The latest release of the Australian Bureau of Statistics Prisoners in Australia data provides a surprising change: for the first time in seven years, the national imprisonment rate has not increased. In fact, it has decreased ...
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Jan 21, 2020
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Aboriginal women are the fastest growing prison population in Australia. They comprise around one-third of female prisoners in New South Wales, despite making up just 3% of the population. The majority of Aboriginal women ...
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May 22, 2019
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On the night the 2016 census was taken, more than 116,000 Australians were homeless. This was a 30% increase from the decade before.
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Apr 4, 2019
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Many prisons today use sanctions to discipline prisoners, including segregating them from other inmates, transferring them away from other inmates, and removing them from rehabilitation programs. A new longitudinal study ...
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Dec 19, 2018
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Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre today revealed the most detailed picture yet of the prison population in Wales.
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Aug 20, 2018
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Using statistics to inform the public about racial disparities can backfire. Worse yet, it can cause some people to be more supportive of the policies that create those inequalities, according to new Stanford research.
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May 24, 2018
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Rapper Meek Mill is back in prison in Pennsylvania for violating the terms of his probation.
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Nov 28, 2017
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A paper published in the journal Criminology & Public Policy addresses one of the most important crime policy questions in America: Can prison populations be reduced without endangering the public?
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May 11, 2016
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Prison policies vary on treating transgendered inmates, which could put inmates and institutions at risk. Gina Gibbs, a University of Cincinnati criminal justice doctoral student, will present a synopsis of the legal issues ...
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Nov 21, 2014
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As prison populations and costs swell, volunteers are becoming increasingly important for providing programming and rehabilitation to inmates. But little uniformity exists in how prisons recruit, train and maintain relationships ...
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Nov 12, 2014
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