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  State Prisoners Often Return, Report Shows
State prisons have a revolving door, according to a report based on the largest study ever conducted of the relapse into criminal behavior in the United States.
States such as Connecticut have seen persistent problems with prison crowding despite a 10-year decline in arrest and crime rates, and officials have pointed to recidivism as the reason.
State prisoners with the highest re-arrest rates were those jailed for stealing cars (70 percent), possessing stolen property (77 percent), larceny (75 percent), burglary (74 percent), robbery (70 percent), or those possessing illegal weapons (70 percent).
www.stateline.org /live/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=136&languageId=1&contentId=14835   (867 words)

  
  Arizona State Prison Complex - Tucson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arizona State Prison Complex - Tucson is one of 13 prison facilities operated by the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC).
ASPC-Tucson is located in Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, 127 miles south from the state capital of Phoenix, Arizona.
ASPC-Tucson prison had its beginnings as the Arizona Correctional Training Facility its first phase opened in January 1978; it was fully open by August 1979, housing 384 non-violent male first offenders, age 18-25 A separate unit held juvenile males convicted as adults, as it does today.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arizona_State_Prison_Complex_-_Tucson   (233 words)

  
 California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the center of the state lies the Central Valley, a huge, fertile valley bounded by the coastal mountain ranges in the west, the granite Sierra Nevada to the east, the volcanic Cascade Range in the north and the Tehachapi Mountains in the south.
The State of California is part of the Nearctic ecozone, and spans a number of terrestrial ecoregions, and is perhaps the most ecologically diverse state in the United States.
The state had 9,400,000 foreign-born residents (26.5% of the population), of which an estimated 2,209,000 were illegal aliens (illegal aliens accounted for nearly one-fourth of the foreign-born population and 6.2% of the total state population).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/California   (4739 words)

  
 SR.com: Washington to ship more prison inmates out of state
The state's adult prison population stands at 17,600, and the system is overcrowded by about 1,400 inmates.
Prisoners with frequent family visits would be last to go, according to screening criteria.
But corrections officials have had few options to house prisoners in the last two years when roughly 2,100 new inmates were sent to Washington's major prisons but only 45 new beds were added.
www.spokesmanreview.com /tools/story_pf.asp?ID=73472   (606 words)

  
 Project Censored Media democracy in action
Prison reform advocates and correctional officers are fighting the expansion of private prisons.
The article raised issues about the deficient track-record of the private prison industry, detailed how bungled management and shoddy operations had brought the Corrections Corporation of America to the brink of bankruptcy, and charged that lucrative federal contracts were bailing the company out of the financial consequences of their mismanagement.
Prison activists, students, immigration rights advocates, and unionists continue to organize opposition to the spread of private prisons and detention centers, and to diminish the role these companies play in fueling the prison-industrial complex.
www.projectcensored.org /publications/2003/25.html   (883 words)

  
 Arizona State News -- Starting Dec. 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Arizona could be the first state in the country to launch a biometric-based system to try to catch registered sex offenders and missing children who end up on...
Arizona officials were urging residents to be vigilant Sunday after the announcement of a heightened terror alert.
The state plans to reduce prison crowding by adding 2,000 permanent beds at prisons in Arizona, but until those beds are available, look for the number of...
usnewsmorgue.com /012604/Arizona.html   (7879 words)

  
 The Corrections Connection News Center - News Briefs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Prison is a refuge for about two dozen cats displaced by Hurricane Katrina, a place filled with women happy to be able to soothe away their trauma and fear.
But when coffee was next on the government's hit list, prisoners and officers in Alberta's jails staged a revolt to save their daily jolt.
Prisoners, desperate for a drag from a cigarette, are now taking apart the patches, watering them down and rolling them with potato and orange peels into something to smoke.
www.corrections.com /news/didyouknow/index.aspx   (4146 words)

  
 Ohio State Prison : Ohio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
See live article   List of U.S. state prisons This is a list of U.S. state prisons (not including federal prisons or county jails in the United States or prisons in U.S. territories): List of Alabama state prisons List of Alaska state prisons List of Arizona state prisons...
See live article   List of Ohio state prisons This is a list of state prisons in Ohio.
It does not include federal prisons or county jails located in the state of Ohio.
www.iasiservices.com /223-Ohio-State-Prison.html   (965 words)

  
 After Fiscal Recovery, States Again Facing Budget Declines - News Story - WCVB Boston   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
In all, 28 states saw their year-end balances drop from the 2006 to 2007 fiscal years, while just 17 saw their balances rise, according to the report by the National Conference of State Legislatures released Thursday.
And despite the downward trend, the fiscal condition of most states is still solid, in part because many states brought their unspent reserves into the new fiscal year.
Despite the mixed fiscal news, state lawmakers were on the whole reluctant to resort to new taxes, which declined overall for the sixth straight year, according to the report.
www.thebostonchannel.com /news/13854066/detail.html?rss=bos&psp=news   (689 words)

