she certified that she'd personally examined them and determined the supplies were necessary. (medscape.com)
Prosecutors also alleged that Hernandez ordered $119 million worth of unnecessary genetic tests for patients she wasn't treating. (medscape.com)
According to prosecutors, Medicare only rarely covers CGx tests, doing so primarily when a patient has cancer and the patient's physician orders such tests to improve treatment. (medscape.com)

The big picture that this policy tracker reveals is grim: Lawmakers have failed to reduce prison and jail populations enough to slow down the spread of the coronavirus, causing incarcerated people to get sick and die at a rate unparalleled in the general public. (prisonpolicy.org)

In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Court Judge Jan E. DuBois ordered restitution in the amount of $202,634.32, a special assessment of $400, and three years of supervised release. (fbi.gov)
That charge is punishable by up to 30 years in prison. (sunjournal.com)
Laffitte received seven years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release and an order to make restitution to his victims in the amount of $3.56 million . (fitsnews.com)
Today, U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. ordered Rodan to serve 87 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release. (dea.gov)
Orlando, FL - United States District Judge Wendy W. Berger has sentenced Denise E. Kovacs (60, Clermont) to18 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for. (justice.gov)
It's an interesting case in that the state of Florida, you know, there was an appeal, and the defendant won on having one of the counts removed, which would have kept her in prison for up to 30 years. (news4jax.com)
In total, Judge Stacey Donovan ordered Helm to serve 54 months, or 4.5 years, in prison for his new and old convictions. (ljworld.com)
Judge Dudley H. Bowen also ordered Beaufils to pay $1,635,161.61 restitution and to serve three years of supervised release after completion of her prison term. (finchannel.com)
ACLU of RI volunteer attorney Lynette Labinger added: "The ACLU first urged the City to redraw its district lines four years ago in order to protect the rights of voters in the City's five other wards. (riaclu.org)
He went to the old Territorial Prison when he turned 11 years old and served 25 years there. (css.org)
A Ukrainian citizen from Luhansk Oblast, who fought on the side of the so-called ' Luhansk People's Republic ,' was sentenced to 15 years in prison with property confiscation, Kyiv city Prosecutor's Office reported via Facebook on Oct. 25. (yahoo.com)
We all know that Big Bad Bernie was rewarded with 150 years in the slammer yesterday, but did you know that an ex-con named Larry Levine runs a business dedicated to helping convicts "get out alive" from federal prison? (motherjones.com)
Abdel Fattah, a blogger who came to international prominence during the 2011 uprising against autocrat Hosni Mubarak, was sentenced this year to 15 years in prison, one of the toughest sentences to be handed down against those accused of taking part in anti-government demonstrations. (latimes.com)
Slightly more than five years had passed since steel gates locked me inside prison walls. (prisonnewsblog.com)
After more than eight years of prison, I felt as ready as possible to begin living in society as a law-abiding, tax-paying citizen. (prisonnewsblog.com)
With the beginning of my second decade in prison, I resolved myself to the reality that I would serve several more years. (prisonnewsblog.com)
Many years of prison were behind me and more were ahead, but I could still feel gratitude for the blessings in my life. (prisonnewsblog.com)
Magnus-Stinson also ordered Huxley to two years of supervised release after he completes his prison term, with home detention for the first six months. (keloland.com)
In addition, the agency mandated the cancellation of planned construction to expand prison X. During subsequent years, prisons X and Y took measures to control ambient dust (and presumably spores) by planting native grasses and shrubs on bare grounds. (cdc.gov)
Elizabeth Hernandez, 45, of Homestead, could face as many as 75 years in prison when she's sentenced on December 14. (medscape.com)
For many years, human rights issues have been received with a clenched fist and attracted a lot of negative attention in many prisons across the world. (lu.se)

We found that the moderate drops in prison populations in 2020 were the result of fewer admissions, not more releases. (prisonpolicy.org)

Beaufils exploited vulnerable populations, undermined patient trust, and wasted valuable taxpayer dollars in order to maximize her own profits," said Special Agent in Charge Tamala E. Miles, with the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG). (finchannel.com)
The report sheds light on the for-profit private prison industryu2019s reliance on high prison populations, and how they directly benefit its bottom line. (truthout.org)

