NCJ Number
146856
Journal
Corrections Compendium Volume: 17 Issue: 4 Dated: (April 1992) Pages: 1,5-18
Date Published
1992
Length
14 pages
Annotation
Corrections Compendium contains in-depth feature articles, legal issue case reports, news updates, conference announcements, and survey reports of interest to corrections personnel and others who may deal in correctional matters.
Abstract
This issue's front-page article, "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly," is a series of three sub-articles, each containing a different twist on what is happening in corrections. The "good" news is a 26-percent decrease in prison construction spending in 1992-1993--$5.0 billion, as compared to the record high $6.8 billion in 1991-1992. The "bad" news is about prison overcrowding, and the "ugly" news is about facilities that are not fully functional due to inadequate funding and staff. Survey statistical tables serve as an appendix to this article. A Legal Issues article is about how, in a case of excessive force used by Louisiana prison officials on an inmate, the Supreme Court ruled that intent is the primary consideration, and the extent of injury secondary. In other cases, a Federal appeals court found that access to courts afforded inmates at the Arizona State Prison was inadequate; and a court ruled that prohibition of correspondence between two inmates--even common law spouses--is not unconstitutional. Other news headlines are "Victims in many States informed of change in offender status," "Forty States under court order to reduce prison overcrowding," "ABA study to examine what happens to children when sole parent is arrested," "Non-violence training builds community in prisons," Correctional health groups oppose mandatory HIV testing," "Location search takes DeVito to prison," "California inmates sue for right to save sperm," "Florida DOC food service: a leader in the field," "New York enforces inmate labor," "Pennsylvania prison chief gains right to countersue inmates for riot damage," "Oklahoma's equine management program," "Virginia sets guidelines for terminally ill inmates," "Counties compete for prison sites," and "R.O.C.K.--Reaching Out, Convicts and Kids."