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4 results foundAuthor: John Howard Association of Illinois Title: A Price Illinois Cannot Afford: Tamms and the Costs of Long-Term Isolation Summary: In “A Price Illinois Cannot Afford: Tamms and The Costs of Long-Term Isolation,” (PDF) the John Howard Association (JHA) offers an unprecedented analysis of the operations and policies of Illinois’ only supermax prison. This special report was based in part on a March 2012 visit that followed Governor Quinn’s proposal to close Tamms. The report sets out JHA’s findings with respect to conditions of inmates housed in the facility's closed maximum security unit (C-Max), considerations regarding Tamms’ proposed closure, and the costs and consequences of long-term isolation. Key Findings • It costs almost $65,000 per year to house an inmate at Tamms—the highest cost of any DOC facility. • Most inmates spend 23 to 24 hours alone in their cells without social interaction, human contact, or sensory stimulation. This state of isolation can extend for months, years or indefinitely. Some Tamms inmates have spent more than a decade in this isolation. • Approximately 18 percent of Tamms inmates are 50 years or older. • While Tamms offers no re-entry programs, the majority of its inmates will be released and returned to the community. • In observing, visiting, and communicating with Tamms inmates, JHA found evidence of inmates suffering deleterious effects to their mental and physical health related to long-term isolation. • JHA found that Tamms’ staff are not given adequate training, strategies, resources, and professional support to assist them in managing and interacting with mentally ill and selfinjuring inmates. • At its peak, Tamms held 287 inmates in C-Max. At the start of 2010, it held 265 inmates. On November 9, 2010, the date of JHA’s last visit, Tamms held 207 inmates. At the time of JHA’s most recent visit, that number had dropped by almost 30, for a total of about 180 inmates. • According to DOC Director Godinez’s Closure Recommendations, Tamms’ staff will be offered positions in nearby facilities that suffer from chronic understaffing, minimizing job loss. Details: Chicago: John Howard Association of Illinois, 2012. 40p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed September 29, 2012 at: http://thejha.org/sites/default/files/TammsReport.pdf Year: 2012 Country: United States URL: http://thejha.org/sites/default/files/TammsReport.pdf Shelf Number: 126499 Keywords: Costs of IncarcerationMaximum-Security PrisonsPrisoners (Illinois)Supermax Prisons |
Author: U.S. Government Accountability Office Title: Federal Prison System: Justice Could Better Measure Progress Addressing Incarceration Challenges Summary: The federal inmate population has increased more than eight-fold since 1980, and DOJ has identified prison crowding as a critical issue since 2006. BOP's rising costs and offender recidivism present incarceration challenges to both DOJ and the nation. For example, BOP's operating costs (obligations) have increased over time, and in fiscal year 2014 amounted to more than $7 billion, or 19 percent of DOJ's total obligations. In recent years, DOJ has implemented targeted initiatives in response, and Senate Report 113-78 included a provision for GAO to review these efforts. This report discusses (1) DOJ's initiatives to address federal incarceration challenges, (2) the extent to which DOJ is measuring its efforts, and (3) the extent to which DOJ is coordinating across its components to implement the Smart on Crime Initiative. GAO reviewed DOJ documentation, interviewed DOJ officials, and compared DOJ efforts with performance measurement and coordination best practices GAO has previously identified. Details: Washington, DC: GAO, 2015. 62p. Source: Internet Resource: GAO-15-454: Accessed July 9, 2015 at: http://www.gao.gov/assets/680/670896.pdf Year: 2015 Country: United States URL: http://www.gao.gov/assets/680/670896.pdf Shelf Number: 135974 Keywords: Costs of Criminal JusticeCosts of IncarcerationCriminal Justice PolicyFederal PrisonsImprisonment, Economic Aspects ofPrisonsSmart on Crime |
Author: deVuono-powell, Saneta Title: Who Pays? The True Cost of Incarceration on Families. Summary: Each year, the United States spends $80 billion to lock away more than 2.4 million people in its jails and prisons - budgetary allocations that far outpace spending on housing, transportation, and higher education. But costs run deeper than budget line items and extend far beyond the sentences served. These costs are rarely quantified and measured and primarily impact incarcerated populations and the families and communities from whom they are separated, the same people who are already stigmatized, penalized, and punished. Families pay both the apparent and hidden costs while their loved ones serve out sentences in our jails and prisons. Because families are formed in diverse ways and take many forms, the definition used in this report encompasses families built across generations and borders and within and beyond blood relations. The families in this report and those who support loved ones bear the burden to help those individuals re-acclimate to society after serving time. Four decades of unjust criminal justice policies have created a legacy of collateral impacts that last for generations and are felt most deeply by women, low-income families, and communities of color. In March 