After a week's hiatus due to Memorial Day we're back with two weeks worth of postings.
6/1, Urbanite: Report finds the state's projected needs for new juvenile jail space were dramatically overblown.
http://m.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/downsized/Content?oid=1419548
5/31. NY Times: The Right Way to Shrink Prisons
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/opinion/31baradaran.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&ref=opinion&adxnnlx=1306868418-HPoYWu6k3Js0s0vLGOSy5Q
5/31, Flaggerlive.com: Florida's Juvenile Justice Eliminating 1,200 Jobs and Closing 3 Youth Prisons
http://flaglerlive.com/22747/florida-juvenile-justice-cuts/comment-page-1
5/31, The Republic, Columbus, OH: Wis. budget committee repeals prison early release program
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/2db0189b92b24408b27507da0c4b5fbb/WI--Wisconsin-Budget-Early-Release/
5/31, The Epoch Times: This is New York: Rev. Ruben Austria, Juvenile Justice Advocate
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/united-states/this-is-new-york-rev-ruben-austria-juvenile-justice-advocate-57065.html
5/28, Cumberland Times-News Missouri model may be used for changes in juvenile justice system
http://times-news.com/local/x1886879030/Missouri-model-may-be-used-for-changes-in-juvenile-justice-system
5/27, Philly.com: Mandatory-minimum law led to surge in federal inmates, spending
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20110527_Mandatory-minimum_law_led_to_surge_in_federal_inmates__spending.html?cmpid=94910784
5/26, LA Times: Computer errors allow violent California prisoners to be released unsupervised
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-prisons-20110526,0,6293602.story
5/26, Stateline: Georgia rewrites its trial rules, replacing a 19th century system
http://www.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=577213
5/26, Tri-State Defender Online: Private corporations only 'winners' from prison crowding
http://tri-statedefenderonline.com/articlelive/articles/6224/1/Private-corporations-only-winners-from-prison-crowding/Page1.html
5/25, Youth Today Report: In D.C., Summer is Never the Peak of Juvenile Arrests
http://youthtoday.org/view_article.cfm?article_id=4804
5/25, LA Times: No easy fix for California's prison crisis
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-prisons-20110525,0,6228065.story
5/24, LA Times: U.S. Supreme Court orders massive inmate release to relieve California's crowded prisons
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-court-prisons-20110524,0,2973297.story
5/23, NY Times: Steady Decline in Major Crime Baffles Experts
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/24/us/24crime.html?_r=1&hp
5/23, AL.com: OUR VIEW: Eliminating funding for TASC community corrections program will cost Jefferson County more than it will save
http://blog.al.com/birmingham-news-commentary/2011/05/our_view_eliminating_funding_f.html
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Timothy Moran
Architecture Intern
US General Services Administration
Chicago IL
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