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...Nancy G. La Vigne The article describes the oversight needed to ensure that First Step Act measures are implemented faithfully and that conditions of confinement in BOP facilities are identified and addressed. Humane conditions of confinement are a necessary precondition for a rehabilitative...

... The Ohio State University Prison Litigation Reform Act isolation solitary confinement physical injury remedies Unlocking the Courthouse Door: Removing the Barrier of the PLRA s Physical Injury Requirement to Permit Meaningful Judicial Oversight of Abuses in Supermax Prisons and Isolation Units...

...Michele Deitch Abstract The Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) severely hampered the courts' ability to exercise long-term oversight of conditions in prisons and jails. This article examines the potential for alternative types of correctional oversight in a post-PLRA world. The article begins...

.... Favorable statistics and success stories depend on close fidelity to the prescribed models from the National Association of Drug Court Professionals. With rapid adoption of drug courts nationwide, and little oversight of their fidelity to the drug court model, some judges may operate drug courts in ways...

... the Subcommittee, and inparticular Chairman Thurmond, forprovidingus theopportunity to sharewith you our accomplishments from the last amendment cycle and our goals for the current cycle.. ?? 104 FEDERAL SENTENCING REPORTER ? VOL. 13, NO. 2 ? SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2000 II. Postscript to JudgeMurphy's Oversight Hearing...

... © The Ohio State University Senate Judiciary Committee, Criminal Justice Oversight Subcommittee Hearing on ª Oversight of the United States Sentencing Commission: Are the Guidelines Being Followed?º October 13, 2000 EditorÕs Note: In Fall 2000, the Senate Judic iary Committee convened a he...

... to register as a gun offender with the MPD. Despite adhering to all other release requirements, my failure to update my address led to a judge authorizing an arrest warrant. Fortunately, the officer granted me an opportunity to rectify the oversight, which I promptly addressed. This experience highlighted...

... prison health care corrections oversight Looking Back: The Commission on Safety and Abuse in America s Prisons Alex Busansky President, National Council on Crime and Delinquency Former Director, Vera Institute of Justice, Washington, D.C. Michela Bowman Codirector, National Resource Center...

... these signs of progress, most of our implementation questions regarding how the earned time credits and early transfer provisions will work and who they will bene t remain. We continue to believe that the administration s commitment to full implementation, the extent of transparency and oversight...

... of the eight states that have passed PIF legislation, the programs are administered by the state corrections departments or criminal justice commissions that oversee prisons or community corrections. In California, where there is no existing state-level oversight body for local probation departments...

..., and the House Judiciary Committee in particular, has been under sustained criticism for its constitutionallymandated legislative and oversight actions concerning the federal judiciary. The stridency of these remarks has sometimes taken on a harshness that is not only uncommon, but inconsistent with the historic...

... oversight Confronting Confinement: A Report of the Commission on Safety and Abuse in America s Prisons1 John J. Gibbons Commission Cochair Nicholas de B. Katzenbach Commission Cochair What happens inside jails and prisons does not stay inside jails and prisons. It comes home with prisoners after...

.... DPAs and NPAs typically involve a monetary penalty, some admission of wrongdoing, certain business reforms, and an obligation to cooperate fully. But even the nature of these terms can vary tremendously, and lack of oversight has led to odd results. In the Bristol Myers case discussed above, the DPA...

..., which were grounded in research and evidence. We review key measures in First Step, describe the actions and oversight needed for faithful and vigorous implementation of the act, and highlight some of its limitations. Working from the original set of Colson Task Force recommendations, this brief...

... that in the latter national attention is rarely focused on them. However, removal and nonprosecutions raise serious concerns about oversight of DOJ activities, as do classi cations with regard to domestic prosecutions as terrorist. III. The Making of Terrorists In scal year 2002, federal prosecutors charged over...

... thing, the substantive constitutional standards are so low that courts cannot even begin to address many serious deficiencies in the correctional system. For another, the lawyer- and expert-intensive judicial oversight model is too expensive, especially at a time when corrections budgets are already...

..., nationality, and gender disparities in the awarding of [substantial assistance] motions and in the extent of any reduction in sentence granted.3 These findings demonstrate the need for greater scrutiny and oversight, whether external or internal, of prosecutorial decision-making in order to identify sources...

..., a greater opportunity to exercise oversight over bargain-based sentence agreements, especially those in which the proposed sentence appears too lenient. The presence of such oversight, even if rarely exercised through rejection of the bargained for sentence, will in uence negotiations and increase...

... significantly post-Booker. Under Booker, judges have, however, a greater opportunity to exercise oversight over bargain-based sentence agreements, especially those in which the proposed sentence appears too lenient. The presence of such oversight, even if rarely exercised through rejection of the bargainedfor...

... in pursuit of the twin goals of minimizing incarceration and reducing recidivism. Performance measures and ongoing oversight are necessary to improve outcomes, hold agencies accountable for results, and enhance the effectiveness of the entire criminal justice system. Recommendation 6 Congress should reinvest...