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Working for the "forgotten members' of our society. Update on our prison litigation
An Update on our Prison Litigation
Prisoners should not be profit centers. Montana's privatized prison under review
Montana is examining its role in the corporate warehousing of prisoners. As the Missoulian reports, Montana lawmakers met yesterday to explore whether to purchase Crossroads Correctional Center, a privately run prison in Shelby, when the state's 20-year contract with Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) is up in 2019. Montana would do well to end its reliance on this controversial, for-profit corporation to run one of our state’s largest prisons.
2015 Montana Legislative Summary - The good, the bad and the meh.
End of Session 2015 - Summary and Highlights
UN passes "Mandela Rules" on treatment of prisoners. Where does Montana stand?
The United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice approved the Mandela Rules last week. The Mandela Rules are named in honor of the late South African President Nelson Mandela, who was imprisoned for 27 years by the country's apartheid regime. They are the revised United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners. These rules are the leading international body of principles on the treatment of prisoners, but they were drafted in 1955 and were badly in need of updating.
What's Happening in Helena? Legislative Update Week 7
Legislative Update for February 16
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