Academy of Architecture for Justice

Featured Articles of the Week

Last week the Huffington Post launched "HuffPost Crime", a new vertical pulldown on the Huffington Post website. HuffPost Crime includes information on the Justice System, Missing Persons, Cold Cases, Serial Killers, etc. To introduce the launch, Senior Writer and Criminal Justice Reporter, Radley Balko, wrote a three-part artcle entitled "Myths of the Criminal Justice System. It is a long, but fascinating read and I highly recommend it.

Part 1

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/20/myths-of-the-criminal-justice-system_n_879768.html

Part 2

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/22/myths-of-the-criminal-justice-system-part-two_n_881975.html

Part 3

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/24/myths-of-criminal-justice-part-three_n_883935.html

Other newsworthy items from last week:

6/15, Governing: A Cross-Training Rundown, A look at the most prevalent uses of cross training in today's public workforce

http://www.governing.com/topics/public-workforce/cross-training-rundown.html

6/16, Center for Court Innovation: Newark Celebrates Opening of Nation's Newest Community Court

http://courtinnovation.org/research/newark-celebrates-opening-nation%E2%80%99s-newest-community-court

6/16, Youth Today: Supreme Court Gives Juveniles Protection in Police Interrogations 

http://www.youthtoday.org/view_article.cfm?article_id=4846

6/17, Governing: Is California's Three Strikes Law Due for a Change Up? 

http://www.governing.com/blogs/view/Is-Californias-Three-Strikes-Law-Due-for-a-Change-Up.html

6/17, Wall Street Journal: NY Legislators Want Risk Reports at Group Homes

http://online.wsj.com/article/AP3400b7acd93840b3a4af93e2ffcdff0b.html

6/17, Yakima Herald: Gang Court Uses Individual Attention to Reduce Recidivism

http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2011/06/17/gang-court-uses-individual-attention-to-reduce-recidivism

6/18, Register Herald: DeLong: Criminal Code Needs Changes 

http://www.register-herald.com/todaysfrontpage/x1110908567/DeLong-Criminal-code-needs-changes

6/19, Oregon Live: Oregon Inmates' Mental Health Problems Outstrip a System Never Designed to Handle Them 

http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/06/oregon_inmates_mental_health_p.html

6/20, Seattle Times: Skagit County Suit Claims Public Defenders Too Busy to Defend 

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2015378952_publicdefense21m.html

6/20, Detroit News: Cities Find Combining Police and Fire Services Saves Money 

http://www.detnews.com/article/20110620/METRO/106200357/1409/metro/Cities-find-combining-police-and-fire-services-saves-money

6/20, LA Times: Death Penalty Costs California $184 Million a Year, Study Says

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-adv-death-penalty-costs-20110620,0,3505671.story

6/22, Star Tribune: Minnesota Courts are Deluged with Shutdown Cases 

http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/124325219.html

6/23, ABC News: Overhaul to Keep Youth Out of Jail 

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/06/23/3251136.htm

6/24, NECN.com: Ind. Panel Starts New Try at Sentencing Charges 

http://www.necn.com/06/24/11/Ind-panel-starts-new-try-at-sentencing-c/landing_politics.html?&blockID=3&apID=18f1b086e0d84812a3c08f98c0b4988f

-------------------------------------------
Timothy Moran
Architecture Intern
US General Services Administration
Chicago IL
-------------------------------------------