Ral Cost of Prisons

Woman charged in breast milk assault on jailer March 7, 2010 OWENSBORO, Ky.—A woman in jail for public intoxication was accused of assaulting a jailer by squirting breast milk at her. WYMT-TV reported that a 31-year-old woman was arrested Thursday...

Behind Bars II: Substance Abuse and America’s Prison Population Source: National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University http://www.casacolumbia.org/articlefiles/575-report2010behindbars2.pdf From press release: Of the 2.3 million inmates crowding our nations prisons and jails, 1.5 million meet the DSM...

Most House Republicans Vote to Let Schoolchildren Be Held Down, Tied Up, and Put in Solitary Confinement By James Ridgeway and Jean Casella | March 5, 2010 Solitary Watch On Wednesday afternoon, the United States House of Representatives passed H.R....

Alarmist NY Times Story Could Hurt Efforts To Reduce Overcrowded Prisons Jill Harris, Managing Director for Public Policy, Drug Policy Alliance Posted: March 5, 2010 02:35 PM Huffington Post Today the New York Times has several articles describing the effects...

Utah Anti-Abortion Bill Citing ‘Reckless Act’ Is Withdrawn By KIRK JOHNSON Published: March 4, 2010 NY Times DENVER — A sweeping anti-abortion statute in Utah that would have allowed up to life in prison for a woman whose fetus died...

(Wexford is the private "health care" provider.) "Wexford refuses to fill critical medical positions. Wexford refuses to grant off-site visits for seriously ill inmates. Wexford refuses to renew critical prescription medicine for inmates. And, according to those who worked for...

Prison head: Release short-term state inmates to halfway houses Tuesday, March 02, 2010 By Tom Barnes, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette HARRISBURG -- The head of the state prison system today outlined steps that could be taken at little or no cost to...

Editorial: Bad Science and Bad Policy NY Times Published: March 2, 2010 The federal law that mandates harsher prison terms for people arrested with crack cocaine than for those caught with cocaine powder is scientifically and morally indefensible. Bills to...

JUVENILE JUSTICE IN MICHIGAN 2nd chance for killer kids? Feb. 28, 2010 BY L.L. BRASIER FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER Dontez Tillman and Thomas McCloud were 14-year-old middle schoolers in Pontiac in the summer of 2008. Neither was old enough to...

California man gets eight years for stealing cheese Robert Ferguson was sentenced under the 'three strikes' law, as critics again plea for reform of state's overcrowded prisons Wednesday 3 March 2010 The Guardian Daniel Nasaw A California man has been...

See/hear an excellent interview with Lynn Paltrow at: http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/3/pregnant_women_utah and... Utah Bill Would Criminalize Illegal Abortions By KIRK JOHNSON Published: February 28, 2010- NY Times DENVER — The origins of Utah State House Bill 12 lie in an act of...

Former inmate alleges rape at private prison By Stephenie Steitzer February 25, 2010 Louisville Courier Journal A former inmate at the beleaguered private women’s prison in Eastern Kentucky has filed a lawsuit alleging that she was repeatedly raped by a...

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Prison or counseling? Lawmakers introduce bill to reform sentences for drug users Peter Marcus, Denver Daily News Staff Writer Wednesday, February 24, 2010 Lawmakers are again questioning whether to either treat drug users with community-based counseling, or send them to...

Cornell Companies Reports Fourth-Quarter Earnings Above Guidance Provides Earnings Guidance for First Quarter and Full Year 2010 Feb. 24, 2010 HOUSTON, Feb 24, 2010 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Cornell Companies, Inc. /quotes/comstock/13*!crn/quotes/nls/crn (CRN 18.71, -1.95, -9.44%) today reported results for...

P R E S S R E L E A S E CCA Loses Contracts for 7,594 Prison Beds in Past 16 Months; More Losses Looming February 24, 2010 – Private Corrections Working Group For Immediate Release Nashville, TN –...

GUGGENHEIM SPECIAL REPORT Locking Down the Mentally Ill By James Ridgeway and Jean Casella Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 10:06 pm Solitary Confinement Cells Have Become America’s New Asylums “If you want to know where they are all being kept,” said...

The corrections Rendell's budget needs BY PROPOSING spending increases on education, medical assistance, unemployment and health insurance for children, and including almost no new programs, Gov. Rendell's final budget reflects the sobering realities of a lingering recession. Still, his budget...

Imaginary fiends Crime in America keeps going down. Why does the public refuse to believe it? By Joe Keohane | February 14, 2010 Boston Globe The year 2009 was a grim one for many Americans, but there was one pleasant...

Obama’s 2011 Budget Proposal: How It’s Spent http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/02/01/us/budget.html Drag your cursor over the blocks to see how the money will be spent. (Direct prison related is in Administration.)...