In the shadow of the prison gates: an institutional analysis of early
... Comparative historical analysis offers a unique insight into the significant reconfiguration of the criminal justice landscape since 1960 (Farrell et al 2014). L.P Hartley famously wrote that ‘the past is a foreign country: they do things differently there’ (Hartley 1953) and this neatly encapsulate ...
... Comparative historical analysis offers a unique insight into the significant reconfiguration of the criminal justice landscape since 1960 (Farrell et al 2014). L.P Hartley famously wrote that ‘the past is a foreign country: they do things differently there’ (Hartley 1953) and this neatly encapsulate ...
- Fordham
... Under an indeterminate sentencing system, the trial judge selects a minimum and maximum sentence range to apply to the convicted defendant. 6 The prisoner becomes eligible for parole any time after completion of the minimum term, but he must be discharged from confinement upon completion of the maxi ...
... Under an indeterminate sentencing system, the trial judge selects a minimum and maximum sentence range to apply to the convicted defendant. 6 The prisoner becomes eligible for parole any time after completion of the minimum term, but he must be discharged from confinement upon completion of the maxi ...
Cognitive Outreach Groups (COG) Program
... Beginning in January 2002, the Lake County Adult Probation Department has been offering Cognitive Outreach Groups (COG). The program is based on the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) Thinking for a Change Program (NIC, 2001). The underlying concept of this program is that one’s thinking contro ...
... Beginning in January 2002, the Lake County Adult Probation Department has been offering Cognitive Outreach Groups (COG). The program is based on the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) Thinking for a Change Program (NIC, 2001). The underlying concept of this program is that one’s thinking contro ...
The Costs of Abusing Probationary Sentences
... rights and protections inherent in our legal system, developed and refined over the past two centuries, are relegated to the caboose of a train driven by the probation violation process. The end result is often that any interaction whatsoever with the criminal justice system can escalate into incarc ...
... rights and protections inherent in our legal system, developed and refined over the past two centuries, are relegated to the caboose of a train driven by the probation violation process. The end result is often that any interaction whatsoever with the criminal justice system can escalate into incarc ...
Community sentences since 2000: How they work – and why they
... dysfunction in the prison service. A Prison Reform Oversight Group with official, professional and civil society input was set up in December 2011 to work towards reform. Following this, the Department of Justice launched a consultation on community sentences to encourage their greater use as an alter ...
... dysfunction in the prison service. A Prison Reform Oversight Group with official, professional and civil society input was set up in December 2011 to work towards reform. Following this, the Department of Justice launched a consultation on community sentences to encourage their greater use as an alter ...
Due Process and Probation Revocation: The Written Statement
... eliminates the need for an independent written statement.3 This view contends that the Morrissey written statement requirement was adopted to ensure accurate fact-finding and to provide a sufficient basis for appellate review. 24 The verbatim transcript fulfills these objectives and provides constit ...
... eliminates the need for an independent written statement.3 This view contends that the Morrissey written statement requirement was adopted to ensure accurate fact-finding and to provide a sufficient basis for appellate review. 24 The verbatim transcript fulfills these objectives and provides constit ...
An Overview of Parole in Wyoming and
... two to three years as part of a federal court order.16 The Governor of California and a group of Republican state lawmakers have appealed the order, and the United States Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling in early 2011.17 In Colorado, plans exist to release as many as 6400 inmates early to ...
... two to three years as part of a federal court order.16 The Governor of California and a group of Republican state lawmakers have appealed the order, and the United States Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling in early 2011.17 In Colorado, plans exist to release as many as 6400 inmates early to ...
inhuman sentencing: life imprisonment of children around the world
... Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole has garnered a great deal of international attention, but is now rarely used around the world for child offenders. The sentence remains lawful for child offenders in approximately nine States6 but ...
... Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole has garnered a great deal of international attention, but is now rarely used around the world for child offenders. The sentence remains lawful for child offenders in approximately nine States6 but ...
overview of the community corrections system in kenya
... and currently the probation officers are involved in generation of pre-bail reports for purposes of bond terms. 2. Supervision of non-custodial court orders under relevant Act which involves discussing the order with the offender, drawing individual treatment plan providing regular progress reports ...
