U.S. Sentencing Commission, 2022
U.S. Sentencing Commission, 2021
The Osborne Association, 2018
Vera Institute of Justice, 2018
The Associated Press, 2015
Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project, 2014
Doron, Israel Issi and Helene Love, 2013.
The problems surrounding the imprisonment of elderly offenders are examined. The key legal and policy challenges concerning older prisoners covered are: early and compassionate release; segregation or integration; the meaning of imprisonment in old age and its legal implications; fixed versus tailored sentences; and if prison is the right place to confine older offenders. The authors conclude with a discussion of whether there is a need for “age specific” legal policy for older inmates.
Resource ID: 027574
United States Bureau of Prisons (BOP), 2013
This Program Statement explains how the United States Bureau of Prisons (BOP) determines and implements requests from inmates for compassionate release or reduction in sentence.
Document ID: 027562
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General, Evaluation and Inspections Division, 2013
Murphy, Nicole M. Marquette Law Review, 2012
Williams, Brie A., Rebecca L. Sudore, Robert Greifinger and Sean R. Morrison, 2011
Anyone involved with the compassionate release process needs to read this article.
Document ID: 025212
Hawaii Department of Public Safety, Corrections Administration Policy and Procedures, 2011
Maine Legislature, 2009
This act covers the release from prison or jail of terminally ill inmates into supervised community confinement.
Document ID: 023951
