Highlights In three weeks, jails have contact with as many people as prisons do in an entire year. Each year, U.S. jails process an estimated…
View More Newsworthy Jail Statistics Form The Department Of JusticeCategory: Corrections
Did COVID Jail Releases Increase Violence?
Highlights Based on recidivism studies of those released from prisons and those on probation, it’s reasonable to assume that the release of offenders from jails…
View More Did COVID Jail Releases Increase Violence?Most Prisoners Serve Less Than Two Years-Violent Serve Less Than Three
Highlights An overview of time served in prison from the US Department of Justice. Most offenders are out of prison in less than two years.…
View More Most Prisoners Serve Less Than Two Years-Violent Serve Less Than ThreeAdvocates Insist That Offender Rehabilitation Programs Work-Are They Right?
Highlights This article is available as a podcast via YouTube. Do programs for criminal offenders work? Per US Department of Justice data, most don’t. There…
View More Advocates Insist That Offender Rehabilitation Programs Work-Are They Right?Deaths During Federal And State Arrests and Confinement
Highlights An overview of federal and state law enforcement-correctional deaths during arrests and confinement. Data as to federal agency deaths is below. Links to existing…
View More Deaths During Federal And State Arrests and ConfinementRecommendations-The President’s Commission on Law Enforcement
Highlights A summary of recommended improvements for law enforcement and the justice system from the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice.…
View More Recommendations-The President’s Commission on Law EnforcementFemale Correctional Officers And Sexual Misconduct
Highlights 69 percent of staff sexual assault allegations with male prison inmates involve female correctional employees, Bureau Of Justice Statistics. In juvenile facilities, in most-serious…
View More Female Correctional Officers And Sexual MisconductBiden’s Promise To Cut The Prison Population In Half Means More Violent Crime
Highlights Mr. Biden stated that he wants to release half of all prison inmates or reduce the US correctional population substantially through other means. Fifty-eight…
View More Biden’s Promise To Cut The Prison Population In Half Means More Violent CrimePer DOJ-Increasing Percentage On Parole and Probation Are Violent Or Felons
Highlights Parole and probation agents are supervising and police officers are encountering an offender population containing more felonies and histories of violence. Most on probation…
View More Per DOJ-Increasing Percentage On Parole and Probation Are Violent Or FelonsThe US Correctional Population Reaches A 19 Year Low-Why?
Highlights There is a 19-year low in the number of persons under the supervision of adult correctional systems. The correctional population between 2008 and 2018…
View More The US Correctional Population Reaches A 19 Year Low-Why?Federal Research-Long Prison Sentences Significantly Reduce Crime And Recidivism
Highlights In the two models with the larger sample sizes, offenders incarcerated for more than 120 months were approximately 30 percent less likely to recidivate.…
View More Federal Research-Long Prison Sentences Significantly Reduce Crime And RecidivismCriminal Rehabilitation Programs-Some Work-Most Don’t
Offender Rehabilitation And Reentry Programs-What Works “Programs that included group work, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) or CBT-like components, counseling, or that used drug court or other…
View More Criminal Rehabilitation Programs-Some Work-Most Don’tMore Police Officers Die From The Coronavirus Than Doctors Or Nurses-Why?
Highlights 101 police officers have died from exposure to the Coronavirus per the Fraternal Order Of Police. Is society recognizing their and their family’s sacrifice?…
View More More Police Officers Die From The Coronavirus Than Doctors Or Nurses-Why?Why Are Prison Numbers Falling?
Highlights Why are prison numbers falling? Are reductions due to criminal justice reform or dramatically reduced crime, arrests, and citizen contacts? An estimated 1,465,200 prisoners…
View More Why Are Prison Numbers Falling?Coronavirus And Crime-70 Police Officers Dead-Commercial Burglaries Up 100% in NYC
Highlights 70 police officers have died from exposure to the Coronavirus. Thousands more are out sick. For the moment, crime during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic…
View More Coronavirus And Crime-70 Police Officers Dead-Commercial Burglaries Up 100% in NYCCoronavirus And Crime-Looting-Drug Crisis-Foreign Prisons Erupting
Highlights For the moment, crime during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic seems moderate. Law enforcement agencies throughout the world, however, are expressing concern. Possibly the biggest…
View More Coronavirus And Crime-Looting-Drug Crisis-Foreign Prisons EruptingUS Jail Population Decreases-68 Percent Are Felons
Highlights The jail incarceration rate in county and city jails across the United States dropped 12% over a decade. The US jail incarceration rate rose…
View More US Jail Population Decreases-68 Percent Are FelonsCoronavirus Jails And Prisons-Will Correctional Officers Stay?
Highlights Will correctional officers stay on the job in prisons and jails during the Coronavirus outbreak? For officers and staff, it’s almost impossible not to…
View More Coronavirus Jails And Prisons-Will Correctional Officers Stay?Do Criminal Offenders Get Away With Endless Criminality?
Highlights Is the justice system oppressive or lax when it comes to holding offenders responsible for their actions? Data from the US Department of Justice…
View More Do Criminal Offenders Get Away With Endless Criminality?It’s Time To Rethink Law Enforcement And Correctional Media Policies
Observations It’s time for law enforcement and corrections to understand that saying nothing to the media about an event and failing to put out false…
View More It’s Time To Rethink Law Enforcement And Correctional Media Policies