2014, the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Forward Together, and Research Action Design launched a collaborative participatory research project with 20 community-based organizations across the country to address this unjust legacy. Trained community researchers reached directly into communities in 14 states, probing into the financial costs faced when a family member goes to jail or prison, the resulting effects on physical and mental health, and the challenges and barriers encountered by all when an individual returns home. The research included surveys with 712 formerly incarcerated people, 368 family members of the formerly incarcerated, 27 employers, and 34 focus groups with family members and individuals impacted by incarceration. The project revealed that many of the costs and penalties associated with incarceration continue long after incarceration ends and reach far beyond the individual being punished, with negative impacts for families and communities. The findings show that the long-term costs extend beyond the significant sums already paid by individuals and their families for immediate and myriad legal expenses, including cost of attorney, court fees and fines, and phone and visitation charges. In fact, these costs often amount to one year's total household income for a family and can force a family into debt. Latent costs include, but are not limited to, mental health support, care for untreated physical ailments, the loss of children sent to foster care or extended family, permanent declines in income, and loss of opportunities like education and employment for both the individuals incarcerated and their family members, opportunities that could lead to a brighter future. Details: Oakland, CA: Ella Baker Center, Forward Together, Research Action Design, 2015. 66p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed September 16, 2015 at: http://ellabakercenter.org/sites/default/files/downloads/who-pays.pdf Year: 2015 Country: United States URL: http://ellabakercenter.org/sites/default/files/downloads/who-pays.pdf Shelf Number: 136781 Keywords: Costs of CrimeCosts of Criminal JusticeCosts of IncarcerationFamilies of Inmates |
Author: Queensland Productivity Commission Title: Imprisonment and Recidivism Summary: In September 2018, the Queensland Government asked the Commission to undertake an inquiry into imprisonment and recidivism in Queensland. The inquiry has been commissioned in response to concerns about increases in prisoner numbers and high rates of recidivism. The number of people in Queensland prisons has risen by more than 50 per cent in the five years to 2017, and more than half of prisoners reoffend and are given a new sentence within two years of their release. The rate of imprisonment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people continues to outstrip the rate for the rest of the population, and imprisonment rates for women have been increasing faster than for men. The growth in prisoner numbers has significant social and economic implications for affected individuals and their families, the wider community and for the Queensland Government. What has the Commission been asked to do? The terms of reference for this inquiry ask us to examine how government resources and policies can be best used to reduce imprisonment and recidivism and improve outcomes for the community over the medium to longer term. The terms of reference ask us to consider: - trends in the rate of imprisonment in recent years, including comparison with other sentencing options - evidence about the causal factors underlying trends in the rate of imprisonment - factors driving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander imprisonment and recidivism and options to improve matters - factors driving the imprisonment and recidivism of women and options to improve matters - factors affecting youth offending and corresponding imprisonment rates and options to improve matters - measures of prisoner recidivism rates, trends in recidivism and causes of these trends - the benefits and costs of imprisonment, including its social effects, financial costs and effectiveness in reducing/preventing crime - the effectiveness of programs and services in Australian and overseas to reduce the number of people in prison and returning to prison, including prevention and early intervention approaches, non-imprisonment sentencing options, and the rehabilitation and reintegration of prisoners - the efficacy of adopting an investment approach, whereby investments in prevention, early intervention and rehabilitation deliver benefits and savings over the longer term; and - barriers to potential improvements and how these barriers could be lowered. The terms of reference require that our recommendations are consistent with the Queensland Government Policy on the Contracting-out of Services, which states that there will be no contracting-out of services currently provided by the Queensland Government unless it can be clearly demonstrated to be in the public interest. Details: Brisbane: The Commission, 2018. 22p. Source: Internet Resource: Issues Paper: Accessed November 3, 2018 at: https://qpc.blob.core.windows.net/wordpress/2018/09/Issues-Paper-Imprisonment-and-Recidivism.pdf Year: 2018 Country: Australia URL: https://qpc.blob.core.windows.net/wordpress/2018/09/Issues-Paper-Imprisonment-and-Recidivism.pdf Shelf Number: 153249 Keywords: Costs of IncarcerationImprisonment Mass Incarceration Recidivism Reoffending |