  
 Napolitano budget focuses on education, med school, day care | www.azstarnet.com ®
The Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System would get an extra $133.2 million, mostly due to a bulge in caseloads; the Department of Education an additional $131.4 million, nearly all due to growing school enrollments; the Department of Health Services $114.5 million; and the Department of Economic Security $90 million, mostly for behavioral heath.
She would spend $22.6 million to abolish a 1,550-child waiting list for day-care subsidies for low-income families, $11.6 million to add Child Protective Services personnel and $4 million for outreach for the Kids Care health care program for low-income families.
She requested $1.5 million to bolster the three state universities' water management research and a $4.1 million increase for the Department of Water Resources for conservation and drought management, rural water studies and reversals of past budget cuts.
www.azstarnet.com /sn/printDS/56940   (895 words)

  
 We can invest in roads, schools and also provide tax rebates
Arizona wouldn't be the top-ranked state for new business and entrepreneurs, with Phoenix placing No. 1 among large metropolitan areas and Tucson ranking No. 2 among midsize cities.
Arizona faces heavy expenses to keep up with a growth rate that added nearly nearly a million people in the last five years.
A priority for the budget surplus, for instance, should be raising the salaries of prison guards to reduce dangerously high turnover and vacant positions.
www.azcentral.com /arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/0329wed1-29.html   (781 words)

  
 News: State will begin forced transfers of inmates - OCRegister.com
Spitzer, R-Orange, said if the state doesn't do something to alleviate the overcrowding, he's afraid the federal government will take over the entire system and begin letting inmates go before they've completed their prison sentences.
Democratic legislators, the prison guards union and attorneys who advocate for the rights of inmates have objected to forcing prisoners to leave the state against their will.
A lawsuit by two state employee unions challenging the private prison contracts is scheduled to begin Feb. 16.
www.ocregister.com /ocregister/news/state/article_1563468.php   (1213 words)

  
 arizona state prison complex florence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
All that you need to know about arizona state prison complex.
Arizona State Prison Complex - Douglas Arizona State Prison Complex - Eyman Arizona State Prison Complex - Florence Arizona State Prison Complex...
All that you need to know about arizona state prison.
www.arizonausa.net /florence/arizona-state-prison-complex-florence.html   (109 words)

  
 WriteAPrisoner.com - Prisoner Locator
This is a list of every state where you can conduct a search for prisoners.
State Prison Links for a list of all the department of corrections websites.
Federal Prison Addresses and Contact Numbers for a complete list of phone numbers, fax numbers and postal addresses.
www.writeaprisoner.com /prisoner-inmate-locator.htm   (375 words)

  
 Arizona
Eight state legislatures voted this spring to require insurers to let adult children stay on their parents’ health insurance, even after the traditional cut-off dates of a child’s 18th birthday or college graduation.
Graduating Arizona high-school students have steadily increased their scores on the ACT college placement exam over the past five years, even while the number of students taking the test has increased.
Texas is the latest state to push marriage education as a way to reduce divorce rates and, in turn, promote family stability and economic wellbeing.
www.stateline.org /live/states/Arizona   (1231 words)

  
 The Corrections Connection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The California Department of Corrections is the largest criminal justice agency in the country and is responsible for the custody, care, and control of over 275,000 inmates and parolees.
Those convicted of violating the law and sentenced to a term shall have humane treatment, and be given opportunity, encouragement and training in the manner of reformation.
The Texas Youth Commission, the juvenile corrections agency for the state of Texas, operates a system of 15 secure institutions and 9 residential halfway house programs, while providing a wide range of educational, health care, prevention and other services to young offenders ages 10-17, who are committed to our care.
www.corrections.com /links/viewlinks.asp?Cat=30   (323 words)

  
 Number of U.S. prisoners has biggest rise in 6 years | U.S. | Reuters
It said the nation's prison and jail populations increased by more than 62,000 inmates, or 2.8 percent, to about 2,245,000 inmates in the 12-month period that ended on June 30, 2006.
State or federal prisons held two-thirds of the nation's incarcerated population while local jails held the rest, according to the report by the department's Bureau of Justice Statistics.
The number of inmates in state prisons rose by 3 percent, the report said.
www.reuters.com /article/domesticNews/idUSN2637053120070627?feedType=RSS   (484 words)

  
 State your business as business of state
Arizona has been rolling out voluntary all-day kindergarten.
Last year, the state reduced business taxes on two fronts: what the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry called "historic" property-tax relief, plus lower income tax for companies such as Intel.
GOP senators are pushing a package of reductions in income and property tax that would chop $538 million from state revenues in fiscal 2007.
www.azcentral.com /arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/0604sun1-04.html   (712 words)

  
 Sweat lodge ceremonies reconnect Native American inmates with their culture, people and land
He says prison wardens have come to recognize the constitutional rights of inmates to practice their religions and the benefits that can have for the inmates and for keeping order on the inside.
In Maine, a group of prisoners is suing over claims that their constitutional rights were violated because they have no access to sweat lodges or ceremonial music and food.
To prison officials in Torrance County, the sweat lodge is both a right and a privilege for prisoners.
www.freenewmexican.com /news/62189.html   (1408 words)

