×
You've used up your 3 free articles for this month. Subscribe today.
A Matter of Fact
Loaded on June 15, 1997
published in Prison Legal News
June, 1997, page 13
Between 1984 and 1994, the number of non U.S. citizens serving time in a federal prison increased an average of 15 percent annually, from 4,088 to 18,929. The overall federal prison population, by contrast, increased an average of 10 percent annually, from 31,105 to 87,437. Fifty-five percent of the non-citizens ...
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:
- America's Private Gulag, by Ken Silverstein
- Speedy Death Penalty Provisions Enjoined in California
- Strange Bedfellows; CCA's Political Connections, by Alex Friedmann
- Texas Sheriff Exploits Prisoner Labor
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- Grievance Retaliation Unconstitutional
- Qualified Immunity for Strip Search
- PLRA Not Enough for Fourth Circuit
- Sixth Circuit Issues PLRA IFP Order
- Fifth Circuit Holds that PLRA Requires Fees in All Pending Cases
- Ninth Circuit: PLRA Doesn't Apply to Habeas
- Massachusetts Court Avoids Ruling on Consent Decree Termination
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics (Declaratory Relief), by John Midgley
- Federal Parolees Kicked off Internet
- Texas Prison Building Corruption, Problems and Dangers
- A Matter of Fact
- Jury Verdict in Prisoner Attack Affirmed
- On the Edge of Midnight, by Mr Wolf
- CDC Consent Decree Contempt Vacated
- California Prisoner Wins Judgment Against Guard in Shooting
- PLN Readers Dissatisfied with Freedom Press
- California Slave Labor Loses Money
- Denial of Eyeglasses Violates Eighth Amendment
- Swastika Carved on CDC Prison Guard Rifle
- Illinois Jail Conditions Suit States Claim
- FTCA Suit Not Barred by Prior Bivens Claim
- Trial Required on ADA EFV Claim
- California Prisoners Entitled to Contact Attorney Visits
- No Frivolousness Review Allowed When Filing Fee Paid
- Book Review - Privatization and the Provision of Correctional Services: Context and Consequences
- Iowa Retaliation Verdict Affirmed
- Pro Se Litigant Entitled to Defendant's Identity
- Relation Back Period Suspended during IFP Application
- 'Scared Straight' Youths Molested in Texas Prison
- Prison NA Meetings Violate Establishment Clause
- BOP Owes Duty of Care to Prisoners
- TB Isolation May Violate RFRA
- News in Brief
- Habeas Petition Not Mooted by Segregation Release
- BOP Can't Set Restitution
- Wisconsin RFRA Jewelry Ruling Affirmed
- Mississippi Detainees Awarded Damages in Disciplinary Suit
- Prisoners' Spouses Challenge Washington 35% Law
- Massachusetts Prisoners Awarded Back Pay
- $7,500 Awarded in Guard Beating
More from these topics:
- Among World Nations, Individual U.S. States Near Top of List for Per Capita Incarceration, Feb. 15, 2025. Statistics/Trends, Prisoners-International, Effects of Mass Incarceration.
- 1994 Crime Bill Turns 30: A Legacy of Controversy, Jan. 15, 2025. Crime, Statistics/Trends, Solicitation to Commit a Crime of Violence, Effects of Mass Incarceration.
- U.S. Sentencing Commission Publishes Data Report on Compassionate Release in FY 2023, Oct. 1, 2024. COVID-19, Statistics/Trends, Compassionate Release, Official Report.
- One of Eight Prisoners Now Released is a Woman, Sept. 15, 2024. Gender Discrimination -- Women, Statistics/Trends.
- The 153 Exonerations in 2023 Include 19 Resulting From Threats or Sentences of Death, July 15, 2024. Statistics/Trends, Wrongful Conviction.
- Decoding Recidivism: Unraveling Its Complex Metrics and Real Impact, July 1, 2024. Statistics/Trends.
- Report Finds Inaccurate Field Drug Tests Major Cause of Wrongful Convictions, June 15, 2024. Drug Testing, Statistics/Trends, Databases, Wrongful Conviction, False Arrest.
- Push Notifications Pull to the Forefront, June 15, 2024. Statistics/Trends, Police State-Surveillance, Electronic Surveillance.
- Executions Rise in 2023, Number on Death Row Falls, June 1, 2024. Criminal Prosecution, Statistics/Trends, Death Penalty, Death Row.
- Dixie Prison Growth Drives Number of Incarcerated Americans Above 2 Million Once Again, June 1, 2024. Statistics/Trends.