... and currently the probation officers are involved in generation of pre-bail reports for purposes of bond terms. 2. Supervision of non-custodial court orders under relevant Act which involves discussing the order with the offender, drawing individual treatment plan providing regular progress reports ...
Chapter Eight: Parole: Early Release and Reintegration
... maintains good conduct for a certain amount of time preceding the parole hearing and is granted parole, he or she must live in accordance with specified rules and regulations in the community. If a parolee violates either the technical conditions of parole or commits a new crime, he or she may have ...
... maintains good conduct for a certain amount of time preceding the parole hearing and is granted parole, he or she must live in accordance with specified rules and regulations in the community. If a parolee violates either the technical conditions of parole or commits a new crime, he or she may have ...
Report: 10000 Fewer Michigan Prisoners
... • The availability of community-based alternatives. 2. Technical probation violators were convicted of a felony and sentenced to probation but were resentenced to prison because they violated the terms of their supervision. The violation may have involved such noncriminal conduct as changing a res ...
... • The availability of community-based alternatives. 2. Technical probation violators were convicted of a felony and sentenced to probation but were resentenced to prison because they violated the terms of their supervision. The violation may have involved such noncriminal conduct as changing a res ...
Fourth Amendment Limitations on Probation and Parole Supervision
... parole revocation proceedings,0 this conflict has been avoided in most cases." Where a released offender is actually prosecuted for a crime committed while he is still on probation or parole, however, he may have a fourth amendment claim. Courts have generally agreed that he is entitled to some degr ...
... parole revocation proceedings,0 this conflict has been avoided in most cases." Where a released offender is actually prosecuted for a crime committed while he is still on probation or parole, however, he may have a fourth amendment claim. Courts have generally agreed that he is entitled to some degr ...
Indeterminate Confinement: Letting the Therapy Fit the Harm
... freedom, it has become, in actual practice, a mechanism by which something is added on to prison sentences. The universal conclusion of studies of time served in prison under indeterminate sentence laws and time served under the old definite sentence laws in the same jurisdictions has been that the ...
... freedom, it has become, in actual practice, a mechanism by which something is added on to prison sentences. The universal conclusion of studies of time served in prison under indeterminate sentence laws and time served under the old definite sentence laws in the same jurisdictions has been that the ...
Ex-offenders and the Labor Market - Center for Economic and Policy
... 1 Data on prison and jail inmates for 2008 from Sabol, West, and Cooper (2009). Prisons are state and federal facilities, usually run by the government, but sometimes on a contract basis by private companies, that usually hold convicted criminals with sentences of a year or longer; jails are local f ...
... 1 Data on prison and jail inmates for 2008 from Sabol, West, and Cooper (2009). Prisons are state and federal facilities, usually run by the government, but sometimes on a contract basis by private companies, that usually hold convicted criminals with sentences of a year or longer; jails are local f ...
Do Criminal Offenders Have a Constitutional Right to Rehabilitation
... with an improved chance of being a useful citizen and of staying out of prison. This right requires not only education and therapy, but also a non-destructive prison environment and, when possible, lessrestrictive alternatives to incarceration. The right to rehabilitation is consistent with the driv ...
... with an improved chance of being a useful citizen and of staying out of prison. This right requires not only education and therapy, but also a non-destructive prison environment and, when possible, lessrestrictive alternatives to incarceration. The right to rehabilitation is consistent with the driv ...
Protecting the Right Not to Vote from Voter Purge Statutes
... Willful abstention could result from various factors, including some beyond the voter's control. Yet voters often abstain after balancing the costs versus the benefits of voting because they conclude that voting would not be the best choice. 8 Abstention, along with the choice of slated candidates i ...
... Willful abstention could result from various factors, including some beyond the voter's control. Yet voters often abstain after balancing the costs versus the benefits of voting because they conclude that voting would not be the best choice. 8 Abstention, along with the choice of slated candidates i ...
