PRISONS see also
Correctional InstitutionsAddresses
Educational and Vocational Training of Prisoners, Warren Burger (excerpt), 9609 [25AP]
Analyses
S. 1182, Sentencing Reform, 10320-10324 [28AP]
Articles and editorials
Case for the Death Penalty, 31910 [10NO]
D.C. Jail Physician Says Most Prisoners Were Drug Users, 22419 [3AU]
Federal Prisons May Be Answer, 2080 [10FE]
Illinois Prisons Threatening To Turn Away Inmates, 23041 [4AU]
It's Folly To Free Dangerous Convicts Just Because Prisons are Crowded, 19084 [13JY]
More, Better Prisons, 9781 [26AP]
Prison Reflections, 2079 [10FE]
Treatment of Nonviolent Offenders, 7469 [24MR]
``Working in San Quentin Is Safer Than It Used To Be in My Own Store'', 23055 [4AU]
Bills and resolutions
Adult jails: remove juveniles from (see S. 522)
Alien felons: reimburse States for cost of imprisoning (see S. 1248)
Construction, acquisition, and renovation of facilities: aid (see S. 1005; H.R. 2747)
Correctional Facility Development Act: enact (see S. 1005)
Criminal justice system: improve (see H.R. 489)
Cuban nationals: reimburse States for costs of imprisoning (see H.R. 3350)
Death penalty: provide, for murders committed by prisoners serving a life sentence (see S. 1565)
Federal Correctional Education Assistance Act: enact (see S. 625)
Federal parole: immunity for negligence in granting (see H.R. 4408)
Federal surplus property: donation (see S. 329; H.R. 1281, 2289)
Federal-aid highway system: use of materials produced by convict labor (see S. 693; H.R. 2723)
Inmates: grants for education programs (see S. 625; H.R. 3684)
———job skill and literacy before release on parole (see S. 59)
Juvenile Incarceration Protection Act: enact (see S. 522)
Life imprisonment: incarceration in Federal prisons (see S. 58)
Lorton Reformatory, Lorton, Va.: feasibility report on proposed move (see H.R. 235)
National Correctional Officers Week (see S.J. Res. 132; H.J. Res. 295)
Parolees: strengthen control over (see H.R. 489)
Prison-made goods: permit transportation (see H.R. 3362)
Social security: pay benefits to States (see H.R. 1786)
Social security benefits: prohibit payment to criminally insane (see S. 1362)
———prohibit payment to inmates (see S. 703; H.R. 892, 944, 1534)
———use to defray support costs (see H. Con. Res. 11)
Veterans: pay benefits to States (see H.R. 1785)
Letters
Bistate Criminal Justice Center, Texarkana, Ark., Representative Sam B. Hall, Jr., 5310 [15MR]
Lists
Numbers of aliens in prisons by State, 12822 [18MY]
Memorandums
Repatriation of Cuban Nationals Incarcerated in U.S., Library of Congress, 30604-30606 [3NO]
Memorials of legislature
Emergency prison facilities: California, 27243 [5OC]
Georgia State Prison operations: Georgia, 17411 [27JN]
Lorton Reformatory security: Virginia, 8219 [12AP], 9493 [21AP]
State penal facilities jurisdiction: Arkansas, 7604 [5AP], 8637 [14AP]
Petitions
Parole hearing: Cuyahoga County, Ohio, citizens, 2417 [17FE]
Poems
Best Ink, Armando Valladares, 10834 [3MY]
My Bars Flower, Armando Valladares, 10834 [3MY]
Remarks in House
Convict labor: remove limitation on use of construction materials in construction of federally subsidized highways (H.R. 2723), 9609 [25AP]
Correctional facilities: expand educational programs (H.R. 3684), 21765 [29JY], 29249 [25OC]
Correctional Facilities Act: enact (H.R. 2747), 19084 [13JY]
———introduction (H.R. 2747), 9780 [26AP]
Dept. of Justice: authorize appropriations (H.R. 2912), 11133 [4MY]
Federal prisons: amend age restrictions for employment (H.R. 3428), 18242 [29JN]
Highway construction materials: remove limitation on use of materials produced by convict labor in Federal-aid highway systems (H.R. 2723), 9609 [25AP]
