NCCD Launches New Website Featuring Latest Report on Private Prisons

The National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD) is proud to launch today its new website, www.nccdglobal.org, which features the new report "Prison Bed Profiteers: How Corporations Are Reshaping Criminal Justice in the U.S." The report details how private prison corporations are derailing public safety and long-term, sustainable criminal justice reform.

NCCD President Alex Busansky sees NCCD's new website as a key way for audiences to understand the breadth of NCCD's vision and action toward social justice. "For 107 years NCCD has advocated for fair and equitable justice systems through research, and our new report is part of that proud tradition. Our new website also makes it easier for constituents to learn about and access NCCD's expertise and publications in child welfare, juvenile justice, criminal justice, analytics, education, adult protection, and more...

LINK - SacBee.com

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C-ROB March 2011 Bi-Annual Report

Pursuant to Penal Code section 6141, the California Rehabilitation Oversight Board (C-ROB or the board) is mandated to regularly examine and report biannually to the Governor and the Legislature regarding rehabilitative programming provided to inmates and parolees by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the department).

C-ROB held its first meeting on June 19, 2007.

According to statute, C-ROB must submit reports on March 15 and September 15 to the Governor and the Legislature...

• Read the Full Report

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CDCR - Failing at Rehabilitation

Pursuant to Penal Code section 6141, the California Rehabilitation Oversight Board (C-ROB or the board) is mandated to regularly examine and report biannually to the Governor and the Legislature regarding rehabilitative programming provided to inmates and parolees by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the department).

C-ROB held its first meeting on June 19, 2007.

According to statute, C-ROB must submit reports on March 15 and September 15 to the Governor and the Legislature...

• Read the Full Report (C-ROB)

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OIG Releases Special Report: August 2009 Riot at CIM

Findings in Brief

The Office of the Inspector General finds that:

• The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation failed to house a suitable inmate population at CIM’s Reception Center West

• Despite the liabilities of the facility’s design, CIM staff responded effectively to the August 2009 riot at Reception Center West

• Read the FULL Report from OIG (.pdf file)

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Report: Are Florida’s Private Prisons Keeping Their Promise?

Lack of Evidence to Show They Cost Less and Have Better Outcomes than Public Prisons

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CA Chief Probation Officers Assn Response to LAO Criminal Justice Realignment

Today, Chief Don Meyer, President of the Chief Probation Officers of California, issued the following statement in response to the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) report Criminal Justice Realignment, 2009-10 Budget Analysis Series:

Probation departments throughout the state have taken severe cuts to juvenile probation services over the past few years and, yet again, this year's budget proposes to cut juvenile probation services even further.

These cuts will have devastating impacts on public safety and rehabilitation services for juvenile offenders. The Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) proposal released today will deteriorate local probation services even further by requiring additional realignment of the juvenile justice system as well as drug and DUI adult offenders. Even if these additional realignments were fully funded, probation departments cannot take on this increased responsibility, or any increased responsibility, without first addressing the huge deficit probation departments are currently operating under.

Unfortunately, the LAO's proposal does not address the massive cuts recently imposed on probation services, nor does it address the further cuts being proposed to juvenile probation services over the next 18 months. The report also misses the mark by not addressing the shortfall probation will still face under a funded realignment proposal and the resources lacking in probation departments needed to fulfill the services and mandates required under the realignment.

In order for probation to take on any new responsibilities, the state must address the massive cuts probation has suffered over the past year as well as the proposed cuts for the next 18 months. Probation has been working from an underfunded status for years and further realignments would only serve to make that deficit larger. The current prison overcrowding crisis is in large part due to a chronically underfunded adult probation system that lacks resources to rehabilitate adult offenders at the local level. Over half of the convicted adult felons on probation in the community are provided little or no supervision, treatment, or other services needed to reduce recidivism. Without a responsible approach to realignment, it will only jeopardize public safety, cost the state more in increased court and prison costs, and be a detrimental downslide for proven public safety practices in our state.

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Thailand: Corrections Dept. Reveals Prisoners’ Tricks

The Corrections Department chief revealed Monday some of the many tricks prison inmates use to avoid detection by authorites to continue drug trafficking. The Justice Ministry launched Monday a project at Bangkok's Miracle Hotel to train officials to stamp out drug trafficking and other crimes. The scheme is aimed to help corrections officials obtain narcotics information from inmates so that related agencies can act on the information to arrest drug dealers…

LINK - NationMultimedia.com

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