Prison Psychiatry News Review - 5/20/2012
8:49 AM 5/20/2012 - Mike Nova's starred items
“If you are going to put them in prison, you have to keep them safe.”
US Issues Far-Reaching Rules to Stem Prison Rape - New York Times
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 New York Daily News | New York Times WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Thursday issued the first comprehensive federal rules aimed at “zero tolerance” for sexual assaults against inmates in prisons, jails and other houses of detention. The regulations, issued after years of ... Justice: Prisons to step up anti-rape effortsWashington Post“Sexual violence, against any victim, is an assault on human dignity and an affront to American values,” President Obama said.Obama announced that the Prison Rape Elimination Act would apply to all federal confinement facilities, and all other agencies with such facilities had to have protocols within a year to fight prison rape. — Associated PressCrimes in prisonWatertownDailyTimes.com all 344 news articles » |
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New rules aim to reduce prison rapes
Lawrence Journal World By Shaun Hittle New regulations issued by the Obama administration Thursday could affect how Kansas prisons handle sexual assaults. The new regulations — under development since the passage of the 2003 Prison Rape Elimination Act, or PREA — include ... and more » |
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Justice: Prisons to step up anti-rape efforts
KSRO WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration ordered federal, state and local officials Thursday to adopt zero tolerance for prison rape as it issued mandatory screening, enforcement and prevention regulations designed to reduce the number of inmates ... |
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The Obama administration ordered federal, state and local officials Thursday to adopt zero tolerance for prison rape as it issued mandatory screening, enforcement and prevention regulations designed to reduce the number of inmates who suffer sexual victimization at the hands of other prisoners and prison staff.
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Law Talk: How President Obama plans to reduce prison rape
MLive.com By Barton Deiters | bdeiters@mlive.com AP File Photo This week, the US Department of Justice announced it was stepping up efforts under the 2003 Prison Rape Elimination Act to end prison rape. The Justice Department recognized that prison rape is a ... Feds: Prisons to step up anti-rape effortsLongview News-Journal Crimes in prisonWatertownDailyTimes.com Rape trial: Obama forces prisons to get tough on assaultsPittsburgh Post Gazette all 344 news articles » |
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"The “war on drugs” cost billions of dollars and has been a failure. There is the same number of people addicted to drugs now as when this war began. The consequence of this war has been an ever-increasing rise in incarceration with a disproportionate number of people of color being arrested and incarcerated. For a sobering and startling examination of this phenomenon, please read Michelle Alexander’s book, “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in an Age of Colorblindness.”There is hope, however.The Kentucky General Assembly passed a bill last year that will begin relieving our overburdened corrections system. This will move those who need treatment for addiction into recovery and rehabilitation programs where they belong. This is only one small part of the solution."
For prisoners, hope and help behind bars and beyond
The Courier-Journal Serving as pastor of Luther Luckett Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), the only prison congregation in Kentucky, I am faced with incarcerated men like Russell, the man in Mr. Pitts' column, who ask the very same question as he did: “What are you ... "Grounded in the principles of restorative justice that hold people accountable for their actions as they seek to find healing and wholeness in their lives, we train small, faith-based groups of six to eight volunteers to work with men released from prison. These groups meet with one ex-offender weekly and contact him daily. They help him set goals, develop action plans and hold him accountable to the actions he takes. The groups listen, support and provide mentoring. In addition, the groups direct the ex-offender to helpful resources in the community. The goal is to equip, not enable. It is working. Each of us grows and matures through healthy relationships and with good role models. Many who have been incarcerated have never been blessed with either. One missing link in reducing recidivism and ending the cycle that has been sadly named “the school-to-prison pipeline,” is a compassionate community willing to work with those who have paid their debt to society. To expect them to turn their lives around without outside community support is naïve." and more » |
via forensic psychiatry international - Google Blog Search by Mike Nova on 5/13/12
Comprehensive interdisciplinary collection of links to news and journal articles on General, Forensic and Prison Psychiatry and Psychology and the issues of Behavior and Law with occasional notes and comments by Michael Novakhov, M.D. ( Mike Nova). .... Psychiatric Mislabeling Is Bad For Your Mental Hea... Introduction to this Issue: International Perspect... Psychopathic traits and change on indicators of dy... A Kindler, Gentler Psychiatrist « candidaabrahamso.
