I would just like to say that we really need to focus on alternative to incarceration programs.
I think it is cruel and unusual punishment.
the internal mechanism is through the Inspector General's office?
the safety and security of the people who are working in our prisons is the highest priority
the safety of America at large, of course, is an equally important priority
In June of 2006, a bipartisan national task force, the Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons, released its recommendations aft...
the obvious question is what skills do they have to recognize mental illness and its manifestations in contrast to simple criminal misconduc...
Beyond about 10 days, the report noted, practically no benefits can be found and the harm is clear--not just for inmates but for the public ...
this really is a human rights issue in our country
Is this the right thing for our system of justice? Is this a fair outcome?
Senator Webb's idea of a reform commission, which I have cosponsored, is a step in the right direction.
I think it causes deterioration with mentally ill inmates.
Do you feel that our system of justice is really equipped to deal with what we have decided as America will be our future when it comes to m...
I think it is critically important, as Senator Coburn mentioned, that we work together to identify the presence of mental illness in offende...
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals at the Federal level is not known as a liberal court of appeals.
I can recall, just as an aside, that in 1970, then-Lieutenant Governor Paul Simon took me, a young lawyer fresh out of law school, on an ons...
This hearing of the Human Rights and the Law Subcommittee will come to order.
Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
