Department of Corrections

Colorado Takes A Second Look At Juvenile Justice

Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Video, Direct File, Department of Corrections, Youth Offender System, Kids Who Kill, Juvenile Crimes, Juvenile Justice System, Juvenile Justice, Denver News

For juveniles, "direct file" is a phrase that means that in the eyes of the law you've become an adult overnight and may go to an adult prison. Ne...

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Inside The Reopened Brooklyn House Of Detention (PHOTOS)

Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Brooklyn House of Detention, Boerum Hill, New York Prisons, Department of Corrections, Ny News, Walter Nin, New York News, New York Jail, Rikers Island, New York News

After years of debate, a lawsuit, and another lawsuit, the Brooklyn House of Detention is slated to reopen next week. The facility closed in 2003 ...

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Coral Gables Doc Sued Over Penis Amputation

Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Man Loses Penis, Video, Paul Prieto Sued for Penis Amputation, Penis Amputation Lawsuit, Department of Corrections, Spencer Aronfeld, Hank, Partial Penectomy, Former Prisoner Sues Over Penis Amputation, Man Sues Over Penis Amputation, Miami News

A South Florida man has filed suit against a Coral Gables urologist, as first reported by the Miami New Times, claiming that botched and inadequate ca...

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Top Ten Things to Know About Illinois' Prisons in 2011

John Maki | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Quinn, Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice, Adult Redeploy, Prison, Department of Corrections, John Howard Association, Chicago News

Although Illinois' adult prison system has long exceeded its design capacity of 33,663 inmates, the Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) reached more than 49,000 for the first time in 2011.

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850,000 Bodies Buried In Mass Graves On Forbidden NYC Island

HuffingtonPost.com | Christopher Mathias | Posted 12.30.2011

Read More: Video, Hart Island Cemetery, Hart Island Project, Department of Corrections, Ny News, Picture the Homeless, Hart Island, New York City Council, Elizabeth Crowley, New York News, Melinda Hunt, New York News

A City Council oversight committee held a hearing Friday to review the operations of the oft-forgotten cemetery at Hart Island, New York City's potter...

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Toward an Industry of Peace

Elena Quintana | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Prison Reform, Mass Incarceration, Peace, Recidivism, Prison Industrial Complex, Prison Workers, Department of Corrections, Correctional Facility, Decreasing-Recidivism, Chicago News

When I was growing up I learned that, although not perfect, the United States had the "best justice system in the world." That bill of goods can not even be faintly passed off with a straight face to today's schoolchildren.

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Bloomberg Announces 70 New Electric Cabs

It's Electric! | C. Zawadi Morris | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Nypd, Department of Corrections, Ny News, Michael Bloomberg, NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, Electric Vehicles, New York News, Department of Environmental Protection, Fdny, New York News

In a move towards a greener New York City, Mayor Bloomberg announced Tuesday the addition of 70 new electric vehicles to its transportation services f...

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Rikers Makes Scantily Clad Female Visitors Cover Up

Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Rikers Wants Women to Cover Up, Rikers Visitors, Department of Corrections, Visitors, Prison Dress Code, Rikers Visitors Cover Up, Rikers XXL Neon Green Shirt, Rikers Visitors Cover Up With Oversized Green Shirt, XXL Neon Green Shirt, Rikers Island, Rikers Vistors Dress Code, New York News

Here's a policy that won't go over well with the inmates. Rikers Island doesn't want to see lots of skin from its female visitors, reports the New Yor...

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Famous Death Row Last Meals

Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Food News, Death Row, Last Meals on Death Row, Alabama, Holman Correctional Facility, Execution, Department of Corrections, Crime, Crime News, Prison, Last-Meals-on-Death-Row, Eddie Duval Powell, Least Meal, Lethal Injection, Eddie Duval Powell Executed, Food News

Regardless of your beliefs when it comes to the death penalty, one thing we've become accustomed to hearing and talking about is the famous last meal....

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California Incarcerated: Hitchhiker Writes Stories Of Criminal Justice

The Huffington Post | Carly Gillis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Voices of Justice, California, Luke Whyte, Criminal Justice System, Department of Corrections, Backpacking, Corrections, Criminal Justice, The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Inmates, Hitchhiking, Prison Inmates, Impact News

Luke Whyte writes about criminals. And he hitchhikes to find them. On his blog, Voices of Justice, Whyte chronicles the experiences of people who h...

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Douglas Alward Escaped From Maximum Security Prison By Burrowing Under Electric Fence

KMGH Denver | Kim Nguyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Department of Corrections, Douglas Alward, Sterling Colorado, Ari Zavaras, Denver News

DENVER -- Colorado's top prison official said an inmate escaped from a maximum security prison by grounding himself and crawling under an electric fen...

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The Homecoming: Re-entry and Reintegration of Returnees

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Otisville Correctional Facility, CARICOM Returnees, Jamaican Returnees, Alvin W. McLean, Carmeta Albarus-Lindo, Furi, Family-Unification-Resettlement-Initiative, Jamican Deportation, Caribbean Returnees, Immigrants Pardon Panel, Clemency, Caribbean African Unity Organization, Department of Corrections, Docs, Re-Entry, Cau, Winston Ishon Williams, Politics News

"You can never go home again." At least, that's the way the refrain goes. And many Caribbean immigrants are coming to terms with the realization that...

