Articles

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Prison Administration

• The Basics of Prison Classification
• Biometric Technology
  
  Developments in the Global Biometric industry and how prisons are adapting the technology
• Risk Assessment
  
  Approaches and Applications
• Prison Dog Adoption Programs
  
  highlighting two of the more popular programs running in US prisons

Prison Conditions

• A Brief History of Prison Labour
• California Prisons
  Women Die from Medical Neglect
• Death Row Prisoners Fight for Their Rights
• Eight officers indicted for civil rights violations at Corcoran State Prison in California
• Federal Corrections Officer Indicted for Abusing Inmate
• Former Texas State Parole Officer Sentenced for Taking Bribes from Assigned Parolee
  
  Derricks and one of her assigned parolees developed an improper relationship in which Derricks secretly used her official position with TDCJ to enrich herself and others
• Former White County Tennessee Corrections Officers Indicted and Arrested on Civil Rights Charges
• Gila County Jail Settles Allegations of Inadequate Inmate conditions
• Justice Department finds Unconstitutional Conditions at Two Arkansas Correctional Units
• Barbaric execution in Florida
  spurs call to end the racist death penalty
• Justice Department Settles Litigation to end Sexual Misconduct and Invasions of Privacy in Arizona State Womens' Prisons
• Former Wilcox County, Georgia, Sheriff and Others Sentenced for Assaulting Inmate
• Memorial for Move Members
• Muscogee County Jail To Improve Inmate conditions
  
  Under Justice Department Agreement
• Georgia NAACP Protests Prison Head
• Justice Department Announces Agreement to Protect Prisoners from Life-threatening Conditions at Erie County, New York, Facilities
  
  Conditions at the facilities routinely and systemically deprive prisoners of constitutional rights through inadequate medical and mental health care...
• Justice Department Releases Findings of Unconstitutional Conditions at Miami-Dade Jail Facilities
  
  the Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Department (MDCR) has engaged in a pattern of constitutional violations of prisoner rights at its jail facilities.
• Justice Department Releases Proposed Rule in Accordance with the Prison Rape Elimination Act
• Justice Department Settles with Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Over Use of Tasers in County Jails
• Legal Issues for Women in Federal Prison
• Prison Rape: the challenge of prevention and enforcement
• Commentary from Death Row
  Texas Leveling System Shows Rise in Repression
• Three Arkansas Department of Corrections Officers Plead Guilty to Torturing and Violating the Civil Rights of Inmatest
• Torture Policy Ordered by Rumsfeld
  Abu Ghraib Not Exceptional
• Two Men Indicted for Violating the Civil Rights of an Inmate at Greenville Federal Correctional Institution
  and Lying to Cover Up the Crime

Execution

• Attorney General Ashcroft's Statement Regarding the Execution of Timothy McVeigh
• Date Set for First Federal Execution Since 1963
• The Death Penalty - Execution Rates by State and some Arguments For and Against Execution

Prison Gangs & Prison Culture

• Bloods - Gang Profile - In Prison and on the Street
• Canadian Prison Gangs
• Chicano Prison Art
• Crips - Gang Profile - In Prison and on the Street
• Gangster Disciples (Folk Nation) - Gang Profile
• Indian Posse - Gang Profile
• MS-13 Gang Member Sentenced to Death Penalty
• Prison Gang Profile: Mexican Mafia
• Prison Gang Profile: Nortenos
• Prison Gang Profile: Nuestra Familia
• Prison Gang Profile: Surenos
• Prison Slang - An enlightening glossary of prison terms and prison lingo.
• Redd Alert - Prison Gang Profile
• Leader of Texas Prison/Street Gang Sentenced to 96 Months in Prison for Firearms Conviction
• Reputed Aryan Brotherhood of Texas Gang Leader Pleads Guilty to Federal Racketeering Charges
  According to court documents, Roberts and other ABT gang members and associates, agreed to commit multiple acts of murder, robbery, arson, kidnapping and narcotics trafficking on behalf of the ABT gang
• Trinitarios - Prison Gang Profile

 Correctional Officers, Jobs, Salaries and the Workplace

• All Reported Cases of Female Sex Offenders
• Correctional Officer Salaries (2011 - 2013 data)
• CSI Investigator Salaries
• Inside California's Prisons: Interview with a Woman Corrections Officer
• Snapshot: Where America's Serial Killers are Staying

Prison Riots

• 25th Anniversary of Attica Uprising

Prison Stories

• Cold War of the 1990s, by political prisoner Jalil Muntaquim.

Forensic Psychology and Science

• The Psychological Effects of Supermax Prisons (page 1 2 3)
• Theories on the Etiology of Sex Offenders
• The Psychology of Criminal Conduct
• Suicide Methods in Prison
• Violent Offenders: Evidence and Treatment

The Criminal Justice and Civil Justice Systems

• Al-Qaeda Operative Sentenced to Life in Prison
  Defendant and Co-Plotters Came Within Days of Suicide Bombing of New York City Subways
• Crime Statistics By City
• Executions and Execution Rates (by State)
• False Imprisonment in the Adversarial-Inquisitorial System Debate
• Felony Expungement
  A brief definition from U.S. state law
• Assault and Battery Case Law
  A Resource of Supreme Court and Appeal Court Cases
• Firefighter Salaries
  Overview of average salary figures for firefighters and paramedics in the US
• Lawsuit Abuse Statistics
  not related to prison issues, but a popular topic
• Are Frivolous Lawsuits Legal?
  a compliment to the previous article on lawsuit abuse statistics
• Free Legal Advice by Phone
  how available is it?
• Deferred Felony
  it's common but not always understood. What is it?
• Member of Afghan Taliban Sentenced to Life in Prison in Nation’s First Conviction on Narco-terror Charges
  
  "A violent jihadist and narcotics trafficker, Khan Mohammed sought to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan using rockets"
• Murder Rates
  An overview of homicide and murder statistics globally and across the United States, and their association with firearms.
• National Drug Intelligence Center Releases National Drug Threat Assessment 2010
• Nationwide Sweep by U.S. Marshals Puts 345 Dangerous Sex Offenders Behind Bars
  
  Operation Guardian was a three-year initiative specifically targeting the country’s most dangerous noncompliant sex offenders...
• United States Extradites Accused Serial Killer to Mexico
• Street Drug Prices
  overview of prices of all major drugs across Europe and North America
• Violence Against Women
  Violence against women around the world, including violent crime rates, trends, definitions...
• Violence Statistics in Canada
  Violent crime rates and a discussion of violence trends in Canada.