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - A federal judge Tuesday ordered Martha Stewart to report to prison by Oct. 8 to start serving her five-month prison sentence for obstructing an investigation into a well-time sale of ImClone stock. (cnn.com)
Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum recommended that Stewart be sent to a federal prison facility at Danbury, Conn., or Coleman, Fla., as Stewart had requested. (cnn.com)
Incarcerated recording artist Pooh Shiesty (born Lontrell Donell Williams, Jr.) is currently serving a 5-year, 3-month sentence in federal prison . (allhiphop.com)
Convicted fraudster Russell Laffitte will not remain a free man while he appeals his recent federal convictions - that's the bottom line from an order issued Monday by U.S. district court judge Richard Gergel . (fitsnews.com)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A federal judge on Friday ordered that incarcerated youths be removed from a temporary lockup at a former death row building in Louisiana's adult maximum-security prison by Sept. 15 after critics argued the youths are kept in unsafe conditions and don't receive adequate schooling or mental health services. (yahoo.com)
BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 54-year-old man has been sent to federal prison following his conviction of trafficking 75 kilograms of cocaine, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. (dea.gov)
Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Harvey S. Schlesinger has sentenced Gloria Wiley (73, Danville, KY) to one year and one day in federal prison for failing to refund federal student aid money, commonly referred to as Stafford Loans and Pell Grants. (justice.gov)
A Rockdale County, Ga., nurse practitioner has been sentenced to federal prison and ordered to pay more than $1.6 million in restitution for her role in a massive telemedicine fraud scheme. (finchannel.com)
They were represented in federal court by Demos, the Prison Policy Initiative, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the ACLU of Rhode Island. (riaclu.org)
I settled in to the likelihood that I would serve longer than a quarter century in federal prison. (prisonnewsblog.com)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - An Indianapolis police officer who pleaded guilty to kicking a handcuffed man in the face during a 2021 arrest was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison Friday by a judge who said the attack "shocked the conscience. (keloland.com)

Judge tells trend-setter to start serving her five-month prison sentence by Oct. 8. (cnn.com)
Judge Cedarbaum, who oversaw her trial, ruled at the sentencing that Stewart could stay out of prison pending her appeal. (cnn.com)
A telephone conference was held and judge Gergel subsequently issued an order essentially determining that Laffitte did not meet the criteria to remain free pending his appeal. (fitsnews.com)
ORDER On September 13, 2013, then magistrate judge Madeline H. Haikala filed a report and recommendation, recommending that all of plaintiff Richard Vieux's 42 U.S.C § 1983 claims be dismissed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b)(l) and/or (2), except for Mr. Vieux's failure to provide adequate dental care against defendants Chief Dental Officer Dr. S. Burrell and Clinical Director M. Holbrook in their individual capacities. (justia.com)
Judge signs order moving woman convicted in Buckman Bridge DUI crash from prison to Duval County jail. (news4jax.com)
U.S. District Judge Kimberly Mueller on Friday ordered the task force during a telephone status hearing. (latimes.com)
U.S. District Court Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson cited Huxley's lack of criminal history, his family's needs and his acceptance of responsibility for what he did in giving him a yearlong prison term, The Indianapolis Star reported. (keloland.com)

The museum is a former women's prison building which is beside the Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility which has been an active prison since 1871. (css.org)

Newly elected Manhattan DA Bragg promises no prison time for any sentence except for murder and some violent felonies (plus white collar and government malfeasance). (rt.com)
Martha Stewart comments on her decision to serve her five-month prison sentence as soon as possible in order to reclaim her life. (cnn.com)
Constitutional tribunal had ordered release of opposition leader after she was handed an 18-month pre-trial sentence. (aljazeera.com)
The country's constitutional tribunal, Peru's top court, had ordered her release on Monday after she was handed an 18-month pre-trial sentence in October last year. (aljazeera.com)
Most recently, Laffitte sought to avoid beginning his prison sentence while his appeals process moved forward. (fitsnews.com)
The general rule is that a defendant sentenced to a period of imprisonment who has filed an appeal 'shall be detained' unless the court finds that the appeal 'raises a substantial question of law or fact likely to result in reversal, an order for a new trial, a sentence that does not include a term of imprisonment, or a reduced sentence," Gergel's order noted. (fitsnews.com)
The prisoner, who began serving a 23-year sentence for manslaughter in a male prison, will be the first person in Israel to undergo the process while in jail. (timesofisrael.com)
I began serving the sentence when I was 23, and I have nearly crossed the fulcrum that would disperse the greater weight of my life in prison than in society. (prisonnewsblog.com)

According to reports , a court also ordered the Atlantic Records-backed rapper to pay $156,585 in restitution. (allhiphop.com)
The court also ordered Wiley to pay $288,875.92 in restitution to former students of Stenotype Institute, the U.S. Department of Education, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. (justice.gov)

