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2012
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Public Access to Departmental Records - Inmate/Offender Information
Rhode Island Dept. of Corrections (Cranston, RI).
This policy provides “guidelines for employees, especially those within the Records Identification (RI) Units, for responding to verbal requests for inmate/offender information (most commonly in response to telephone inquiries)” (p. 1). Procedures cover definitions, inmate/offender information disclosure, limitations on information release, location of public records, requests to inspect records and appeal process, security of records, charges for retrieval, payment, and records of inspection an... Read More

12 pages
2012
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Prisoners in 2011
By Carson, E. Ann; Sabol, William J.. U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (Washington, DC).
"Presents data on prisoners under the jurisdiction of federal and state correctional authorities on December 31, 2011, collected from the National Prisoner Statistics series. The report compares changes in the prison population during 2011 to changes from yearend 2000 through yearend 2010. It explores factors leading to the second straight year of decline in the state prison population, as well as continued growth in the federal prison population. Findings cover data on decreasing admissions and... Read More

34 pages
2012
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The Growth & Increasing Cost of the Federal Prison System: Drivers and Potential Solutions
By La Vigne, Nancy; Samuels, Juli. Public Welfare Foundation (Washington, DC). Urban Institute. Justice Policy Center (Washington, DC).
The burgeoning costs associated with incarcerating more and more individuals in the United States Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is examined. Topics discussed include: federal prison population growth has multiple impacts; projected population growth; prison being expensive; opportunity costs created by growth; the main drivers are front-end decisions about who goes to prisons and for how long; drug offenders make up half of the federal prison population; supervision violations make up at least 15% of ... Read More

8 pages
1993
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Arizona Board of Pardons and Paroles - Evaluation of Structured Decision-making Guidelines
National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Arizona Board of Pardons and Paroles (Phoenix, AZ).
This packet contains the summary documents and working papers of a parole board that structured their decision-making process based on an empirical instrument. The document begins with a brief overview of the Structured Decision Making Project and then contains many attachments, including the coding manual and various forms used by the Board.... Read More
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