×
You've used up your 3 free articles for this month. Subscribe today.
Lowering Recidivism through Family Communication
Loaded on April 15, 2014
by Alex Friedmann
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2014, page 24
Filed under:
Statistics/Trends,
Rehabilitation/Recidivism,
Telephone Access,
Telephone Rates,
Mail Regulations,
Visiting.
Location:
United States of America.
There are currently 2.2 million people held in prisons and jails in the United States,1 and an estimated 95% of prisoners currently in custody will one day be released. Based on 2012 data, around 637,400 people are released annually from state and federal prisons.2
According to an April 2011 report ...
Full article and associated cases available to subscribers.
As a digital subscriber to Prison Legal News, you can access full text and downloads for this and other premium content.
Already a subscriber? Login
More from this issue:
- An Interview with Noam Chomsky on Criminal Justice and Human Rights
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- $2.25 Million Jury Verdict against LCS in Texas Prisoner Death Suit, by Matthew Clarke
- Ohio: Attorney General May Not Increase Sex Offender’s Registration Requirements
- The Inadequacy of Prison Food Allergy Policies, by Jamie Longazel
- U.S. Supreme Court: District Courts Can Make Federal Sentences Consecutive or Concurrent to Future State Sentences
- $15.5 Million Settlement for Mentally Ill Jail Detainee Held in Solitary Confinement
- Kitchen Supervisor Gets Prison Time for Sexually Abusing Two Prisoners
- Colorado Prisoner who Murdered Guard Gets Life Without Parole
- Lowering Recidivism through Family Communication, by Alex Friedmann
- Iowa: Parole Agreement Does Not Constitute Voluntary Consent that Justifies Warrantless Search
- No Discipline for Oregon Prosecutor and Defense Counsel for Illegal Confinement of Mentally Ill Defendant
- Update on Missouri Incarceration Reimbursement Act Case
- Arkansas Suing Prisoners for Incarceration Costs
- Montana: Hospitalized Prisoner Entitled to Continuance in Divorce Case
- California Supreme Court: Challenge to Booking Fee Order Forfeited Due to Failure to Object in Trial Court
- Texas: False Arrest and Malicious Prosecution Result in $411,865.18 Recovery
- Study: TASER Shocks May Cause Fatal Heart Attacks, by Matthew Clarke
- Texas Court Holds CCA is a Governmental Body for Purposes of Public Records Law
- Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie, by Peter Wagner
- New York Prisoner Secures Court Order for Visitation with Child
- GPS Monitoring System in Los Angeles Plagued by False Alerts, Ignored Alarms, by Christopher Zoukis
- Placing Rival Gang Members in Same Cell Not Per Se Unconstitutional
- Qualified Immunity Denied to Michigan Guard for Improper Strip Search of Amputee Prisoner
- No Death Penalty for Maine Prisoner, by Lance Tapley
- The Redbook – A Manual on Legal Style, by John Dannenberg
- Court Awards $802,176 in Fees, Costs in PLN Censorship Suit Against Oregon County
- Oregon Appellate Court Declines to Correct Unpreserved Sentencing Error Related to Restitution, by Mark Wilson
- New York Prison Officials Can Force-Feed Hunger Striking Prisoner
- Ninth Circuit: Delay in Providing Dental Care May Constitute Deliberate Indifference
- Burden-Shifting Jury Instruction Requires New Trial in Prisoner's Lawsuit
- Eighth Circuit: Federal Sentence Consecutive to Later-Imposed State Sentence, by Mark Wilson
- Sexual Abuse by Oregon Jail Guard Nets Probation; Defense Attorney Blames Victim
- Idaho Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of Section 1983 Claims in Jail Suicide Case, by Mark Wilson
- Federal Court Must Give Reasons for Special Conditions of Supervised Release, by David Reutter
- Washington PRA Violations Result in Costs and Penalties, by Mark Wilson
- Prisoner Organ Transplants, Donations Create Controversy
- Oklahoma Jailers Not Immune from Excessive Force Claims
- News in Brief
More from Alex Friedmann:
- A Primer on Prisoners’ Constitutional Rights, Nov. 14, 2016
- Apples-to-Fish: Public and Private Prison Cost Comparisons, Oct. 3, 2016
- Securus Faces Lawsuit Over Recorded Attorney Calls, Aug. 2, 2016
- PLN Challenges Postcard-only Policy at Jail in Knoxville, TN, Oct. 26, 2015
- Who Owns Private Prison Stock?, July 31, 2015
- 32 Deaths at CCA-operated Immigration Detention Facilities Include at Least 7 Suicides, July 7, 2015
- How the Courts View ACA Accreditation, Oct. 10, 2014
- Recidivism Performance Measures for Private Halfway Houses in Pennsylvania, Sept. 19, 2014
- Lowering Recidivism through Family Communication, April 15, 2014
- Best Criminal Defense Pleading Ever!, Nov. 15, 2013
More from these topics:
- Electronic Monitoring: An Alternative to Incarceration or a Troubling Extension of Punishment?, April 15, 2024. Commentary/Reviews, Statistics/Trends, Electronic Monitoring, Electronic Surveillance, Bail/Pretrial Release, Conditions of.
- Pharmacies Are Giving Your Prescription Data to Police Without a Warrant, April 15, 2024. Medication, Statistics/Trends, Warrantless Searches.
- ‘Trail ’Em, Nail ’Em, and Jail ’Em’: Issues Private Probation and Parole, April 15, 2024. Sentinel, Contractor Misconduct, Reviews, Statistics/Trends, Cost of Prison Systems, Electronic Monitoring, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release.
- Research Shows It Makes Sense to Hire Individuals with Criminal Records, April 15, 2024. Resources, Work, Statistics/Trends, jobs.
- Time Served Under the First Step Act: Reduction, Not Revolution, April 15, 2024. Statistics/Trends, First Step Act.
- Sentencing Project Finds “Important Inroads” Against Mass Incarceration, Racial Inequality Behind Bars, April 1, 2024. Racial Discrimination, Statistics/Trends.
- Parole and Probation Accused of Driving Prison Growth, April 1, 2024. Commentary/Reviews, Statistics/Trends, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release, Conditions of.
- 428 Georgia Prison Employees Criminally Charged in Five Years, April 1, 2024. Guard Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution, Statistics/Trends.
- Alaska Prisons Report Three Deaths in Three Days, April 1, 2024. Statistics/Trends, Wrongful Death.
- Florida County Makes Free Jail Phone Calls Available, April 1, 2024. Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Securus.