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Studying The Whole Package: The Implications Of Movement Law For Correctional Policymaking, Steph Pettit
Studying The Whole Package: The Implications Of Movement Law For Correctional Policymaking, Steph Pettit
Journal of Law and Policy
The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision 2022 prison package ban placed strict limits on the quantity and quality of care packages that people incarcerated in the state’s prisons can receive. The ban is reflective of the myriad ways in which the movements, associations, and activities of incarcerated individuals are tightly controlled by prison rules and administrative directives. Despite the severe impacts that prison policies have on incarcerated people and their loved ones, neither administrative procedure nor the courts provide significant opportunities for incarcerated people to effectively contest prison policy. State administrative directives are immune to public …