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2013
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End to Silence: The Project on Addressing Prison Rape--Case Law Surveys
American University. Washington School of Law (Washington, DC).
This website provides access to “new case law digests, designed to provide up to date information about the evolving legal responsibilities and liabilities for correctional employees and facilities. In light of an increasing amount of litigation involving both correctional staff and supervisors, these case law digests can provide a starting point for understanding the dynamics of legal liability in custodial settings.” Currently there are two publications “Cross-gender Searches: A Case Law Surv... Read More
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2013
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Performance Measures Committee/PBMS: Library
Association of State Correctional Administrators (ASCA) (Hagerstown, MD).
“The Performance Measures Committee uses a Performance Based Measures System (PBMS) to define correctional standards in keeping with contemporary practice; to delineate measures of performance for each standard; to establish key indicators for each measure; to institute counting rules for each indicator; to store the measures on a web database; to produce reports of correctional performance; and to conduct appropriate comparisons of performance across jurisdictions.” Access is provided to essent... Read More
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2012
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Growing Up Locked Down: Youth in Solitary Confinement in Jails and Prisons Across the United States
American Civil Liberties Foundation (New York, NY); Human Rights Watch (New York, NY).
'This report describes the needless suffering and misery that solitary confinement frequently inflicts on young people; examines the justifications that state and prison officials offer for using solitary confinement; and offers alternatives to solitary confinement in the housing and management of adolescents' (p. 2). Sections in addition to a summary and highlights of key recommendations are: background'kids in an adult system; how solitary confinement harms youth; youth in solitary confinement... Read More
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147 pages
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2012
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Electronic Control Weapons - AELE Case Summaries
Americans for Effective Law Enforcement (AELE). Law Enforcement Legal Center (Chicago, IL).
“This listing of cases [regarding electronic control weapons (ECW)] is intended to assist state, municipal and county legislators; city and county managers; police chiefs, sheriffs and correctional administrators; law enforcement and correctional supervisors, trainers and officers; lawyers who advise or defend police or correctional agencies and officers; counsel who represent inmates, other claimants, or community and civil liberties organizations; risk managers; criminal justice professors, re... Read More
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2011
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Does Mental Health Screening Fulfill Its Promise?
By Williams, Valerie; Grisso, Thomas.
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago, IL).
Models for Change (Washington, DC).
The ability of a mental health screening tool, such as the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument-2nd Version (MAYSI-2) to successfully assess a detained juvenile's mental state is examined. Sections comprising this brief are: background; mental health symptoms being common at detention intake; whether screening may ultimately lead to greater availability of services; disruptive incidents being the same before and after screening; whether screening scores could have helped staff anticipate dis... Read More
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4 pages
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2010
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What Is So Special About Male Adolescent Sexual Offending? A Review and Test of Explanations Through Meta-Analysis
By Seto, Michael C.; Lalumiere, Martin L..
'In the present quantitative review, we focus on the validity of special explanations of adolescent sexual offending that are testable by comparing adolescent sex offenders with other adolescent offenders 'We contrast offense-specific theories with the more parsimonious view that sexual offending is simply one of many manifestations of general antisocial tendencies (which we also refer to as the 'general delinquency explanation') and therefore can be explained with the same risk factors and proc... Read More
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50 pages
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2010
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Report on the Activities of the Institutional Corrections Research Network, 2007-2009
National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC).
Association of State Correctional Administrators (ASCA) (Middletown, MD).
The National Institute of Corrections 'has incorporated outcome measures and performance standards into the work that they do across the country to determine if those activities were having an impact and benefiting the field ' One of the primary means by which NIC approached this work was through the development of the Institutional Corrections Research Network (ICRN) ' a group of correctional administrators and corrections researchers that meets annually to discuss research in the field of corr... Read More
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46 pages
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2007
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Jails and the Constitution: An Overview
By Collins, William C..
National Institute of Corrections. Jails Division (Washington, DC).
National Institute of Corrections. Jails Division (Washington, DC).
This publication "reviews the history of correctional law and summarizes the results and effects of major court decisions" (p. 4). Sections comprising this document include: introduction; history of court involvement; corrections and the Constitution in a new century; the Constitution and the physical plant; understanding Section 1983 lawsuits; how courts evaluate claims -- the balancing test; the First Amendment; the Fourth Amendment; the Eighth Amendment -- overview; the 8th Amendment -- use ... Read More
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93 p.
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1998
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Jail Design and Operation and the Constitution: An Overview
By Collins, William C..
National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC).
The Constitution protects inmates in jails and prisons, and this paper discusses the continuing challenge of deciding what those protections mean in practice and the struggle to assure that inmate rights are met. "Condition cases" have resulted in courts reducing jail populations and have a great impact on facility design and operation and the cost of operating a jail. Legal issues whose impact are primarily operational are also highlighted. The title: Jails and the Constitution: An Overview (#0... Read More
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77 p.
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1996
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Women in Jail: Legal Issues
By Collins, William C.; Collins, Andrew W..
National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC).
National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC).
Developed to assist jail administrators, this document reviews the major legal issues concerning female inmates, including those arising under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, medical needs of women, and sexual harassment. It profiles the female inmate population and facilities, programs, and services generally available, and reviews caselaw of significance to jail administrators. ... Read More
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40 p.
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