  
 Criminal Justice Resources Resources: Corrections
While state government officials may have felt they could afford incarceration largess during the boom years of the 1990’s, state budgets are now groaning under the weight of the recent recession compounded by the revenue loss associated with the September 11 terrorist attacks.
The study found that the recidivism rate among prisoners released unconditionally was virtually the same as that among "mandatory parolees," or prisoners for whom parole is part of a fixed sentence: 62 percent of the former and 61 percent of the latter were re-arrested at least once within two years.
PLN is aimed at prisoners and their friends and loved ones on the outside, with the goal of helping prisoners and their supporters organize themselves to have a voice, and to be a progressive force in developing a public policy debate around the issue of crime and punishment.
www.lib.msu.edu /harris23/crimjust/correct.htm   (12562 words)

  
 The State Library of Ohio Needs List
List of publications on structure and identification of wood.
List of publications on relation of growth conditions to wood quality.
List of lists...consolidated list of chemicals subject to the emergency planning and community right–to–know act (EPOCRA) and section 112 (R)....
winslo.state.oh.us /govinfo/needs26-1.html   (2752 words)

  
 ASU Department of English
The list of thesis abstracts presented here is a sample from the Rhetoric and Composition M.A. program.
ARS stripped of Praxis : Robert J. Connors on coeducation and the demise of agonistic rhetoric.
Prisons of the mind : Adam Smith's panoptic structure for the enlightenment
www.asu.edu /clas/english/rhetcomp/2thesisabs.html   (190 words)

  
 Panel finds ample blame in prison hostage standoff | www.azstarnet.com ®
In the wake of the report, eight top administrators at the Arizona State Prison Complex-Lewis have been reassigned and face dismissal or demotion pending an administrative review.
The Arizona State Prison Complex- Tucson also uses towers, but the committee questioned the need and suggested imploding them.
The panel, headed by Napolitano Co-Chief of Staff Dennis Burke, state Water Resources Director Herb Guenther and former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods, found numerous instances where policies were not followed at the Lewis prison.
www.azstarnet.com /sn/printDS/12595   (696 words)

  
 State-By-State Index Of Potential US Concentration Camps
The following list is not complete, in spite of the extensive research put into it, and the attempts to verify the information that was available.
Some sites are listed by virtue of their status as a WWII internment camp or present-day penal facility and do not necessarily resemble a "concentration camp" to the casual observer.
Sign states area is restricted; as of 1997 there were barbed wire fences pointing inward, a row of stadium lights pointed toward an empty field, etc. Black boxes on poles may have been cameras.
www.rense.com /general17/statebystate.htm   (5306 words)

  
 Historical Town The Royal of the Eleven Thousand Virgins of Cosala in Sinaloa - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Property names are listed in the language in which they have been submitted by the State Party.
During the viceroyalty, mining was the main economic activity in the northwest, therefore, the most important towns in the region originated by this trade were located on the Sierra Madre Occidental, and among them was Cosalá, founded on March 13 1562.
Through the years, the city became very important and in 1826 it was named the capital of the Western State that included the present states of Sonora and Sinaloa in Mexico, and Arizona in the United States.
whc.unesco.org /en/tentativelists/1958   (354 words)

  
 Cyndi's List - Cowboys, Ranchers and The Wild West
Lawmen and outlaws from Oklahoma Territory, Indian Territory or the State of Oklahoma.
Mailing lists are interactive e-mail forums that are free for you to subscribe to and participate in.
Provides public access to all the information contained in California's historic mission registers, records that are of unique and vital importance to the study of California, the American Southwest, and colonial America.
www.cyndislist.com /cowboys.htm   (1600 words)

  
 Arizona cactus to remain on endangered species list - North County Times - State / West -
It's becoming painfully obvious that for U.S. Attorney Carol Lam, whose office brought down U.S. Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, it wasn't just her record of prosecutions that led to her ouster but more whom she was prosecuting, and from which political party.
But wildlife service officials said two studies from a private consulting firm questioning the listing were faulted by the federal agency's scientists and all but one of 14 outside scientists.
Since its listing, developers of homes, shopping centers, schools, prisons and other projects have set aside about 4,058 acres of cactus habitat in the Tucson area and bladed 4,481 acres, service records show.
www.nctimes.com /articles/2007/04/03/news/state/16_11_084_2_07.txt   (707 words)

  
 LIBRARY: Arizona State Prison Environmental Assessment: Final
Learn about what we are working on and locate opportunities for assistance, research, and training related to key topics in corrections.
The preferred site for this proposed prison expansion project is on Wilmot Road immediately south of the existing prison facility.
GAO undertook a study of Arizona's Intensive Probation Supervision (IPS) program in order to understand the role such programs could play in future...
www.nicic.org /Library/017086   (386 words)

  
 Police Brutality & Prisons News : SF Bay Area Indymedia
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals posited in 2002 that Tookie's prison writings, in which he renounces his former life as a gangster, could be grounds for the California governor to grant him clemency.
On September 26th, the first court date in the trial of State Bureau of Narcotics Agent Michael Walker for the murder of Rudy Cardenas was held.
Unless otherwise stated by the author, all content is free for non-commercial reuse, reprint, and rebroadcast, on the net and elsewhere.
www.indybay.org /police   (3473 words)

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