title:
Public hearing before Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons
title:
Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons public hearing [transcripts]
creator:
Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons.
publisher:
Vera Institute of Justice
date:
Record modified: 2011-09-09
date:
Record created: 2011-09-09
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Issued: 2005-2006
description:
description:
The public hearings include four parts: hearing one: April 19-20, 2005 in Tampa, FL ; hearing two: July 19-20, 2005 in Newark, NJ ; hearing three: Nov. 1-2, 2005 in St. Louis, MO; hearing four: Feb. 8-9, 2006 in Los Angeles, CA.; "On June 8, 2006, the Commission released Confronting Confinement, a report on violence and abuse in U.S. jails and prisons, the broad impact of those problems on public safety and public health, and how correctional facilities nationwide can become safer and more effective. The report reflects the Commission's work over more than a year-- an inquiry that featured four public hearings in cities around the country."--Commission's Web site.; Title from Commission's Web page (viewed May 1, 2007); Harvested from the web on 4/13/07
description:
Contents: Public hearing 1: What's known about safety failures and abuse; violence and uses of force -- Public hearing 2: The systemic and institutional drivers of abuse and lack of safety -- Public hearing 3: A look at the problems from the perspective of corrections officers -- Public hearing 4: Oversight, accountability, and other issues.
subject:
Prisons--United States
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Prisoners--Mental health services--United States
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Prisoners--Health and hygiene--United States
subject:
Prison violence--United States
subject:
Prison discipline--United States
subject:
Prison administration--United States--Evaluation.; Prison discipline--United States.; Prison violence--United States.; Prisoners--Health and hygiene--United States.; Prisoners--Mental health services--United States.; Prisons--United States.
subject:
Prison administration--United States--Evaluation
relation:
OCLC No.: 123989060
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
type:
application/pdf
type:
Text
language:
eng
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