Supreme Court remands Mumia case to reconsider death sentence
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday issued two per curiam opinions , remanded the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal , and denied a preliminary injunction to Michigan in a dispute over...
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UK prison population should be cut by a third: parliamentary report
The UK Parliament Justice Committee released a reinvestment report on Thursday urging the prison populations in England and Wales to be reduced by a third. The committee found that incarceration is a relatively ineffective way of...
Federal judges approve California plan to reduce prison overcrowding
A panel of three federal judges on Tuesday approved a revised plan filed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) for reducing prison overcrowding in the state. The...
Russia law allowing house arrest to reduce prison population takes effect
A Russian law allowing minor offenders to serve their sentences under house arrest rather than in prison entered into force on Sunday. The bill, approved by the Russian State Duma last month...
Pennsylvania to transfer prisoners out of state to reduce overcrowding
A spokesperson for the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections said Monday that the state will begin transferring prisoners out of state to reduce prison overcrowding . State officials will transfer 2,000 prisoners , with...
California must reduce recidivism for long-term solution to prison overcrowding
Dawn Koepke : "After months of debate, the legislature approved a watered-down version of the Corrections budget package aimed at addressing the $1.2 billion unallocated cut to the Department of Corrections provided in the...
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) filed a new plan Thursday for reducing prison overcrowding in the state. The new plan includes revisions made possible because of legislative enactments, including...
California inmate reduction plan falls short of federal mandate
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) issued a plan Friday to reduce prison overcrowding as ordered by a special panel of federal judges in August, but the...
Supreme Court ruling requires California to create prison overcrowding reduction plan
The US Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant a request by the state of California to temporarily stay a lower court order to come up with a plan to reduce the number of inmates in its...
Federal judges deny California request to stay prison population reduction order
A federal judicial panel on Thursday denied California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's request to stay an order to reduce the prison population in the state. The request stemmed from an August ruling mandating that California reduce...
