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The Louisa Van Wezel Schwartz Symposium On Mental Health Issues In Correctional Institutions. Symposium Introduction, H. Russell Cort, Arlene L. Robinson Mar 2003

The Louisa Van Wezel Schwartz Symposium On Mental Health Issues In Correctional Institutions. Symposium Introduction, H. Russell Cort, Arlene L. Robinson

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Mental Health And Incarceration: What A Bad Combination, Olinda Moyd Mar 2003

Mental Health And Incarceration: What A Bad Combination, Olinda Moyd

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

The District of Columbia has one of the highest per capita incarceration and criminal justice supervision rates in the United States1 and among the highest in the world. The local prison population has risen dramatically over the past decade for a variety of reasons including increased rates of re-incarceration for parole violations and the imposition of longer sentences for drug offenses. Recent acts of Congress have seriously impacted the sentencing laws in the District including determination of where persons sentenced for violating local D.C. laws will serve such sentences. On August 5, 1997, President Clinton signed into law The National …


Protecting Parolees Under The Ada And Rehab Act, Giovanna Shay Mar 2003

Protecting Parolees Under The Ada And Rehab Act, Giovanna Shay

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

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Suicide In Jails And Prisons: What The Numbers Tell Us, Karen L. Cropsey Mar 2003

Suicide In Jails And Prisons: What The Numbers Tell Us, Karen L. Cropsey

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

Suicide is often the most common cause of death in correctional settings across the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently published a report stating that suicide "is a public health problem that demands our attention."' Across the world, one suicide attempt is made every three seconds, with one completed suicide every minute. More people die across the world from suicide than by armed conflict. The risk factors for suicide include being a young or elderly male, being indigenous, being an individual with a mental illness or substance abuse history, and being incarcerated or in custody. Further, individuals who have …


Litigation Landmines: Obtaining Attorneys Fees In Conditions Of Confinement. Litigation After Bloomberg V. Christina A, Mark Soler Mar 2003

Litigation Landmines: Obtaining Attorneys Fees In Conditions Of Confinement. Litigation After Bloomberg V. Christina A, Mark Soler

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

Abuse of children in state institutions is a longstanding and notorious problem.1 Advocates for children have successfully brought federal civil rights litigation over the past thirty years to protect the lives, safety, and rights of children in jails,2 juvenile detention facilities, 3 and state corrections institutions. 4 In recent years, however, such litigation has become more difficult as a result of enactment of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) 5 and an array of United States Supreme Court decisions. In a number of decisions over the past two decades, the Supreme Court has significantly restricted the rights of prisoners and …


Capital Punishment: 21st Century Lynching, Serena L. Hargrove Sep 2001

Capital Punishment: 21st Century Lynching, Serena L. Hargrove

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

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Mandatory Minimum Sentences Coupled With Multi-Facet Interventions: An Effective Response To Domestic Violence, Angela M. Killian Sep 2001

Mandatory Minimum Sentences Coupled With Multi-Facet Interventions: An Effective Response To Domestic Violence, Angela M. Killian

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

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The Role Of Discrimination And Drug Policy In Excessive Incarceration In The United States, Steven J. Boretos Sep 2001

The Role Of Discrimination And Drug Policy In Excessive Incarceration In The United States, Steven J. Boretos

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

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Pre-Initial Hearing Detention: Are The Police Department And Social Services Intake Following The Law?, Henry A. Escoto Sep 1995

Pre-Initial Hearing Detention: Are The Police Department And Social Services Intake Following The Law?, Henry A. Escoto

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

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Enforcing Corrections-Related Court Orders In The District Of Columbia, Jonathan M. Smith Mar 1994

Enforcing Corrections-Related Court Orders In The District Of Columbia, Jonathan M. Smith

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

In 1909, a presidential commission made the following comment about the conditions that prevailed in the District of Columbia's jail: That men and women should be sent to these narrow and confined cells, the lazy to be fostered in laziness, the industrious to be deprived of every form of employment, in one promiscuous assembly, to corrupt and be corrupted by each other, to be fed like beasts and maintained at the public charge, with no prospect for improvement in condition, with the moral certainty that they will come out far worse than they went in, is a fact that has …


Mcfeeley V. The United Kingdom: Death Knell For Prisoners Of The Maze Mar 1985

Mcfeeley V. The United Kingdom: Death Knell For Prisoners Of The Maze

Antioch Law Journal

In McFeeley v. The United Kingdom, seven prisoners in the H-Block cells of Northern Ireland's Maze Prison filed an application against the government of the United Kingdom, hoping to attain political prisoner status under Article 9 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (hereinafter the Convention).I The seven prisoners also alleged violations of Articles 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 and 14 of the Convention. 2 The European Commission of Human Rights (hereinafter the Com- mission) declared most of the application inadmissible. The Commission found that granting special status to the prisoners was …