tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125459102011-11-23T06:49:58.180-05:00Peacemaking & Crimeexploring alternatives to the war on crime and juvenile delinquencyjrfnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2491100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-34212428065886628282011-06-17T16:14:00.004-05:002011-06-17T16:25:13.691-05:0012-year-old boy faces life without paroleAccused of killing his 2-year-old brother, Cristian Fernandez, age 12, is to be tried as an adult. Is there more to this story? You bet.Florida Times-UnionNews4Jax.comjrfnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-1923555633417560992011-04-16T23:39:00.002-05:002011-04-16T23:41:34.964-05:00Free at lastHow Ray Towler spent 30 years in prison for a rape he didn't commit and what he did when they let him go.Esquirejrfnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-54932871346903641202011-01-22T18:01:00.001-05:002011-01-22T18:04:21.487-05:00“In Detention”"This is the latest blog post from a 27-year-old college graduate who ran a small construction clean-up company in Arizona until he was stopped by police for a traffic infraction in late summer of 2010. After Yogi (not his real name) was arrested and fingerprinted his information was shared with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). He was then transferred from jail to ICE custody because hejrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-35633802052056175942011-01-03T23:28:00.001-05:002011-01-03T23:36:12.677-05:00A real painSiobhan Reynolds of the Pain Relief Network would like doctors to be able to prescribe adequate pain medication for severely ill patients. The federal government thinks otherwise and they're letting her know.Slatejrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-86019438407148516122010-11-24T22:18:00.003-05:002010-11-24T22:24:56.360-05:00Inmate dies from medical neglectIncarcerated for violating the terms of her probation by getting pregnant, Amy Lynn Gillespie dies of pneumonia after Allegheny County jail staff ignore her pleas for medical attention.Women's Rights and Pittsburgh Post-Gazettejrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-24195595162230867472010-10-29T00:42:00.002-05:002010-10-29T00:47:09.564-05:00Private prisons look to immigrants for new profit centerThe story of how a private prison company helped to draft Arizona's immigration bill. "According to Corrections Corporation of America reports reviewed by NPR, executives believe immigrant detention is their next big market."NPRjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-74939649274843741762010-10-29T00:29:00.005-05:002010-10-29T00:42:42.781-05:00An old, old story...Imprisoned since 1992 for a mass murder he didn't commit, Anthony Graves finally goes free. With no motive, no physical evidence , and the only witness against Graves recanting until the day he died, why was he there in the first place?Texas Monthlyjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-54542793484785485122010-10-11T15:01:00.002-05:002010-10-11T15:04:08.592-05:00Study: One murder costs $17.25 millionThink rehabilitation's too expensive? The most violent offenders cost more than $150 million. (Scroll down for article.)Iowa State Universityjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-42446772307291213432010-09-10T00:08:00.002-05:002010-09-10T00:12:09.161-05:00The end of prison as we know it?GPS devices are already used on some paroled and probationed offenders. Could they be used for most--or all--offenders?The Atlanticjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-81882846600216834902010-07-03T14:12:00.001-05:002010-07-03T14:14:40.321-05:00Why firing squads are betterUtah death row inmate Ronnie Lee Gardner has chosen a firing squad instead of lethal injection. Why? It's probably the most humane way to go.Slatejrfnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-73548686278985127032010-05-23T13:24:00.002-05:002010-05-23T13:33:26.513-05:00Rethinking three strikesCalifornia's three-strikes law was supposed to keep hard-core offenders in prison. Instead it's incarcerating petty thieves for expensive life terms. And few politicians want this to change.New York Timesjrfnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-17125468449505301612010-05-17T22:13:00.001-05:002010-05-17T22:15:43.513-05:00What a downerThe war on drugs kept pot prices high. Now an oversupply of legal marijuana in California drives them down.NPRjrfnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-65113183192447275482010-05-17T22:11:00.001-05:002010-05-17T22:13:48.154-05:00SCOTUS: Continued civil commitment of sex offenders is OKThe Supreme Court rules