Friday, January 20, 2017

CJ College #1 for Online Graduate Education

Sam Houston State University offers the best online criminal justice program for graduate education in the nation, according to the 2017 rankings released by U.S. News & World Report (USNWR).

Thursday, January 19, 2017

Study Examines Race in Access to Early Release Credits in Federal Prisons

Latinos and Native Americans were more likely to be denied access to “good time” benefits during their incarcerations in federal prisons when compared with White and African American offenders, and Asian inmates fared better than all groups in obtaining access to these benefits, according to a study by researchers at Sam Houston State University.

23/7: Pelican Bay Prison and the Rise of Long-Term Solitary Confinement

Book cover for 23/7: Pelican Bay Prison and the Rise of Long-Term Solitary Confinement
Mon, Feb 6, 2017
9:00am
Hazel B. Kerper Courtroom

Pelican Bay Prison in California was designed as one of the first “supermax” facilities in response to a perceived risk of black radicalism in the 1970s. Extreme conditions sparked statewide hunger strikes in 2011 and 2013 involving up to 30,000 inmates, which led to a rise in the use of solitary confinement.