Highlights Most released from prison are rearrested and reincarcerated. Quote “Our officers are very often in the right places and at the right times, but…
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New Crimes, Not Technical Violations Driving Prison Intakes
Highlights Per the US Department of Justice, it’s new crimes and not technical violations that are driving new intakes into prison for released prisoners. Per…
View More New Crimes, Not Technical Violations Driving Prison IntakesTrials and Juries Are Dying
Highlights Only 2% of federal criminal defendants go to trial, and most who do are found guilty. As to states, jury trials accounted for fewer…
View More Trials and Juries Are DyingSex Offenders Much More Likely To Be Arrested For Sex Crimes
Observations An overview of sex offender recidivism plus new arrests and convictions for all offenders released from prison. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal…
View More Sex Offenders Much More Likely To Be Arrested For Sex CrimesNothing Works For Offender Rehabilitation?
Highlights Nothing works (or nothing works well) regarding programs for offenders. If we don’t acknowledge a dismal track record, are we doing more harm than…
View More Nothing Works For Offender Rehabilitation?Parole And Probation Revocations For New Crimes And Technical Violations
Highlights The collective data indicate that most offenders revoked on parole and probation were violated for new crimes, not technical violations. I investigated many cases…
View More Parole And Probation Revocations For New Crimes And Technical ViolationsLowest Rate Of Incarceration In A Decade-Why?
Highlights The prison incarceration rate dropped to its lowest level since 1997. There are two new reports on prison and jail incarceration from the US…
View More Lowest Rate Of Incarceration In A Decade-Why?Prosecutors Now Run Parole and Probation
Highlights Reform-minded prosecutors are setting policy for parole and parole and probation agencies. Change should come from research or the US Department of Justice or…
View More Prosecutors Now Run Parole and ProbationThe Federal Government Will Predict Future Criminal Behavior
Highlights Development of the US Department of Justice risk and needs assessment could affect as many as 106,000 federal prisoners. If researchers and critics cannot…
View More The Federal Government Will Predict Future Criminal BehaviorWe Demand Long Prison Terms For Serious Crimes
Highlights Criminal justice reformers are unwilling to defend their principles in controversial cases. I’m for criminal justice reform, but the lack of consistency in the…
View More We Demand Long Prison Terms For Serious CrimesDoes Bail Reform Include Unsupervised Defendants?
Highlights If we are going to release the vast majority of defendants without an agency’s supervision and assistance, we are asking for the downfall of…
View More Does Bail Reform Include Unsupervised Defendants?Are States Truthful About Offender Recidivism?
Highlights States are claiming reduced recidivism yet national data states that five out of six prisoners are rearrested, many multiple times, and that the vast…
View More Are States Truthful About Offender Recidivism?Should Policing Be Like Military Service?
Highlights Should policing or corrections be like military service with a defined period of enlistment and benefits? More officers are dying by suicide than by…
View More Should Policing Be Like Military Service?Most Violent Prisoners Serve Less Than Three Years in Prison
Highlights More than half (57 percent) of violent offenders served less than three years in prison per a new DOJ report. The average time an…
View More Most Violent Prisoners Serve Less Than Three Years in PrisonDrones Will Revolutionize Law Enforcement and Corrections
Highlights Drones are being used by a variety of law enforcement agencies. But what’s coming may revolutionize police and correctional operations. Author Leonard Adam Sipes,…
View More Drones Will Revolutionize Law Enforcement and CorrectionsIs The Rise in Property Crime Related To Criminal Justice Reform?
Highlights There is a rare increase in property crime. Some suggest that it’s the result of criminal justice reform. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired…
View More Is The Rise in Property Crime Related To Criminal Justice Reform?Controlling Crime Through Media and Public Relations
Highlights Law enforcement and justice agencies get to tell their story through proactive media and public relations. We decide how our story is told. We…
View More Controlling Crime Through Media and Public RelationsBlind Advocacy of Offender Rehabilitation Programs Hurts All
Highlights Offender recidivism after prison is horrendous. Programs have little to no effect. We need a research initiative similar to cancer. It should be a…
View More Blind Advocacy of Offender Rehabilitation Programs Hurts All#MeToo Collides With Kavanaugh And Justice Reform
Highlights Accountability for offenders committing acts of violence against women is necessary. But criminal responsibility is gender neutral. Legally, what you do for one, you…
View More #MeToo Collides With Kavanaugh And Justice ReformWe Can’t Agree on Basic Facts When Discussing Crime
Observations How to communicate effectively when people can’t agree on basic facts. Media and public relations are best served when we acknowledge that people hold…
View More We Can’t Agree on Basic Facts When Discussing Crime