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Regional Commissions To Monitor Confinement Institutions: A Proposal, Arthur R. Landever
Regional Commissions To Monitor Confinement Institutions: A Proposal, Arthur R. Landever
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
O N ANY GIVEN DAY, THERE ARE MORE THAN one million persons involuntarily confined within government institutions.1 Those in custody whether committed to mental institutions, jails, juvenile facilities, or prisons, are the invisible Americans. Until recently, most of us on the outside were not particularly concerned about their lot. To the extent that we knew of their existence, we were relieved that they were out of our immediate neighborhoods and that we were "protected" from them. Increasingly, however, newspaper headlines or television screens have begun to show glimpses of these inmates as they riot; widespread abuses are exposed, and authorities …
Prison Disciplinary Procedures: Creating Rules, Jonathan Brant
Prison Disciplinary Procedures: Creating Rules, Jonathan Brant
Cleveland State Law Review
In addition to a lack of interest by the courts, prison officials received little direction from state legislatures. The general statutory provisions grant board powers to a designated member of the executive branch with no apparent restrictions on exercise of that power. The rules developed by prison officials have often been themselves worded vaguely giving inmates little idea of conduct which is expected of them.