Proposition 47 - Stanislaus County
... that reclassified non-serious and non-violent property and drug crimes from a felony offense to a misdemeanor. Proposition 47 ensures prisons focus on violent and serious offenders and maximizes the alternatives for non-serious and non-violent offenders. Savings from the prison are to be invested in ...
... that reclassified non-serious and non-violent property and drug crimes from a felony offense to a misdemeanor. Proposition 47 ensures prisons focus on violent and serious offenders and maximizes the alternatives for non-serious and non-violent offenders. Savings from the prison are to be invested in ...
thinking critically about realignment in california
... had two effects: (1) more people had to go to state prison instead of county jail because the law required that their sentences be longer than one year, and (2) more people in prison were staying longer than they used to. If you continue to add new people, but the ones already there aren’t l ...
... had two effects: (1) more people had to go to state prison instead of county jail because the law required that their sentences be longer than one year, and (2) more people in prison were staying longer than they used to. If you continue to add new people, but the ones already there aren’t l ...
Juvenile Justice Overview
... Changed the public view of children from “miniature adults” to persons whose moral and cognitive capacities are not fully developed. This led to the development of boarding schools with rigid requirements that would form the mentality and morality of the child. ...
... Changed the public view of children from “miniature adults” to persons whose moral and cognitive capacities are not fully developed. This led to the development of boarding schools with rigid requirements that would form the mentality and morality of the child. ...
Parole in Western Australia: An analysis of parole cancellations of
... appears to have been well accepted in practice, a situation that has been criticised by others (Duriez, Cullen & Manchak 2014). The program provides support for parolees but also includes swift and certain punishments for parole violations. These punishments are generally short, but for ...
... appears to have been well accepted in practice, a situation that has been criticised by others (Duriez, Cullen & Manchak 2014). The program provides support for parolees but also includes swift and certain punishments for parole violations. These punishments are generally short, but for ...
Discussion document on the rights and needs of remand detainees
... to have demonstrated that one of the risks set out above exists and cannot be reduced by any bail condition. They must then act expeditiously from the day the accused is placed in custody until the day the charge is determined.32 Factors relevant to assessing whether they have acted expeditiously in ...
... to have demonstrated that one of the risks set out above exists and cannot be reduced by any bail condition. They must then act expeditiously from the day the accused is placed in custody until the day the charge is determined.32 Factors relevant to assessing whether they have acted expeditiously in ...
Supplemental Clemency Petition - Show
... with intent to distribute based on evidence he provided a ride to the intended recipient and jury instructions for aiding and abetting Atilano in possessing and intending to distribute. Jeff's LWOP sentence was the most severe possible, while the main actors received leniency. Jeff was sentenced to ...
... with intent to distribute based on evidence he provided a ride to the intended recipient and jury instructions for aiding and abetting Atilano in possessing and intending to distribute. Jeff's LWOP sentence was the most severe possible, while the main actors received leniency. Jeff was sentenced to ...
Ambiguities in European legal instruments on non
... form this model is usually associated with the idealism of the revolutionary French Code of 1791, and its proliferation across much of Western Europe. The classical model sought to prevent the abuse of discretion by abolishing it at different stages in the process. This was seen as the epitome of t ...
... form this model is usually associated with the idealism of the revolutionary French Code of 1791, and its proliferation across much of Western Europe. The classical model sought to prevent the abuse of discretion by abolishing it at different stages in the process. This was seen as the epitome of t ...
Proposition 47 - McGeorge School of Law
... parallel structure should the initiative be passed. C. Exceptions Proposition 47 will not apply to “sex offenders or anyone with a prior violent felony conviction for crimes such as rape, murder, and child molestation.” 37Inmates may only be released if they are no longer a threat to public safety. ...
... parallel structure should the initiative be passed. C. Exceptions Proposition 47 will not apply to “sex offenders or anyone with a prior violent felony conviction for crimes such as rape, murder, and child molestation.” 37Inmates may only be released if they are no longer a threat to public safety. ...