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Decades of Disparity

Drug Arrests and Race in the United States

By: Human Rights Watch (Organization),Jamie Fellner

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Decades of Disparity

Drug Arrests and Race in the United States

By: Human Rights Watch (Organization),Jamie Fellner

Using national drug arrest data from 1980 to 2007, this report illuminates the persistence and extent of racial disparities in the so-called?war on drugs? in the United States. Although blacks and whites engage in drug offenses at roughly comparable rates, blacks have been consistently arrested for drug offenses at rates that are from 2.8 to 5.5 times higher nationwide than white drug arrest rates. In addition, this report reveals that among individual states, black drug arrest rates in a single year, 2006, ranged from 2 to 11.3 times higher than white rates. Finally, the report shows that since 1980, the preponderance of drug arrests have been for possession, not sales. Millions of Americans have acquired a criminal record because they engaged in the minor non-violent offense of drug possession. Human Rights Watch calls on the United States to revise its drug control policies to reduce reliance on criminal prosecution and address these troubling racial disparities.

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1564324508

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Cold Storage

Super-maximum Security Confinement in Indiana

By: Jamie Fellner

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Super-maximum Security Confinement in Indiana

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1564321754

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Karl Renner

Austria

By: Jamie Bulloch

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Karl Renner

Austria

By: Jamie Bulloch

The Socialist politician Karl Renner (1870-1950) was prime minister of the government that took power in Vienna after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He lead the delegation to Paris, which had to face the difficult issue of reparations and war guilt, for which the Allies held the successor states to the Empire responsible for. Fortunately, Renner was a likeable man and a realist, and the Austrian delegation became quite popular in Paris. The new Austrian state was in a perilous condition in 1919, on the brink of starvation and revolution, and facing territorial demands from both Italy, which had its eyes on the Tyrol, and the new Yugoslavia. Many in the German-speaking rump of the Empire sought union with Germany, Anschluss, but the Allied Powers vetoed it. Austria is often overlooked as one of the successor states to the Habsburg Empire, but it was no less important in the postwar settlement than Hungary, Czechoslovakia and the Balkan countries. Jamie Bulloch's account of Karl Renner's adroit handling of a difficult situation makes for fascinating reading.

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Haus Publishing

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1907822305

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9781907822308

Old Behind Bars

The Aging Prison Population in the United States

By: Jamie Fellner,Patrick Vinck

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Old Behind Bars

The Aging Prison Population in the United States

By: Jamie Fellner,Patrick Vinck

Recommendations -- Methodology -- Older prisoners -- Why the aging prison population? -- Conditions of confinement -- Aging bodies, soaring costs -- Release from prison, dying in prison -- When is imprisonment no longer justified? -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: Additional tables.

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1564328597

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9781564328595

Cold Storage

Super-maximum Security Confinement in Indiana

By: Jamie Fellner

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Decades of Disparity

Drug Arrests and Race in the United States

By: Human Rights Watch (Organization),Jamie Fellner

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Drug Arrests and Race in the United States

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Callous and Cruel

Use of Force Against Inmates with Mental Disabilities in US Jails and Prisons

By: Jamie Fellner

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Callous and Cruel

Use of Force Against Inmates with Mental Disabilities in US Jails and Prisons

By: Jamie Fellner

This 127-page report details incidents in which correctional staff have deluged prisoners with painful chemical sprays, shocked them with powerful electric stun weapons, and strapped them for days in restraining chairs or beds. Staff have broken prisoners' jaws, noses, ribs; left them with lacerations requiring stitches, second-degree burns, deep bruises, and damaged internal organs. In some cases, the force used has led to their death"--Publisher's website, as viewed June 1, 2015.

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162313241X

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The Price of Freedom

Bail and Pretrial Detention of Low Income Nonfelony Defendants in New York City

By: Jamie Fellner,Human Rights Watch (Organization)

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The Price of Freedom

Bail and Pretrial Detention of Low Income Nonfelony Defendants in New York City

By: Jamie Fellner,Human Rights Watch (Organization)

Recommendations -- The bail process -- Who suffers? Bail and detention of low income defendants -- Factors influencing judges' bail decisions -- An alternative to pretrial detention : pretrial supervision -- Applicable constitutional and human rights law -- Acknowledgments.

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1564327183

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The Answer is No

Too Little Compassionate Release in US Federal Prisons

By: Jamie Fellner,Mary Price

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The Answer is No

Too Little Compassionate Release in US Federal Prisons

By: Jamie Fellner,Mary Price

This 128-page report is the first comprehensive examination of how compassionate release in the federal system works. Congress authorized compassionate release because it realized that changed circumstances could make continued imprisonment senseless and inhumane, Human Rights Watch and FAMM said. But if the Bureau of Prisons refuses to bring prisoners' cases to the courts, judges cannot rule on whether release is warranted. Since 1992, the Bureau of Prisons has averaged annually only two dozen motions to the courts for early release, out of a prison population that now exceeds 218,000. The Bureau of Prisons does not keep records of the number of prisoners who seek compassionate release."--Publisher's website.

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1564329690

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An Offer You Can't Refuse

How US Federal Prosecutors Force Drug Defendants to Plead Guilty

By: Jamie Fellner

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An Offer You Can't Refuse

How US Federal Prosecutors Force Drug Defendants to Plead Guilty

By: Jamie Fellner

Recommendations -- Methodology -- I. Federal drug sentencing and swollen federal prison populations --II. Federal sentencing: mandatory sentences and sentencing guidelines -- III. Upping the ante: mandatory penalties for prior convictions and gun possession -- IV. Limited ways to avoid mandatory sentences -- V. The plea process --VI. Doing justice -- VII. Measuring the trial penalty -- VIII. Plea bargains and punishment: legal standards -- IX. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: Data by federal district, FY 2012.

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1623130824

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A Red Herring

Marijuana Arrestees Do Not Become Violent Felons

By: Issa Kohler-Hausmann,Jamie Fellner

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A Red Herring

Marijuana Arrestees Do Not Become Violent Felons

By: Issa Kohler-Hausmann,Jamie Fellner

In this report, Human Rights Watch offers new data indicating that people who enter the criminal justice system with an arrest for public possession of marijuana rarely commit violent crimes in the future. Over the last 15 years, New York City police have arrested more than 500,000 people - most of them young blacks or Hispanics - on misdemeanor charges of possessing small amounts of marijuana in public view. While Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the police have said the arrests have helped reduce violent crime, they have never specified how"--Publisher's website.

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1564329569

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Decades of Disparity

Decades of Disparity

Cold Storage

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Old Behind Bars

Old Behind Bars

Cold Storage

Cold Storage

Decades of Disparity

Decades of Disparity

Callous and Cruel

Callous and Cruel

The Price of Freedom

The Price of Freedom

The Answer is No

The Answer is No

An Offer You Can't Refuse

An Offer You Can't Refuse

A Red Herring

A Red Herring

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