that the civil commitment of sex offenders after they have completed their criminal sentences is constitutional.New York Timesjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-29391835587019405392010-05-17T22:08:00.002-05:002010-05-17T22:11:44.062-05:00Police kill 7-year-old in no-knock raidDetroit police officers searching for a murder suspect shot Aiyana Jones through the neck in a raid on the wrong residence.Detroit Newsjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-73594626811946125312010-05-03T23:52:00.002-05:002010-05-03T23:56:17.998-05:00Sound studio, jogging trails, guest quarters, cooking courses...No, it's not a spa, it's the world's most humane prison. In Norway. "Within two years of their release, 20% of Norway's prisoners end up back in jail. In the U.K. and the U.S., the figure hovers between 50% and 60%."TIMEjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-76007274892938935282010-04-29T03:25:00.002-05:002010-04-29T03:30:48.284-05:00Vipassana Meditation Courses For Correction Facilities"Vipassana, which means to see things as they really are, is one of India's most ancient techniques of meditation." Now being taught in U.S. prisons.jrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-9568618368031949752010-03-07T02:51:00.004-05:002010-03-07T03:01:41.729-05:00Two in a millionAlthough an individual's DNA is unique, some markers match, like two very different looking people who have similar blue eyes. If two people, one of whom committed a crime, share enough markers, it's possible that the wrong person may be in for a hard time with the law. Like John Puckett who had enough DNA to match that of a man who murdered a nurse in 1972.Washington Monthlyjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-49923168525033498122010-02-15T04:11:00.001-05:002010-02-15T04:13:07.896-05:00Execution by old ageViva Leroy Nash, the oldest death row inmate in the United States, dies of natural causes at age 94.BBCjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-20983527248521981762010-01-25T02:33:00.003-05:002010-01-25T02:43:17.284-05:00Jailed until proven guiltyMore than a half-million inmates are incarcerated, many for minor incidences, because they can't afford bail, and their cases can take up to a year to get to trial. Some end up pleading guilty and doing time just to get out one day.NPRjrfnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-16712873560815821602010-01-25T02:25:00.001-05:002010-01-25T02:44:34.391-05:00The Prison Arts Project"The Prison Arts Project contracts with professional artists to provide in-depth, long-term arts experiences for incarcerated men and women. Begun in 1977, the program selects and hires professional visual, literary and performing artists to teach in California state prison facilities. The Prison Arts Project also establishes Artist-In-Residence programs for the National Endowment for the Arts jrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-54352407595167975522009-12-31T01:35:00.001-05:002009-12-31T01:38:41.211-05:00Going through a taseThe 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that an arrestee can sue a police officer for tasing him and violating his "...constitutional right to be free from excessive force."Law.comjrfnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-80358399262330346592009-12-30T03:42:00.001-05:002009-12-30T03:44:17.387-05:00How to pat-downLearn how an airport security pat-down differs from a police officer pat-down and what to expect from both.Slatejrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-70481080005973919892009-12-10T02:31:00.002-05:002009-12-10T02:37:20.486-05:00Buried alive"Hidden within our country is a dark, parallel world — a Prison Nation that is inhabited by 2.2 million American convicts. Increasing violence, extreme crowding, rampant drug use and gang warfare are part of daily life." This National Geographic site has a video detailing how inmates are warehoused at a prison in Salinas Valley, California, as well as photos of prison life and the ugly facts jrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-56773434882837795892009-10-06T14:35:00.002-05:002009-10-06T14:39:52.301-05:00Small town with empty jail hires scary 'security firm'Hardin, Montana, builds a detention center for profit. Except that it's still empty after the Guantanamo Bay idea falls through. Enter American Police Force, which promises to fill up the jail. Except no one can figure out what American Police Force is.Billings Gazettejrfnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-65414590640410273612009-08-26T13:47:00.000-05:002009-08-26T13:48:17.401-05:00Missouri model triumph"Getting arrested for stealing cars