The First Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a district court has the authority to order a jail or prison closed if its order to correct constitutional violations is not complied with. (prisonlegalnews.org)
Our tour guide in the prison museum referred to jail as a "cake walk," making sure we understood that prison is much worse than jail. (css.org)
Most of thought that the El Paso County Jail was a daunting place, so we could imagine how living in a prison might be. (css.org)

No order has so far been received over the release of former actor-turned politician and parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake, prisons spokesman Chandana Ekanayake said. (lankanewspapers.com)
Sediq Sediqqi, the spokesman for the Afghan Ministry of Interior, said the prison came under attack at 2 a.m. when militants set off a car bomb at the entrance and engaged in a shootout with guards. (foreignpolicy.com)

The First Circuit held that is a proper remedy if the executive or legislative branches balk at allocating funds for court-ordered changes. (prisonlegalnews.org)

Wells Fargo is the king of private prison finance, heavily invested in two private prison corporations, Corrections Corporation of America and the GEO Group, which own a majority of the detention centers that house undocumented immigrants across the U.S. (sfbayview.com)

However, some individual state and local policymakers have recognized the urgency of the situation, and taken actions that show how we can release a large number of people from prison - a necessary step to ending mass incarceration. (prisonpolicy.org)

FILE - Vehicles enter at the main security gate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary - the Angola Prison, the largest high-security prison in the country in Angola, La., Aug. 5, 2008. (yahoo.com)

In The Puzzle of Prison Order , David Skarbek develops a theory of why life in prison varies so much. (davidskarbek.com)

It is clear that even though a person may have served their time in prison, release from prison to a halfway house does not provide freedom. (sfbayview.com)

She said the issue is urgent as the Illinois prison population gets older and sicker. (wbez.org)
Youths at Angola are held in single cells in a building separate from the adult prison population. (yahoo.com)
The prison population in the United States is at an all-time high of more than 2.3 million people incarcerated. (eji.org)
Today's ruling, just the second of its kind in the nation, concluded that the City artificially inflated the population count of Ward 6, where the ACI is located, by treating all incarcerated persons as "residents" of the prison for redistricting purposes. (riaclu.org)
Brazil's female prison population has increased by 161 percent in the last decade, a faster rate than for men. (hrw.org)
The present study aimed to investigate this population in order to contribute to the knowledge about this group. (bvsalud.org)

East Jersey State Prison (formally referred to as "Rahway State Prison") is a medium-security prison operated by the New Jersey Department of Corrections in Avenel, Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. (wikipedia.org)
Regarding the executive order, Ryan Thornell, appointed by Hobbs as the new Director of the Arizona Department of Corrections, said, "As I have begun to familiarize myself with the operations of the department, it has become clear that this commission will help drive the growth that the system is in need of. (davisvanguard.org)
The executive order explicitly states the Commission will comply with the procedures instructed by the Director of Corrections and ADCRR policy. (davisvanguard.org)
The Colorado Department of Corrections released 290 people following the March 25th executive order from the governor, which gave the DOC authority to release people within 180 days of their parole eligibility date. (prisonpolicy.org)

She has been in a women's prison since 2019. (timesofisrael.com)

The women are returned to the main prison. (hrw.org)
Afghan security forces take position near the main prison building after an attack in Ghazni on September 14, 2015. (foreignpolicy.com)

A 36-year-old male prison recreation director was killed in a tractor rollover incident. (cdc.gov)

Proponents have argued that the space is needed to house "high-risk" aggressive youths, many of whom have been involved in violent incidents at other detention facilities, and that locking them up at the adult prison keeps the community safe. (yahoo.com)
During our tour, we talked about few cases in which kids or teenagers have been sentenced to an adult prison (mostly in the 19th and early 20th centuries). (css.org)

Illustrative: Neve Tirtza Women's Prison in Ramla on May 23, 2021. (timesofisrael.com)