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U.S. Prisons and the Myth of Islamic Terrorism. by Bert Useem. There is a great deal of concern that U.S. prisons are generating high levels of Islamic extremism. Sociologist Bert Useem argues that the evidence fails to support this fear.
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Punishment Outside Prison - NYTimes.com
May 19, 2012
Punishment Outside Prison
By LINCOLN CAPLAN
Probation and parole for convicted offenders are complex and growing problems in criminal justice. Scholars and others with the American Law Institute, meeting in Washington this week, are to present draft proposals on ways to reform laws about offenders who serve these out-of-custody sentences.
The draft recommends fewer such community-based sentences, with shorter terms and fewer conditions imposed so that supervision is better defined. When finalized, the plan will be a model for state penal codes.
In 2010, more than 2.3 million people were behind bars in the United States. More than twice that number, 4.9 million, were under probation or parole. Such sentences — imposed either for lesser offenses like shoplifting, or after release from prison for more serious offenses — are considered easy time compared with incarceration and a first step toward a fresh start. But often, that turns out to be wrong.
Increasingly, these offenders are not reintegrated into society. Often, so many conditions are imposed on their probation or parole — like not being allowed to drink alcohol after being convicted of passing a bad check — that it is easy to violate just one and end up in custody. And the consequences of community sentences even for those never imprisoned — like not being permitted to vote or to qualify for, say, a beautician’s license — make it difficult to find a job. Under a sound justice system, most offenders should do their time and get a second chance. For many, probation and parole lead to prison, not back to a normal life.
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Relationship between comorbidity and violence risk assessment in forensic psychiatry – the implication of neuroimaging studies. (Link). • Relationship of IQ to suicide and homicide rate: an international perspective. (Link) ...
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Prisons system ordered to release details on execution drugs
Austin American-Statesman By Mike Ward In a victory for open government, Texas prison officials on Thursday lost their latest attempt to keep secret details about its stock and suppliers of lethal injection drugs. In an opinion dated Monday, Attorney General Greg Abbott ... Texas prisons must disclose execution drug detailsKIII TV3 State Prisons Must Disclose Execution Drug InfoCBS Local all 39 news articles » |
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Mentally ill inmates sue to get out of solitary
Boston.com Prison officials defend the practice, saying administrative segregation, which can include up to 23 hours a day alone in a concrete cell, is a fundamental part of security. Art Leonardo, executive director of the North American Association of Wardens ... and more » |
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Army launches review of PTSD diagnoses
U.S. News & World Report The latest reviews were triggered by revelations that the forensic psychiatry unit at Madigan Army Medical Center at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state may have reversed diagnoses based on the expense of providing care and benefits to members ... |
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They are glad not to be in a state prison, where there is more violence and where their mental health problems would go mostly untreated. Their fondest hope is to be transferred to a lower security facility, or, even better, to a ...
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The latest reviews were triggered by revelations that the forensic psychiatry unit at Madigan Army Medical Center at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state may have reversed diagnoses based on the expense of ...
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Inmate killed in fight inside Honduran prison
The Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Inmates at a violence-prone Honduran prison seized hostages and battled among themselves, leaving at least one inmate dead and 11 wounded, authorities said Thursday. Prison director Orlando Leyva said some women were held ... Women held hostage in Honduran prison riotsNew Zealand Herald all 89 news articles » |
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Mental health an issue near end of stabbings trial
WSET Brewer, who works at the state-run Center for Forensic Psychiatry, said whatever demons Abuelazam had two years ago shouldn't absolve him of responsibility in Minor's death. Abuelazam is accused of faking car trouble or seeking directions before he ... and more » |
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