Posted Friday October 18th, 2019 - 9:30 pm
INSIGHT: Listen to States on Child Sentencing, Bipartisan Legislators Tell High Court
INSIGHT: Listen to States on Child Sentencing, Bipartisan Legislators Tell High Court
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument Oct. 16 in the “D.C. Sniper” case involving sentencing for Lee Boyd Malvo. Attonrey John Ellem, a former West Virginia state delegate, explains why he joined a bipartisan amici group of current and former state legislators in calling for a defendant...Posted Friday October 18th, 2019 - 9:04 pm
America’s Jails Are Pretending the Opioid Crisis Doesn't Exist. Correctional facilities refuse to provide medically assisted treatment for opioid withdrawal and people are dying at alarming rates as a result.
America’s Jails Are Pretending the Opioid Crisis Doesn't Exist
Correctional facilities refuse to provide medically assisted treatment for opioid withdrawal and people are dying at alarming rates as a result.Posted Thursday October 17th, 2019 - 10:53 pm
Attorney disputes judge's ruling against Davis County in woman's jail death
Attorney disputes judge's ruling against Davis County in woman's jail death
SALT LAKE CITY — An attorney representing Davis County says a federal judge’s “misapprehension of the facts” has opened the county to civil liability in a jail inmate’s death.Posted Thursday October 17th, 2019 - 10:51 pm
Robert Gehrke: This flimsy criminal case should reshape Utah’s lewdness law
Robert Gehrke: This flimsy criminal case should reshape Utah’s lewdness law
Tilli Buchanan says that when her stepkids walked in on her without a top on, she thought she could use it to teach them about double-standards when it comes to perceptions of the female body.Posted Thursday October 17th, 2019 - 10:50 pm
Will Utah alter its insanity defense?
Will Utah alter its insanity defense?
Utah lawmaker wants to expand the definition to allow more treatment instead of prison time.Posted Thursday October 17th, 2019 - 10:47 pm
Utah County deputy helps fellow officers, inmates through mindfulness, meditation
Utah County deputy helps fellow officers, inmates through mindfulness, meditation
Stress, trauma and fatigue can be commonplace in the lives of deputies and jail inmates, but one Utah County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant is helping teach ways to deal with theJones is seriously one of the best guys I know in Corrections.
Posted Thursday October 17th, 2019 - 10:46 pm
How Dehumanizing Language Fuels Mass Incarceration. Projects to dismantle the system of mass incarceration must exist alongside a concerted effort to restore the humanity of incarcerated people, formerly incarcerated people, and other justice-involved people.
How Dehumanizing Language Fuels Mass Incarceration
Projects to dismantle the system of mass incarceration must exist alongside a concerted effort to restore the humanity of incarcerated people, formerly incarcerated people, and other justice-involved people... The late Eddie Ellis was a leading voice in the movement for human rights, as both the fou...Posted Thursday October 17th, 2019 - 10:40 pm
Police review board drops penalty against Davis deputy who struck jail clerk
Police review board drops penalty against Davis deputy who struck jail clerk
SANDY — Utah’s police certification board has withdrawn a disciplinary measure it issued against a Davis County Jail lieutenant who struck a clerk in an impromptu martial arts demonstration.Posted Thursday October 17th, 2019 - 10:37 pm
California Now Has the Nation’s Strictest Private Prison Ban. The law prohibits any for-profit lockups—including immigration detention centers.
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California's new private prison ban includes ICE detention centers
The law prohibits any for-profit lockups inside state linesPosted Thursday October 17th, 2019 - 10:35 pm
Task force weighs how to best connect youths to treatment. Juvenile courts, long the link between youth offenders and treatment, are no longer the go-between for youngsters who are accused of minor offenses but need behavioral treatment. Lawmakers are exploring how to close the gap.
Task force weighs how to best connect youths to treatment
Juvenile courts, long the link between youth offenders and treatment, are no longer the go-between for youngsters who are accused of minor offenses but need behavioral treatment. Lawmakers are exploring how to close the gap.Posted Thursday October 17th, 2019 - 10:33 pm
BEYOND BARS: The disservice of putting state inmates in county jails
BEYOND BARS: The disservice of putting state inmates in county jails
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I would rather do 12 months in prison than six months in jail and it’s not even close.I love this x10! The county jail program is a joke.
Yes, it's a horrible program!
I have to agree!
Posted Thursday October 17th, 2019 - 10:33 pm
Prison Reform Advocates Call Mass Incarceration an ‘Epidemic’
Prison Reform Advocates Call Mass Incarceration an ‘Epidemic’
“The mass incarceration epidemic is a stain on our society,” Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., says. “Shameful that the United States incarcerates more people per capita than any other country in the world.”