Meanwhile, Obama's order ostensibly shutting down the CIA's network of secret prisons allows an exception for 'facilities used only to hold people in short-term, transitory basis. (wsws.org)
A Dominican man convicted of kidnapping and murdering five young people of Chinese descent has escaped from a Panamanian prison for a second time, presumably with help from police, authorities in the Central American nation said Tuesday. (emirates247.com)
It's logical that a white-collar banker's trip to the "pen" isn't a cakewalk , but Levine has devoted his life to teaching people about the ins and outs of prison etiquette. (motherjones.com)
And yet state prisons are filled with people with preexisting medical conditions that put them a heightened risk for complications from COVID-19. (prisonpolicy.org)
More than 2,000 people were released on Wednesday, November 4th from state prisons, and an estimated 1,000 more people were released in the following weeks and months. (prisonpolicy.org)
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed an executive order on April 10th, supposedly beginning the process of "temporarily" releasing some people in state prisons who had been convicted of nonviolent offenses. (prisonpolicy.org)
In Arkansas , the governor issued a directive on April 20th to consider the early release of some people in state prison. (prisonpolicy.org)
Simultaneously, writing offered opportunities to help others understand prisons, the people they held, and strategies to grow through confinement. (prisonnewsblog.com)
Locking More People of Power in Prison Will Promote Prison Reform! (prisonnewsblog.com)

Herman Wallace's Conviction Overturned and Immediate Release Ordered! (truthout.org)

And in many cases, Bragg's office won't even seek felony convictions, let alone prison terms. (rt.com)

Were it only for its extraordinary comparative scope, The Puzzle of Prison Order would already be a major contribution to the fields of prison studies and human rights, but Skarbek's rigorous analysis of governance structures across varying prison regimes makes this a major theoretical breakthrough in law and society research generally, one that should be read by all who care about the nature of public order in institutions of control. (davidskarbek.com)
Using case studies from across continents and centuries, he develops a persuasive theory of extralegal governance which will help academics and prison professionals alike unravel the puzzle that is prison governance. (davidskarbek.com)

This provision will allow the CIA's secret prison system to function more or less as it did in the Bush administration. (wsws.org)
The group traveled to the Territorial Prison Museum, located in Canon City, to explore the history of the prison system. (css.org)
Brazil's prison system has only 37 gynecologists on staff , less than one for every 900 women. (hrw.org)
to prevent COVID-19 in those who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or who are vaccinated, but have a weakened immune system, or are taking a medication that affects the immune system and who have had close contact or are at high risk of close contact to someone who is infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus (for example, nursing homes, prisons). (medlineplus.gov)

Appeals as regard maintenance orders. (bvsalud.org)

The prison muster yesterday was 10,457, well above justice sector forecasts and expected to keep rising. (nzherald.co.nz)
In 1996, however, my prison case manager delivered a terse statement from the Department of Justice. (prisonnewsblog.com)
Cross, M. Beyond law and order: criminal justice policy into the 1990s . (bvs.br)

In a 2015 study in Rio de Janeiro, only 14 percent of pregnant women or women with babies in prison had received visits from their partners. (hrw.org)
from #FreeMako street and social media actions, contributions for my welfare, prison visits, legal representation and continued demands for my freedom through the #MakoMonday initiative. (dailymaverick.co.za)

PHILADELPHIA-Tamira Fonville, 34, of New York, NY, who lied on loan applications, ran a check kiting scheme, and filed for public assistance while living in a luxury apartment, was sentenced today to 15 months in prison. (fbi.gov)
Her co-conspirator Ricardo Falana was sentenced in February to 80 months in prison. (fbi.gov)
But nine months later, a prison spokesperson said they are still in the process of revising their medical policies, "including the requirement that a patient or their medical proxy be capable of consenting to DNR status for it to be valid. (wbez.org)
According to Arar's web site ( www.maherarar.ca ), 'Twelve days later, he was chained, shackled and flown to Syria, where he was held in a tiny 'grave-like' cell for ten months and ten days before he was moved to a better cell in a different prison. (wsws.org)
A Lawrence man was sentenced to 10 months in prison on Friday in connection with three high-speed residential car chases that ended in crashes, and he was ordered to serve prison time in older cases in which he had been granted probation. (ljworld.com)
Sherley L. Beaufils, 44, of Conyers, Ga., was sentenced to 87 months in prison after a U.S. District Court jury convicted her of participating in an illegal kickback conspiracy, and five counts each of Health Care Fraud, False Statements Related to Health Care, and Aggravated Identity Theft, said David H. Estes, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia . (finchannel.com)

Sherley Beaufils let greed take the wheel when she raked in massive profits by ordering unnecessary medical devices for patients she never examined or spoke to," said U.S. Attorney Estes. (finchannel.com)

Coronation Street has revealed that Bernie Winter could be facing significant prison time . (yahoo.com)

The sheriff appealed the district court's order. (prisonlegalnews.org)
We applaud the court's decision requiring the City to correct its prison gerrymandering problem without delay," said Steven Brown, executive director of the ACLU of Rhode Island. (riaclu.org)