after his 16th birthday may be the best thing that ever happened to Terrence Barkley."CNNjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-62189474088000037112009-08-22T02:44:00.002-05:002009-08-22T02:47:51.588-05:00Will California free 27,000 offenders?California's state assembly is set to consider a bill that would allow the release of more than 27,000 inmates from crowded prisons.CNNjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-54387652866589592222009-08-17T17:54:00.002-05:002009-08-17T17:58:34.912-05:00Why 'broken windows' is good for jailsThe "broken windows" theory that has directed much of urban policing in recent decades is also useful in ensuring order in jails.City Journaljrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-35429924649246536082009-08-13T22:46:00.002-05:002009-08-13T22:51:21.319-05:00Madoff crony chargedThe SEC has charged Bernard L. Madoff's chief financial officer, Frank DiPascali, with securities fraud. Also, a Madoff victim who had an affair with him has written a book about the experience.US Securities and Exchange Commission, Bloombergjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-77523032427225818482009-08-13T22:38:00.001-05:002009-08-13T22:40:47.860-05:00'We close at 5' judge goes on trialTexas Judge Sharon Keller is accused of judicial misconduct after allegedly refusing to hear a last-minute death row appeal because the clerk's office had closed for the day.TIMEjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-56501305805765443162009-08-08T00:14:00.001-05:002009-08-08T00:16:05.212-05:00Tapping the inmatesJails and prisons look to wealthy inmates to recoup costs.AP/Pantagraphjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-76708920422508774392009-08-05T02:56:00.003-05:002009-08-05T03:00:23.873-05:00Feds to Cali prisons: Open the doorsA federal panel orders California to reduce its inmate population by 40,000 so sick and mentally ill inmates can receive better treatment.NBC Los Angelesjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-68701325384891045572009-08-04T01:48:00.003-05:002009-08-04T01:55:58.083-05:00Texas vows new-n-improved lawyers for death-row processesThe state's court-appointed lawyers have missed deadlines, failed to file appeals, and filed sloppy writs. The new Office of Capital Writs will handle new appeals, but not old ones that are already hosed.Houston Chroniclejrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-16391138764068484562009-08-03T14:24:00.001-05:002009-08-03T14:27:01.773-05:00When dogs smell badlyThe head of Texas's Innocence Project says scent evidence uncovered by dogs is 'junk, not even junk science.'TIMEjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-39983719040690213932009-08-03T14:22:00.001-05:002009-08-03T14:24:16.705-05:00Bad economy, hot summer, crime's downDoesn't no jobs and hot weather usually mean high crime? No, not really. Two police chiefs explain why.CNNjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-42280532537811158342009-07-22T23:20:00.002-05:002009-07-22T23:22:51.870-05:00Spirituality "vital key to wellness" for copsThe May issue of the Federal Law Enforcement Bulletin tackles issues that go beyond officer survival.The Federal Law Enforcement Bulletinjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-83567557265121843272009-06-26T23:54:00.001-05:002009-06-26T23:56:34.175-05:00Justice too late?The family of a man wrongly incarcerated for rape still seeks justice for him, 10 years after he dies in prison.NPRjrfnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-81017540517521962452009-06-25T15:17:00.002-05:002009-06-25T15:20:35.101-05:00Incarceration should not mean rapeThe National Prison Rape Elimination Commission releases its report on controlling prison rape, with a focus on prevention, detection, and response.Washington Postjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-32745193160095727312009-06-08T03:05:00.002-05:002009-06-08T03:06:20.248-05:00You think Gitmo's bad......you should see the rest of America's prisons.Slatejrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-60396114006145544712009-05-14T20:23:00.003-05:002009-05-14T20:30:26.180-05:00Boy Scouts train kids in SWAT tacticsThe Explorers program teaches kids as young as 14 to kick in doors, fire assault weapons, and manhandle suspects.New York Timesjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-71265314445965199962009-05-09T01:33:00.000-05:002009-05-09T01:34:54.498-05:00The peace on drugsWhat happened when Portugal decriminalized drugs?TIMEjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-73494320443772367522009-05-09T01:30:00.001-05:002009-05-09T01:32:22.712-05:00What could be worse