Highlights Can the Vicky White-Casey White escape case provide insight as to why correctional officers are compromised? Data from the US Department of Justice states…
View More Female Correctional Officers And Inmate Sexual-Personal Relations-The Casey White EscapeTag: jail
US 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-Violence And Crime Will Undoubtedly Return
Highlights For the moment, crime during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) seems moderate. Law enforcement agencies throughout the world, however, are expressing concern. “Criminals are just interested…
View More Coronavirus-Violence And Crime Will Undoubtedly ReturnCoronavirus 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?Lowest 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?Saving Offender Rehabilitation and Reentry Programs
Observations I’m suggesting that we focus almost exclusively on mental health and the co-occurring issue of substance abuse. With budget limitations, we can’t be…
View More Saving Offender Rehabilitation and Reentry ProgramsAre Offender Rehabilitation Programs Dead? New DOJ Report
Observations Has “nothing works” been replaced by “nothing works well?” With new data from the Department of Justice regarding a signature program, it seems…
View More Are Offender Rehabilitation Programs Dead? New DOJ ReportBan the Box Isn’t Working for Ex-Offenders
Observation Ban the box isn’t working, but few want to train offenders for employment self-sufficiency or issue them certificates of rehabilitation. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr.…
View More Ban the Box Isn’t Working for Ex-OffendersDOJ Evaluations on Offender Rehabilitation Are Not Encouraging
Observation Most of the data is not encouraging, indicating that we have a long way to go as to effective offender rehabilitation and reentry. Author…
View More DOJ Evaluations on Offender Rehabilitation Are Not EncouragingOffender Recidivism: What Works-What’s Hogwash
Subtitle We may be making progress as to reducing recidivism in the United States. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Thirty-five years of speaking for national…
View More Offender Recidivism: What Works-What’s Hogwash