Brazil should make much greater use of alternatives to prison, especially for pregnant women and women with children, as provided by law . (hrw.org)

When a district court "so orders" a settlement that provides the case file will be sealed, it is obliged to seal the case file, and cannot require a further showing of good cause. (prisonlegalnews.org)
The district court ordered at least three more flush toilets and sinks installed. (prisonlegalnews.org)
The sheriff's main complaint was "with the trump card held by the district court, namely, the threat of ordering Essex closed if the changes are not made. (prisonlegalnews.org)
A court has ordered the Israel Prison Service to allow a transgender prisoner to undergo gender-affirming care, including hormonal treatments and surgery, Channel 12 reports. (timesofisrael.com)
As described in court documents and testimony, Beaufils, as a nurse practitioner, facilitated orders for more than 3,000 orthotic braces that generated more than $3 million in fraudulent or excessive charges to Medicare. (finchannel.com)
Court may make order as to custody. (bvsalud.org)
Power of court to order repayment of cost of bringing up child. (bvsalud.org)
Court in making order to have regard to conduct of parent. (bvsalud.org)
Refusal of order in case more suitable for Supreme Court. (bvsalud.org)

Analysis of the executive orders US President Barack Obama signed on January 22 shows that the Untied States will continue to be heavily involved in illegal practices including kidnapping, secret detention and torture. (wsws.org)
The orders ostensibly ended torture and a network of secret Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) prison camps. (wsws.org)
The Los Angeles Times published a report on the executive orders, however, showing that they allow the continued use of 'extraordinary rendition' by the CIA, whereby the US secretly abducts individuals it claims are terrorists, sending them to nations that practice torture. (wsws.org)

Felony means prison. (css.org)

Beaufils then signed her name to fake medical records in which she falsely claimed she provided examinations of those patients, and then in exchange for money she created orders for orthotic braces for patients she never met or spoke with - including a knee brace for an amputee, and a back brace for a recently deceased patient - and for other durable medical equipment. (finchannel.com)

He said the state takes issue with many of Dick's findings, including her determination that youths at the prison aren't receiving an adequate education. (yahoo.com)
It was established in 1896 as Rahway State Prison, and was the first reformatory in New Jersey, officially opening in 1901. (wikipedia.org)
Architect John Rochester Thomas (1848 - 1901), designed the original prison in 1895 and construction began on state-owned property, known as Edgar Farm in 1896. (wikipedia.org)
In 1929, with the opening of nearby reformatories at Annandale (1928) and Bordentown (1937), Rahway State Prison changed from a reformatory to a prison for adult males. (wikipedia.org)
This is a short update from the four principle SHU reps here at Pelican Bay State Prison to inform you that Mr. Michael Stainer kept his word and arrived here on Sept. 25 and 26 with Mr. Ralph Diaz and Mr. George Giurbino. (sfbayview.com)

One of Egypt's best-known pro-democracy activists was freed from prison on bail Monday, but faces retrial for violating an anti-protest law. (latimes.com)

Satellite imagery of North Korea's network of political prison camps show its government is continuing to maintain, and even invest, in these repressive facilities. (or.jp)
Assessments of the satellite images of two political prison camps collected in May and August show the addition of new guard posts, upgrading of a reported crematorium, and on-going agricultural activities. (or.jp)
As has been done in the past (https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2013/12/new-satellite-images-show-scale-north-korea-s-repressive-prison-camps), Amnesty International secured high-resolution satellite imagery in order to assess this infrastructure and they show ongoing maintenance of, and further investment in, two such camps. (or.jp)

Prison employee killed in tractor rollover. (cdc.gov)

Of the 48 police officers guarding the prison at the time, four have been killed and seven others wounded. (foreignpolicy.com)
More than 20 Officers in Charge of Prisons and other senior managers from the Kenya Prisons Service (KPS) are currently participating in a two-week human rights and leadership training. (lu.se)

Cancellation and variation of order. (bvsalud.org)

The Independent Prison Oversight Commission will provide a preliminary report of its findings and recommendations by Nov. 15. (davisvanguard.org)

We must tattoo it in our hearts that 'I have the power, you have the power, and together we can make the change because people's power is stronger than the individuals in power', writes activist Makomborero Haruzivishe from his cell at Harare Remand Prison in Zimbabwe. (dailymaverick.co.za)
As the HIV/AIDS epidemic imposes an ever-larger burden globally, surveillance for HIV becomes more critical in order to understand the trends of the epidemic and make sound decisions on how best to respond to it. (bvsalud.org)

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