USA Law

Tag: Immates

  • Offender Reentry

    Offender Reentry in the United States Each year, more than 700,000 people are released from state and Federal prison, while another 9 million cycle through local jails. When reentry fails, the costs – both societal and economic – are high. Statistics indicate that more than 40 percent of […]

  • Offender Reentry

    Offender Reentry in the United States Each year, more than 700,000 people are released from state and Federal prison, while another 9 million cycle through local jails. When reentry fails, the costs – both societal and economic – are high. Statistics indicate that more than 40 percent of […]

  • Prisoner Reentry

    Prisoner Reentry in the United States Introduction An estimated 70 million or more Americans have some kind of criminal record. Each year, more than 600,000 individuals are released from Federal and State prisons, and millions more are released each year from local jails. Promoting the […]

  • Prisoner Reentry

    Prisoner Reentry in the United States Introduction An estimated 70 million or more Americans have some kind of criminal record. Each year, more than 600,000 individuals are released from Federal and State prisons, and millions more are released each year from local jails. Promoting the […]

  • Rehabilitation

    Rehabilitation in the United States Rehabilitation Definition The act by which a man is restored to his former ability, of which he had been deprivtid by a conviction, sentence, or judgment of a competent tribunal. (1) Rehabilitation in the United States Estimates are that as many as 70 […]

  • Rehabilitation

    Rehabilitation in the United States Rehabilitation Definition The act by which a man is restored to his former ability, of which he had been deprivtid by a conviction, sentence, or judgment of a competent tribunal. (1) Rehabilitation in the United States Estimates are that as many as 70 […]

  • Federal Interagency Reentry Council

    Federal Interagency Reentry Council in the United States Presidential Memoranda Presidential Memoranda regarding the Promoting Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Formerly Incarcerated Individuals (April 29, 2016): (a) There is hereby established the Federal Interagency Reentry Council […]

  • Federal Interagency Reentry Council

    Federal Interagency Reentry Council in the United States Presidential Memoranda Presidential Memoranda regarding the Promoting Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Formerly Incarcerated Individuals (April 29, 2016): (a) There is hereby established the Federal Interagency Reentry Council […]

  • In-Custody

    In-Custody in the United States In-Custody Treatment Nearly seven million American adults are under supervision of the state and Federal criminal justice systems: approximately two million of these individuals are incarcerated for their crimes, while the remaining five million are supervised […]

  • Restrictive Housing

    Restrictive Housing in the United States Presidential Memoranda Presidential Memoranda regarding the Limiting the Use of Restrictive Housing by the Federal Government (March 01, 2016): A growing body of evidence suggests that the overuse of solitary confinement … is contrary to our […]

  • Religion in Prisons

    Religion in Prisons in the United States In 1997, at the behest of the Texas State Legislature and then-Governor George W. Bush, Prison Fellowship Ministries was given control over the wing of the state prison in Richmond that would become the Vance Unit. PFM, a nondenominational group, was […]