than Guantanamo?U.S. Prisons.Slatejrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-70807120084516485432009-05-04T23:14:00.002-05:002009-05-04T23:17:57.620-05:00Reason #23 for printing your family photos at homeIn 2005, a WalMart worker reported a grandma to the police after developing some shots of the woman's 3-year-old granddaughter in the bath. The charges were later dropped. However, the arresting DA still thinks he's right.Reasonjrfnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-48004363773088160402009-04-20T14:30:00.002-05:002009-04-20T14:37:41.942-05:00Lap-dance therapy?An Oregon school for troubled adolescents is under investigation. "One 18-year-old former student and victim of rape wept while recounting what happened to her during a Lifesteps seminar. 'They had me dress up as a French maid...I had to sit on guys' laps and give them lap dances.'TIMEjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-79819799813180454202009-04-20T00:41:00.000-05:002009-04-20T00:42:40.090-05:00More white inmates"For the first time since crack cocaine sparked a war on drugs 20 years ago, the number of black Americans in state prisons for drug offenses has fallen sharply, while the number of white prisoners convicted for drug crimes has increased..."The Washington Postjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-18091946591191729832009-04-10T00:46:00.002-05:002009-04-10T00:49:12.184-05:00ATM skim scamsGizmodo warns that the ATM card skimmers are "right here, right now," with the story of a reader who found a particularly sophisticated skimmer on a Chase bank machine that was inside the bank, for crying out loud.Gizmodojrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-89958341183522194592009-04-04T22:42:00.002-05:002009-04-04T22:49:29.330-05:00Educator caught up in sexting witch hunt"Tough on crime" county prosecutor accuses an assistant principal of possessing child porn for investigating a sexting incident in which no child porn was involved. Yes, you read that right.Wiredjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-60343013391877702452009-04-03T02:03:00.000-05:002009-04-03T02:06:02.430-05:00Broken windows testedA study in the Netherlands finds that high levels of social disorganization can double the number of people who litter and steal.Economistjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-64245328037971629602009-04-01T12:11:00.001-05:002009-04-01T12:13:05.104-05:00For Sale: 432-acres; view of SF Bay; nice neighborhoodCalifornia lawmaker wants to sell San Quentin State Prison.CNNjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-47065538340946940862009-03-29T23:27:00.002-05:002009-03-29T23:32:09.605-05:00The National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009On March 26, 2009, Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) introduced a bill "...to responsibly reduce the overall incarceration rate; improve federal and local responses to international and domestic gang violence; restructure our approach to drug policy; improve the treatment of mental illness; improve prison administration; and establish a system for reintegrating ex-offenders."Website of Senator Jim Webbjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-2021186367441919592009-03-26T02:02:00.004-05:002009-03-26T02:11:10.352-05:00Forensic scientists should be scientistsWhy forensic scientists should testify for the truth, not the state. Here's what else is wrong with forensic science. Then there's the "CSI effect."Reason...National Academies Press...NPRjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-76946140439726340532009-03-24T00:17:00.002-05:002009-03-24T00:28:29.954-05:00Jailhouse video catches police beating girlOfficer beats 15-year-old girl for kicking off her shoes. The officer's lawyer objects to the release of the tape. It's on YouTube, too.Seattlepi.com MSNBC YouTubejrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-51489063791885122742008-07-03T23:20:00.002-05:002008-07-03T23:24:12.689-05:00Computer predicts death row lottery winnersNot all death row inmates are executed. Some stay there for life. Some are exonerated. Now, a computer program can predict with "92 percent accuracy" who is most likely to be executed: those with the lowest levels of education.Scientific Americanjrfnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-67668682275933542502008-05-22T23:49:00.002-05:002008-05-22T23:55:09.662-05:00Mexican police struggle with drug gangsAfter a federal police officer was arrested for setting up the murder of the acting national police chief, Mexican police seek new standards of accountability and ethics.Christian Science Monitorjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-13442841258129499442008-05-15T16:27:00.001-05:002008-05-15T16:29:51.907-05:00Opening the gatesEconomic pressures force some states to let inmates go early. Marc Mauer of the Sentencing Project: 'Do you want to build prisons or do you want to build colleges? If you're a governor, it's kind of come to that choice right now.'Washington Postjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-15204269497873496172008-05-15T16:21:00.002-05:002008-05-15T16:26:41.699-05:00The furious cityWith 36 shootings on one April weekend, Chicago police struggle to control the violence.Economistjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-50090586756913525512008-05-15T16:20:00.001-05:002008-05-15T16:21:39.811-05:00Why the criminal justice system isn't racist"The favorite culprits for high black prison rates include a biased legal system, draconian drug enforcement, and even prison itself. None of these explanations stands up to scrutiny."City Journaljrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-77960580154759355692008-05-15T16:17:00.001-05:002008-05-15T16:19:57.894-05:00The dogs they've shotNYPD statistics reveal details about the dogs the department has shot, but few about the people.Village Voicejrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-13850682444922427912008-05-08T23:09:00.002-05:002008-05-08T23:14:44.033-05:00No-knock strikes againParamilitary police raid house; shoot owner; find no drugs; remove homeowner from ICU to interrogate him; leave him in jail with infected wounds; charge homeowner with running a "drug enterprise"; set bail ridiculously high; harass homeowner's neighbor, etc.Reasonjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-46062433961024779392008-05-04T22:57:00.002-05:002008-05-04T23:01:06.951-05:00A bad case of violenceEpidemiologist Gary Slutkin believes violence spreads like like tuberculosis and AIDS. He thinks project CeaseFire is the cure.New York Timesjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-4745012764678338252008-05-03T15:41:00.002-05:002008-05-03T15:42:34.661-05:00Another wrong addressCops looking for drugs raid wrong house, abuse owners, walk away. Again.WTVJjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-48375784155509365962008-04-30T22:52:00.002-05:002008-04-30T22:56:23.626-05:00Yes, we're all safer nowThinking a fish tank was a meth lab, drug police break into yet another wrong house.KARE-11jrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-66905276393410083472008-04-30T22:37:00.003-05:002008-04-30T22:42:34.770-05:00The long national nightmare is overSusan LeFevre, who escaped from prison in 1976, one year into a 20-year sentence for selling heroin, and went on to raise a family with three children, is finally caught.MSBNCjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-20956634984536376302008-04-29T01:08:00.001-05:002008-04-29T01:10:50.759-05:00Crime familiesCalifornia law enforcement plans to try to identify crime-scene DNA by looking for the owners' relatives in the state's genetic database of felons.Los Angeles Timesjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-65361241007433437252008-04-29T01:05:00.002-05:002008-04-29T01:07:40.665-05:00New growth sector: Organized crimeThis four-part BBC radio series investigates how international organized crime has grown to represent 20 percent of the world's economy.BBCjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-67888654459466662372008-04-24T16:16:00.003-05:002008-04-24T16:23:20.648-05:00California's scary prison mathCalifornia: $16 billion in the red.California prisons: $15 billion to improve facilities.California inmates: Twice as many as expected.Christian Science Monitorjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-41503965380587946482008-04-14T12:30:00.002-05:002008-04-14T12:36:29.145-05:00Police Suicides TroublingSuicide can endanger police officer's lives more than crime.New York Timesjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-86847171963421892832008-03-30T15:04:00.001-05:002008-03-30T15:06:13.337-05:00Op-ed: Lock'em upJames Q. Wilson: We aren't incarcerating enough people.LA Timesjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-22680266508605894202008-03-20T23:07:00.001-05:002008-03-20T23:09:19.312-05:00When the last one's a doozyThree strikes laws might make offenders less likely to commit that one last crime, but more likely to be violent if they do.Slatejrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-60041672242100891332008-02-28T17:02:00.001-05:002008-02-28T17:04:19.501-05:00News flash: TV forensics isn't realIt's much more difficult to match a fingerprint to a suspect in real life than it is on TV. 