News tagged with prison
fMRI scans used in murder trial sentencing
Nov 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) scans have been used, possibly for the first time, in the sentencing phase of a murder trial in Chicago in the US.
Setback for British 'hacker' in US extradition fight
Oct 12, 2009 |
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A Briton accused of hacking into US military and NASA space agency computers was on Friday refused permission to appeal to the new Supreme Court in London against his extradition to the United States.
Study highlights HIV/AIDS challenge in American prison system
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Sep 29, 2009 |
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HIV/Aids is up to five times more prevalent in American prisons than in the general population. Adherence to treatment programs can be strictly monitored in prison. However, once prisoners are released, medical monitoring ...
Prison guards demand right to complain online
Sep 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A group of prison guards dubbed the Facebook Five has gone to an Australian court to fight for the right to complain about their boss on the Internet.
Prison gambling associated with crime, substance abuse when offenders re-enter community
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Parolees with a gambling habit may resort to criminal activities and substance abuse when they are released from prison if there are few community supports to help them re-integrate, a University of Alberta study has concluded.
Study finds US prison system falls short in treating drug addiction
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Almost a quarter of a million individuals addicted to heroin are incarcerated in the United States each year. However, many prison systems across the country still do not offer medical treatment for heroin and opiate addiction, ...
Parolee releases spike violent crime, study suggests
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- California lawmakers may want to rethink a cost-cutting proposal to release at least 27,000 inmates from state prison in light of a new study linking parolees to increases in violent crime.
Psychologists offer ways to improve prison environment, reduce violent crime
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 08, 2009 |
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U.S. prisons are too punitive and often fail to rehabilitate, but targeting prisoners' behavior, reducing prison populations and offering job skills could reduce prisoner aggression and prevent recidivism, a researcher told ...
Dutch court rules Pirate Bay must quit Netherlands
Jul 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A Dutch court ruled Thursday that three men connected with Web site The Pirate Bay must block traffic between the site and the Netherlands within 10 days.
Study: Potential criminals deterred by longer sentences
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 18, 2009 |
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Deterrence is often a stated goal of criminal sentencing guidelines, but there is debate about whether the threat of punishment actually discourages people from committing crimes. A new study published in the Journal of Po ...
Study finds social support key
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 01, 2009 |
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It is not uncommon for prison inmates to experience religious conversions. Now a new University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) study, out in the April issue of the International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Cr ...
Prison punishes more people than just the inmates
Apr 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- More people live behind bars in the United States than in any other country, but the American prison system punishes more than just its inmates--it also takes a toll on the health of friends ...
Material success and social failure?
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 02, 2009 |
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It is common knowledge that in rich societies the poor have shorter lives and suffer more from almost every social problem. Likewise, large inequalities of income are often regarded as divisive and corrosive.
Most prison inmates with HIV do not receive appropriate treatment immediately following release
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 24, 2009 |
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Approximately 80 percent of HIV-infected Texas prison inmates did not fill an initial prescription for antiretroviral therapy within 30 days of their release from prison, potentially increasing their risk for harmful health ...
Hepatitis C treatment is cost-effective for the US prison population
Oct 20, 2008 |
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Treating all U.S. prisoners who have hepatitis C with the standard therapy of pegylated-interferon and ribavirin would be cost-effective, says a new study in the November issue of Hepatology, a journal published by John W ...
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