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Announces $1.2 Million Grant for Local Ex-Offender Job Training Program WASHINGTON, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA), the senior Democrat on the House Appropriations Subcommittee Commerce, Justice, Science and related agencies will deliver remarks at the Second Chances and Safer Communities Conference in Washington, DC on how best to measure recidivism. The conference, attended by over 500 guests and hosted by the Council of State...

Justice Reinvestment Initiative Receives Public Safety Proposals HARRISBURG, Pa., May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania's communities can be safer and its criminal justice system better under a proposed plan that could save taxpayers approximately $351 million while reinvesting nearly $88 million in public safety over a five-year period. Results of a five-month analysis, as well as key policy suggestions for improving the state's criminal justice system, were...

WASHINGTON, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An estimated 9.6 percent of adult former state prisoners reported being sexually victimized during their most recent period of confinement, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. About 7.5 percent alleged that they were victimized while in a state prison, 1.8 percent while in a local jail, and 0.1 percent while in a post-release community treatment facility. An estimated 3.7 percent of former...

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In order to reduce HIV and TB in African prisons, African governments and international health donors should fund criminal justice reforms, experts from Human Rights Watch say in this week's PLoS Medicine. "Overcrowding is driving HIV and TB transmission in African prisons, and alleviating overcrowding by increasing the availability of non-custodial alternatives including community service and bail and improving access to legal representation should be understood as essential public health...

HARRISBURG, Pa., May 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Tom Corbett has proclaimed May 6-12 as Corrections Employee Week in Pennsylvania to recognize the important role these employees play in protecting public safety. "We have great respect for corrections employees," Corrections Secretary John Wetzel said. "They work each day, often facing challenging and dangerous situations, to ensure public safety and to provide offenders with meaningful opportunities to change...

WASHINGTON, April 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The European Union warmly welcomes the signing by Governor Dannel P. Malloy on April 25, 2012, of the legislation abolishing the death penalty in the State of Connecticut. The European Union congratulates the Governor, the Senate and the House of Representatives on this historic decision, making Connecticut the 17th State in the United States to abandon capital punishment. The European Union strongly hopes that this decision will...

Repeal effort led by coalition of nearly 200 family members of murder victims HARTFORD, Conn., April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy signed legislation repealing the death penalty today, making Connecticut the fifth state to do so in five years. "This takes the momentum for repeal up a notch. We have another state saying, 'we've tried this experiment and the death penalty has failed,'" said Shari Silberstein, Executive Director of Equal...

WASHINGTON, April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. jail inmate population declined for a third consecutive year, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. From June 2010 to June 2011, the jail inmate population declined 1.8 percent, dropping to 735,601 from 748,728. Local jails, unlike prisons, are confinement facilities mainly operated by a local law enforcement agency. Jails typically hold inmates while they await court action or...

Chi-Town owners and trainers personalize fitness and nutrition plans to help you become fit and help Chicago reach the goal of being one of the most fit cities in the nation. (PRWEB) April 22, 2012 Statistics report that Chicago is one of the most unfit cities in the nation, and according to Craig Kastning at Chi-Town Boot Camp, “This is just not acceptable.” Each trainer at this Chicago fitness boot camp is dedicated to making Chicago one of the “fittest cities” in the United...