'What the system really does is provide a list of the most likely matches.'MSNBCjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-88301145060212774082008-02-28T16:57:00.003-05:002008-02-28T17:32:17.232-05:00America: #1 incarceratorStudy finds that the United States incarcerates more of its citizens than any other country, locking up one in every 99 adults.New York Times & APjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-84204726883063847912008-02-20T15:05:00.001-05:002008-02-20T15:07:30.472-05:00Beating it out of themFive myths about torture.Washington Postjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-19774701035332751602008-02-20T15:01:00.004-05:002008-02-20T15:09:59.685-05:00Gangsta ArmyThe army is recruiting gang members to bolster flagging enlistments and sending them to Iraq. The result? 'The Gangster Disciples are the biggest [gang] in the Army.'RADARjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-68765922624391714852008-02-19T15:16:00.001-05:002008-02-19T15:18:18.279-05:00BLUtubeIt's Youtube for law enforcement. Some videos require an officer-only login. Others don't.jrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-88772696387319543002008-02-19T15:14:00.001-05:002008-02-19T15:16:39.918-05:00Hello? Is your SWAT team running?New phone prank: Call in a SWAT team on someone's house.Daily News (Los Angeles)jrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-19066326953223897352008-02-03T01:13:00.000-05:002008-02-03T01:16:47.858-05:00Call for help ends in brutal strip searchAn Ohio woman's call for help ends in male police deputies forcibly stripping her and locking her in a cell for hours. (Warning: The video is difficult to watch.)WKYCjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-20907446157301951102008-01-28T15:08:00.001-05:002008-01-28T15:11:25.846-05:00When prisons go underPrisons are the only industry in many small American towns that depend on them for jobs. What happens when they close?New York Timesjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-22818618910520878812008-01-28T15:02:00.001-05:002008-01-28T15:06:23.371-05:00Peace for breakfastUK researchers are conducting a study to see if a more nutritious diet can reduce inmate violence.TimesOnlinejrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-27644862770810468372008-01-26T02:14:00.000-05:002008-01-26T02:17:45.637-05:00Some good newsHomicides drop to 1960s levels. Gun crime is down, too.Bureau of Justice Statisticsjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-29669653996230917992008-01-23T02:48:00.000-05:002008-01-23T02:53:24.655-05:00The endangered American snitchAuthorities say the "no snitching" campaign is working and plead with witnesses to violent crimes to come forward. Also coming to a street near you, the release of "Stop Snitching 2."MSNBCjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-44705653799802263662008-01-18T16:25:00.000-05:002008-01-18T16:27:47.008-05:00Alternative wilderness camp, German-styleGerman authorities send a violent 16-year-old boy to try out life in Siberia.Guardianjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-2915386543965193842007-12-31T23:02:00.000-05:002007-12-31T23:05:53.772-05:00The littlest cellmateIn Mexico City, children born to women inmates live with their mothers at the prison until they turn six.New York Timesjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-56106415471908361062007-12-29T00:07:00.000-05:002007-12-29T00:11:05.439-05:00FBI wants to know everything about everybodyAnd keep that information forever. The agency is shelling out $1 billion to build the world's largest database of human physical characteristics. It might also retain the information collected from employee criminal background checks.Washington Postjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-19421423884353352492007-12-26T16:05:00.000-05:002007-12-26T16:07:36.469-05:00The best Christmas everAfter decades in prison, three recently released inmates re-discover life outside.Village Voicejrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-46292973614026603922007-12-26T15:59:00.000-05:002007-12-26T16:04:40.919-05:00More dropouts, more crimeAccording to a recent study, increasing the graduation rate 10 percent would prevent 500 homicides and more than 20,000 aggravated assaults annually in California.Los Angeles TimesFight Crime: Invest in Kids Californiajrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-47386235716702365982007-12-19T03:54:00.000-05:002007-12-19T03:57:01.846-05:00Drug war rages in AtlantaPolice attribute much of the recent rise in the city's murder rate to one gang.Creatve Loafingjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-36812147957315637732007-12-16T23:47:00.000-05:002007-12-16T23:49:32.823-05:00Sexual Victimization in State and Federal Prisons Reported by Inmates, 2007About 60,500 inmates (or 4.5% of all state and federal inmates) experienced one or more incidents of sexual victimization involving other inmates or staff. And other fun statistics.Bureau of Justice Statisticsjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-55931961208428142732007-12-12T00:01:00.000-05:002007-12-12T00:06:09.444-05:00The only asylums leftThe closing of mental hospitals doesn't mean that people have stopped being mentally ill. So they go to prison instead.Boston Globejrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-408657262627639982007-12-08T14:55:00.000-05:002007-12-08T14:58:58.602-05:00When is hard time too hard?"When the time came to sentence Michael Perry, state law forced a judge to decide between widely disparate options. He could treat Perry as a juvenile and see him released by 21. Or he could send him away forever."Juvenile justice officials are rethinking the life sentences given to some kids.AP/Indystarjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-82854157817848252542007-12-05T14:57:00.000-05:002007-12-05T14:58:49.602-05:00Background checksHere's what comes up with the police run a check on your name.Slatejrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-81228336656823475342007-12-04T01:42:00.000-05:002007-12-04T01:44:25.372-05:00Study: Trying kids as adults doesn't helpIn fact, it does "more harm than good."APjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-35360926380210828752007-12-01T17:12:00.000-05:002007-12-01T17:15:15.856-05:00'How America Lost the War on Drugs'$500 billion, thousands in prison, and Americans are still getting high.Rolling Stonejrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-44944233005936342502007-11-26T14:35:00.000-05:002007-11-26T14:38:11.775-05:00ExonerationWhat do you do with your life after serving years in prison for a crime you didn't commit? (Flash)New York Timesjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-18720065918722882512007-11-19T18:52:00.000-05:002007-11-19T18:59:12.758-05:00Unidentified Human Remains in the United States, 1980-2004Government statistics on the number of unidentified persons reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Death Index.Some highlights:Between 1980 and 2004, about 10,300 unidentified human remains were reported to the National Death Index.Almost three-quarters of unidentified persons were reported by five states: Arizona, California, Florida, New York, and Texas.Burueau ofjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-62525328781621632442007-11-18T16:46:00.000-05:002007-11-18T16:48:33.530-05:00Sentenced to deathAccording to some economists, murders fall as executions rise.New York Timesjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-40383060061591409992007-11-17T14:21:00.000-05:002007-11-17T14:27:24.253-05:00Knock knockBoston police who suspect schoolkids of having guns will be going to their homes to ask parents to allow a warrantless search.Boston Globejrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-12768990294468571442007-11-12T14:56:00.000-05:002007-11-12T14:58:07.804-05:00Early sex does not a delinquent makeActually, a University of Virginia study has found that earlier sex might mean less delinquency.Washington Postjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-52947582521548047612007-11-05T15:30:00.000-05:002007-11-05T15:32:29.255-05:00ScannersA California county sheriff's office plans to scan the irises of sex offenders for easy identification.San Franscisco Chroniclejrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-90709126820857900642007-11-04T15:16:00.000-05:002007-11-04T15:18:59.959-05:00Ganging upGangs are an evolutionary response to survival in difficult situations. Can they be turned to pro-social purposes?The Cheersjrfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-15712983223978077322007-10-23T16:01:00.000-05:002007-10-23T16:08:25.092-05:00Lead poisoningDo high levels of lead mean more crime? An economist believes violent crime has dropped in recent years because leaded gasoline was phased out decades ago. Her paper is here.New York Timesjrfnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12545910.post-1077286921887975942007-10-18T14:36:00.000-05:002007-10-18T14:48:51.675-05:00Florida's "corrections culture" strikes againMartin Lee Anderson, 14, was assaulted by seven Florida boot-camp guards while a nurse stood by and watched. He later died of his injuries. A Florida jury recently acquitted the guards and the nurse of aggravated manslaughter.TIMEjrfnoreply@blogger.com1