Download or read book Enforcing Religious Freedom in Prison written by United States Commission on Civil Rights and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Executive summary: This report focuses on the government's efforts to enforce federal civil rights laws prohibiting religious discrimination in the administration and management of federal and state prisons. Prisoners in federal and state institutions retain certain religious exercise rights under the Constitution and statutes including the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUPIPA), the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), and the Civil rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA). Many states have similar provisions in their state constitutions and in state law modeled on RFRA. These rights must be balanced with the legitimate concerns of prisons officials, including cost, staffing, and most importantly, prison safety and security. Reconciling these rights and concerns can be a significant challenge for penal institutions, as well as courts.

Download or read book Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners Implementation Lessons Learned written by Lana D. Harrison and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Privatizing Correctional Institutions written by Gary W. Bowman and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-04-14 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than one million people behind bars, the United States imprisons a larger share of its population than any other industrialized nation. This has precipitated a serious overcrowding problem with federal and state prisons currently operating well beyond capacity. Conventional efforts appear unable to cope with the increasing shortage of beds or with inadequate rehabilitation services. A bold solution is required; increasingly it is being seen to reside in the private sector. This timely volume explores the issues of private versus public financing, construction, and management of medium-and high-security prisons.Private prisons are not a new concept in the United States. They have existed in several forms since the eighteenth century. The opening chapters evaluate historical cases of prisons for profit, examining the concerns of labor, abuses of inmates, and the source and resolution of disputes between private and public sectors. These chapters argue that the experience gained through privatization does not justify current opposition from civil libertarians or labor unions.Chapters dealing with the modern contracting out of complete management and limited services document the growing trend toward privatization and instances of public/private partnership in prison industries.The assembled evidence indicates clearly that privately run prisons have shown significant cost savings and good quality of provision for prisoners while still being profitable. However, the authors caution that these promising results must be reinforced by public safeguards in the contracting stage and monitoring to assure good service and security. With the American prison system in disarray, the public interest demands that government look beyond the public or private identity of those who wish to provide correctional services and focus instead on who can provide the best services at a given cost. It is essential to state that correctional services should attain several objectives and not merely cost minimization. The analysis and recommendations presented here will aid in the task. Privatizing Correctional Institutions will be of interest to law-enforcement officials, public policy analysts, penologists, and criminologists.

Download or read book American Corrections written by Barry Krisberg and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2014-09-23 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive introduction to corrections presents an incisive view of every aspect of corrections prompting students to think critically about the complex issues involved in responding to the current crisis in the U.S. correctional system.

Download or read book First Available Cell written by Chad R. Trulson and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decades after the U.S. Supreme Court and certain governmental actions struck down racial segregation in the larger society, American prison administrators still boldly adhered to discriminatory practices. Not until 1975 did legislation prohibit racial segregation and discrimination in Texas prisons. However, vestiges of this practice endured behind prison walls. Charting the transformation from segregation to desegregation in Texas prisons—which resulted in Texas prisons becoming one of the most desegregated places in America—First Available Cell chronicles the pivotal steps in the process, including prison director George J. Beto's 1965 decision to allow inmates of different races to co-exist in the same prison setting, defying Southern norms. The authors also clarify the significant impetus for change that emerged in 1972, when a Texas inmate filed a lawsuit alleging racial segregation and discrimination in the Texas Department of Corrections. Perhaps surprisingly, a multiracial group of prisoners sided with the TDC, fearing that desegregated housing would unleash racial violence. Members of the security staff also feared and predicted severe racial violence. Nearly two decades after the 1972 lawsuit, one vestige of segregation remained in place: the double cell. Revealing the aftermath of racial desegregation within that 9 x 5 foot space, First Available Cell tells the story of one of the greatest social experiments with racial desegregation in American history.

Download or read book Texas Department of Criminal Justice written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2004 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Criminal Justice Essentials written by Sue Titus Reid and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-12-07 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised and updated to reflect recent research and statutory changes, the Ninth Edition of Sue Titus Reid's Criminal Justice Essentials provides a comprehensive and concise overview of the U.S. criminal justice system. Represents the most thorough, legally accurate, and best-researched overview of the U.S. criminal justice system available today Anchored within the framework of the legal system and consistently includes legal decisions as a basis for much of its direction Accurately interprets the legal decisions which are cited Features references to current affairs Available in full color, including over 100 color photographs

Download or read book American Prisons and Jails written by Joan Mullen and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book American Prisons and Jails Conditions and costs of confinement written by Joan Mullen and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Census of Jails 1978 Data for individual jails in the South written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Departments of Commerce Justice and State the Judiciary and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1993 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 1230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Federal Prison Handbook written by Christopher Zoukis and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Incarceration can be cruel for prisoners and their loved ones. Learn what to expect and make the best of this time by staying safe and building a life behind bars.The Federal Prison Handbook teaches everything you need to know to protect yourself and survive the system, compiled by a college-educated federal inmate turned corrections consultant. This insider's view of the unknown world will guide you through the mental stresses of confinement, and keep you physically safe by explaining how to avoid the near-constant conflicts found inside federal prisons in the United States today.The Federal Prison Handbook is the definitive guide to surviving incarceration in federal prison. This handbook teaches individuals facing incarceration, prisoners who are already inside, and their friends and families, everything they need to know.The thorough information was compiled by Christopher Zoukis, who has first-hand experience with the federal prison system, as Zoukis served 12 years in prison as a young man, and is now the Managing Director of the Zoukis Consulting Group, a boutique federal criminal justice consultancy which assists defense attorneys, defendants, prisoners, and their families understand life inside the Federal Bureau of Prisons. In detailed chapters broken down by topical area, readers discover:-What to expect on the day you're admitted to prison, and how to greet cellmates for the first time.-What to do about sexual harassment or assault.-The best ways to avoid fights, and the options that provide the greatest protection if a fight cannot be avoided.-How to access medical, psychological and religious services.-How to communicate with the outside world through telephones, computers, and mail.-What you can buy in the official commissary and the underground economy.-A comprehensive analysis of Federal Bureau of Prisons policy and regulatory guidelines.-And much more!