data and analysis relating to prisoners and inmates, and prisons and jails
Roughly 50,000 persons are in jail or prison every day for child support arrears. Turner of the Supreme Court Case Turner v. Rogers was one of them. … Read the post incarcerating child-support debtors without the benefit of counsel
Prisoners are eager to use contraband cell phones. The Mississippi State Penitentiary is implementing a system that blocks contraband cell phone calls. … Read the post prisoners keen to use phones
According to the Federal Bureau of Investigations, U.S. police agencies made 13.7 million arrests in 2009. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. jail admissions totaled 12.8 million in 2009.[1] Hence jail admissions totaled 94% of arrests. Before being admitted to jail, arrested persons can be released if they post bail, if they are … Continue reading seven million more detentions than arrests?
A declaratory judgment, based only on preponderance of evidence, can label a person a sex offender. That’s hugely damaging communication. … Read the post communicative punishment of non-criminal "sex offenders"