Prison construction and modernization: Federal-State partnership to implement, 9867 [27AP]
Prison Fellowship: prisoner rehabilitation organization, 7469 [24MR]
Prison Industries Improvement Act: introduction (H.R. 3362), 16397 [20JN]
Profit-making prison industries: develop (H.R. 3362), 16397 [20JN]
Rehabilitation programs: development (H.R. 3362), 16397 [20JN]
Remarks in Senate
Bail Reform Act: introduction (S. 215), 967-969, 975-978 [27JA]
Bistate Criminal Justice Center, Texarkana, Ark.: complete, 5309 [15MR]
Capital punishment: murder committed by prisoners (S. 1565), 17988 [29JN]
Correctional Facility Development Act: enact (S. 1005), 23040 [4AU]
———introduction (S. 1005), 7806 [7AP]
Criminal rehabilitation: provide for (S. 59), 621 [26JA]
Cuban nationals: repatriation, 30604 [3NO]
Death penalty: deterrent for prison murders, 31909-31912 [10NO]
Drugs: abuse in prisons, 22418 [3AU]
Federal Correctional Education Assistance Act: introduction (S. 625), 3298 [1MR]
Habitual offender statutes: authorize incarceration (S. 58), 620 [26JA]
Justice Programs and Infrastructure Assistance Act: introduction (S. 901), 7023-7025 [23MR]
Lorton Reformatory, Virginia: recovery of classified documents, 31726 [9NO]
McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary: conveyance, 31350-31352 [8NO]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (S.J. Res. 132), 19421 [15JY], 32646 [15NO]
National Security and Violent Crime Control Act: introduction (S. 830), 5607, 5644-5648 [16MR]
San Quentin prison: safety, 23054 [4AU]
Sentencing reform: provide for (S. 1182), 10314 [28AP]
State Correctional Assistance Act: introduction (S. 329), 1272 [1FE]
Reports
Administration of the Probation System, Judicial Conference Committee, 10318-10320 [28AP]
American Prisons—The Crisis in Corrections, Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Protection, 7810 [7AP]
Correctional Facility Development Act, Attorney General's Task Force on Violent Crime, 7808 [7AP]
Executive Summary—Prison Crowding Levels and Assaults, Gerry Gaes and William G. Saylor, 7811-7814 [7AP]
New Methods of Imprisonment—Use of Military Penal Camps in Poland, Committee in Support of Solidarity, 8465 [13AP]
Prisoners in 1981, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 7815-7817 [7AP]
Statements
Creating Prison Industries, Chief Justice Warren Burger (excerpt), 16397 [20JN]
Death Penalty Will Deter Prison Murders: D. Lowell Jensen, 31911-31912 [10NO]
Failure of Criminal Justice System, Charles Colson for Prison Fellowship (excerpt), 7469 [24MR]
Federal Correctional Education Assistance Act (S. 625) (sundry excerpts), 3298 [1MR]
Need for Correctional Education, Representative Conyers, 29250 [25OC]
Summaries
S. 1762, Comprehensive Crime Control Act, 22884, 22911 [4AU]
Testimonies
Convict Labor Highway Construction Materials, Alan Breed, National Institute of Corrections (excerpt), 9609 [25AP]
Texts of
H.R. 3428, amend age restrictions for employment in Federal prisons, 18242 [29JN]
S. 58, authorize incarceration under habitual offender statutes, 621 [26JA]
S. 59, provide for criminal rehabilitation, 621 [26JA]
S. 215, Bail Reform Act, 969-975 [27JA]
S. 625, Federal Correctional Education Assistance Act, 3299 [1MR]
S. 830, National Security and Violent Crime Control Act, 5608-5644 [16MR]
S. 1005, Correctional Facility Development Act, 7808 [7AP]
S. 1182, provide for sentencing reform, 10315, 10317 [28AP]
S. 1565, capital punishment for murders committed by prisoners, 17988-17989 [29JN]
S.J. Res. 132, National Correctional Officers Week, 32646 [15NO]