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Left and Right Join to Fight Prison Rape

Pat Nolan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Prison Rape, Rape, Rape Kits, Department of Corrections, Prison Violence, Eric Holder Attorney General, Corrections, Impact News

It is a scandal that people housed in the custody of the government are not safe from sexual attack. No matter how terrible the crime, the sentence should not include being raped.

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Jaycee Dugard-California Settlement PASSES: Lawmakers OK $20 Million Payment

AP | By DON THOMPSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP)-- California lawmakers approved a $20 million settlement Thursday with the family of Jaycee Dugard, who was kidnapped as a gir...

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Segregating HIV Positive Inmates Is Medically Unjustified and Hinders Rehabilitation

Reproductive Justice | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aclu, HIV/AIDS, Hiv, Human Rights Watch, Segregation, Prison, Department of Corrections, South Carolina, Politics News

As the ACLU points out, prisons throughout the US are able to give medical care for HIV without forcing inmates to give up their right to privacy and freedom from discrimination.

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Transfers Imminent as Varick Street Immigration Detention Center Set to Close

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alien Security Check, Caribbean Immigrants, CARICOM Returnees, Child Citizen Protection Act, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Criminal Alien Program, Department of Corrections, Department of Homeland Security, Deportation, Detainee Transfer Notification, Detention, Detention Policy, Detention Policy Oversight, Families for Freedom, Family-Detention, Ice, Idp, Iirira, Immigrants Defense Project, Immigration, Immigration Detainer, Immigration Detention, Intensive Supervision Appearance Program, International Office of Migration, Isap, Mandatory Detention, National Detention Standards, New Sanctuary Movement, Obama CARICOM, Obama Detention Reform, Obama Immigration, Obama Immigration Reform, Obama Trinidad, Scaap, Secure Communities Initiative, Trinidad, Trinidad Returnees, Varick-Street-Detention-Center, New York News

The decision by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to close its 300-bed facility at Varick Street in Manhattan is of great concern to immigrant rights advocates.

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Protestors Agitated, ICE Responded - and a Haitian Immigrant is Released from Detention

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

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The announcement by the Department of Homeland Security that Temporary Protected Status - and suspension of deportation - would be granted to Haitian ...

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The Faces of Detention and Deportation: Jean Murat Montrevil

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alien Security Check, Caribbean Deportees, Caribbean Immigrants, Child Citizen Protection Act, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Criminal Alien Program, Department of Corrections, Department of Homeland Security, Deportation, Detainee Transfer Notification, Detention, Detention Policy, Detention Policy Oversight, Dora Schriro, Families for Freedom, First Friends, Ice, Idp, Iirira, Immigrants Defense Project, Immigration, Immigration Detainer, Immigration Reform, International Office of Migration, Janet Napolitano, Mandatory Detention, National Detention Standards, New Sanctuary Movement, Obama CARICOM, Obama Immigration, Obama Immigration Reform, Obama Trinidad, Scaap, Secure Communities Initiative, Trinidad, Trinidad Deportees, Intensive Supervision Appearance Program, Isap, Politics News

Instead of expending its resources to deport immigrants like Jean Murat Montrevil, ICE should exercise its discretion to grant Deferred Action.

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The Least of These: Family Detention in America

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alien Security Check, Caribbean Deportees, Caribbean Immigrants, Child Citizen Protection Act, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Criminal Alien Program, Department of Corrections, Department of Homeland Security, Deportation, Detainee Transfer Notification, Detention, Detention Policy, Detention Policy Oversight, Dora Schriro, Families for Freedom, First Friends, Ice, Idp, Iirira, Immigrants Defense Project, Immigration, Immigration Detainer, Immigration Reform, Intensive Supervision Appearance Program, International Office of Migration, Isap, Janet Napolitano, Mandatory Detention, National Detention Standards, New Sanctuary Movement, Obama CARICOM, Obama Immigration, Obama Immigration Reform, Obama Trinidad, Scaap, Secure Communities Initiative, Trinidad, Trinidad Deportees, Family-Detention, Politics News

Given the financial and other challenges of housing families in detention centers, Obama should consider more 'civil' alternatives available, such as releasing families into the community.

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Time to De-ICE the Department of Corrections

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Caribbean Immigrants, Child Citizen Protection Act, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Criminal Alien Program, Department of Homeland Security, Deportation, Detention, Detention Policy, Detention Policy Oversight, Families for Freedom, First Friends, Ice, Iirira, Immigration, Immigration Detainer, Immigration Reform, International Office of Migration, Janet Napolitano, Mandatory Detention, New Sanctuary Movement, Obama CARICOM, Obama Immigration, Obama Immigration Reform, Obama Trinidad, Scaap, Secure Communities Initiative, Trinidad, Department of Corrections, Dora Schriro, National Detention Standards, Detainee Transfer Notification, Alien Security Check, Caribbean Deportees, Trinidad-Deportees, New York News

Dora Schriro, the new commissioner of corrections for New York City, should fight to remove Immigrations and Customs Enforcement from New York City's jails.

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