Moshe Katsav is an Israeli former politician who was the eighth President of Israel from 2000 to 2007. He was also a leading Likud member of the Israeli Knesset and a minister in its cabinet. He was the first Mizrahi Jew to be elected to the presidency,and second non-Ashkenazi president after Yitzhak Navon.
Prison Fellowship is the world's largest Christian nonprofit organization for prisoners,former prisoners,and their families,and a leading advocate for justice reform.
Larry Lee Householder is an American former politician who was convicted in the largest bribery corruption scandal in Ohio’s history. Householder was the state representative for Ohio's 72nd district and was a two-time Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives. He is a member of the Republican Party. Householder represented the same district from 1997 to 2004,including as speaker from 2001 to 2004. In 2016,he was elected to the Statehouse again,and on January 7,2019,he was re-elected to serve as speaker with support from Ohio House Democrats,including current United States Congresswoman Emilia Sykes. His district included Coshocton and Perry counties,as well as about half of Licking County.
Bill Clinton was criticized for some of his presidential pardons and acts of executive clemency. Pardoning or commuting sentences is a power granted by the Constitution to sitting U.S. presidents. Scholars describe two different models of the pardons process. In the 'agency model' of pardons the process is driven by nonpolitical legal experts in the Department of Justice. In contrast,Clinton followed the 'presidential model',viewing the pardon power as a convenient resource that could be used to advance specific policy goals.
Prison reform is the attempt to improve conditions inside prisons,improve the effectiveness of a penal system,reduce recidivism or implement alternatives to incarceration. It also focuses on ensuring the reinstatement of those whose lives are impacted by crimes.
Prison rape commonly refers to the rape of inmates in prison by other inmates or prison staff. In 2001,Human Rights Watch estimated that at least 4.3 million inmates had been raped while incarcerated in the United States. A United States Department of Justice report,Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails Reported by Inmates,states that "In 2011–12,an estimated 4.0% of state and federal prison inmates and 3.2% of jail inmates reported experiencing one or more incidents of sexual victimization by another inmate or facility staff in the past 12 months or since admission to the facility,if less than 12 months." However,advocates dispute the accuracy of the numbers,saying they seem to under-report the real numbers of sexual assaults in prison,especially among juveniles.
The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA) is the first United States federal law intended to deter the sexual assault of prisoners. The bill was signed into law on September 4,2003.
The Parole Board of Canada is the Canadian government agency that is responsible for reviewing and issuing parole and criminal pardons in Canada. It operates under the auspices of Public Safety Canada.
The National Prison Rape Elimination Commission (NPREC) was a U.S. bipartisan panel established by the 2003 Prison Rape Elimination Act. The commission was charged with studying sexual assaults in U.S. jails and prisons and presenting a report based on its findings.
The Bribery and Special Interest (BRISPEC) sting operation was a sting operation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation that investigated corruption in the California State Legislature from 1986 to 1988. The operation,later known as Shrimpscam in the press,involved setting up dummy companies by the FBI. The FBI set up a West Sacramento-based shrimp processing company. Then the fake companies lobbied for special-interest legislative bills favoring themselves. In addition,money was offered to legislators to see if any of them could be bribed in return for their support. A couple of the bills were actually passed by both the Assembly and Senate,but were vetoed by Governor George Deukmejian,who was tipped off in advance.
Oscar López Rivera is a Puerto Rican activist and militant who was a member and suspected leader of the Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional Puertorriqueña (FALN),a clandestine paramilitary organization devoted to Puerto Rican independence that carried out more than 130 bomb attacks in the United States between 1974 and 1983. López Rivera was tried by the United States government for seditious conspiracy,use of force to commit robbery,interstate transportation of firearms,and conspiracy to transport explosives with intent to destroy government property.
Prison rape or jail rape is sexual assault of people while they are incarcerated. The phrase is commonly used to describe rape of inmates by other inmates,or to describe rape of inmates by staff. It is a significant,if controversial,part of what is studied under the wider concept of prison sexuality.
Ernest D. Preate,Jr. is a former Republican Pennsylvania Attorney General. As Attorney General,he argued before the United States Supreme Court in the landmark case,Planned Parenthood of Southeast Pennsylvania v. Casey on behalf of Robert P. Casey,then governor of Pennsylvania. Preate also successfully argued another landmark case,Blystone v. Pennsylvania in the United States Supreme Court addressing the death penalty.
Operation Family Secrets was an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) into mob-related crimes in Chicago. The FBI called it one of the most successful investigations of organized crime that it had ever conducted.
Crime in California refers to crime occurring within the U.S. state of California. The principal source of law for California criminal procedure is the California Penal Code.
Right On Crime is an American conservative criminal justice reform initiative in the U.S. that aims to gain support for criminal justice reform by sharing research and policy ideas,mobilizing leaders,and raising public awareness. Right On Crime reforms are focused on "reducing crime,restoring victims,reforming offenders,and lowering taxpayers' costs." The initiative primarily focuses on nine issues:prosecutorial innovation,correctional leadership,over-criminalization,civil asset forfeiture,juvenile justice,adult probation,parole and re-entry,law enforcement,and victims' rights. Right On Crime is a campaign of the Texas Public Policy Foundation,a conservative think tank. After its founding in Texas,Right On Crime has contributed to many criminal justice reforms in over 38 states,working with bipartisan partners throughout the country.
Alan Robbins is a former American politician in the state of California. Robbins is most noted for his arrest and conviction on racketeering charges and serving five years in a federal prison.
The First Step Act,formally known as the Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person Act,is a bipartisan criminal justice bill passed by the 115th U.S. Congress and signed by President Donald Trump in December 2018. The act enacted several changes in U.S. federal criminal law aimed at reforming federal prisons and sentencing laws in order to reduce recidivism,decreasing the federal inmate population,and maintaining public safety.
The good conduct time allowance (GCTA) controversy started in August 2019 involving the employees of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor). It begins with Bureau of Corrections Director General Nicanor Faeldon and several other government officials signing the document containing the release of former Calauan,Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez,the prime suspect in the rape and murder of Eileen Sarmenta and her friend Allan Gomez in 1993,and the release of Josman Aznar,Ariel Balansag,Alberto Caño and James Anthony Uy,the 4 suspects in the rape and murder of sisters Marijoy and Jacqueline Chiong in 1997,citing "good conduct."
