PRISONS

Addresses

Prison Overcrowding: Attorney General Smith (excerpt), 994 [31JA]

Voluntary Sentencing Guidelines: Attorney General Smith, 842 [30JA]

———James K. Stewart, 841 [30JA]

Amendments

Armed Career Criminal Act: enact (S. 52), 3091 [23FE]

Criminal judgments: reform collateral review procedures (S. 1763), 1856, 1862, 1881 [6FE]

Analyses

Correctional Improvements Act (H.R. 6201), 24538 [6SE]

Sentencing Act, 1039-1042 [31JA]

Articles and editorials

Attorney Charges Evans Was Tortured in Botched Electrocution, 2234 [8FE]

Case of the Wrong Man, 2241 [8FE]

Confession—Wrong Man Imprisoned, 2241 [8FE]

Crime and Punishment, 2892-2894 [22FE]

House Stalls Crime Law Reform, 25955 [18SE]

In the Death House, 2223 [8FE]

Inside Story of How the News Freed Four From Death Row, 2214-2217 [8FE]

`Kill Him, Kill Him, Kill Him', 2235 [8FE]

Killer Due for Parole Unsure About Repeat, 2466 [9FE]

Murder Charge Dropped; He's Free Man Again, 2239 [8FE]

Murder of Stephanie Roper (excerpt), 2873 [22FE]

$1 Million Is Awarded to Man Wrongly Imprisoned 24 Years, 2225 [8FE]

Politics of Sentencing Reform (excerpt), 842 [30JA]

Racial Overtones in Florida's Executions, 14565 [30MY]

State Jurists Ask That More Felons Be Sent to Prison, 11057 [3MY]

Strict Penalties for Criminals—Pendulum of Feeling Swings, 978-979 [31JA]

Tough Job, 14025 [23MY]

Who Needs Federal Death?, 2885 [22FE]

Bills and resolutions

Bureau of Prisons: strengthen and improve operations (see S. 3003)

Contraband: penalty for providing or possessing (see H.R. 5477)

Convict and/or forced labor: import ban on certain products (see H. Con. Res. 277)

Correction officers: assessment of role in promoting prisoner rehabilitation (see H.R. 6400)

Crime and criminals: real life imprisonment (see S. 2327)

Dept. of Justice: Bureau of Prisons operations (see H.R. 6201)

Federal facilities: criminal penalties for contraband and riots (see H.R. 5910)

Foreign trade: import ban on goods produced by convict and/or forced labor (see H. Con. Res. 277)

Juvenile delinquency: standards governing preventive detention (see S. 2854)

Prison Construction Privatization Act: tax treatment of leased property (see S. 2933)

Taxation: private-sector incentives to finance construction or rehabilitation of State or local facilities (see S. 2903, 2933)

Books

``Criminals and Victims—A Trial Judge Reflects'', Lois Forer (excerpt), 837 [30JA]

``Ten Rillington Place'', Ludovic Kennedy, 2218 [8FE]

Court decisions

Brown v. Allen (habeas corpus petitions): Justice Felix Frankfurter (1953), 1858 [6FE]

Habeas corpus petitions: sundry, 1858-1860 [6FE]

Pretrial detention: District of Columbia Court of Appeals (excerpt), 1815 [3FE]

———U.S. v. Edwards, U.S. District Court, 986 [31JA]

Essays

Crime Control—The Search for Predators, Alfred Blumstein, 837 [30JA]

Humanitarian Theory of Punishment, C. S. Lewis, 2887-2889 [22FE]

Interviews

Criminal justice system: Phil Donahue with falsely convicted persons, 2224 [8FE]

Letters

Criminal judgments collateral review procedures: National Association of Attorneys General, 1856 [6FE]

Habeas corpus petitions: Dept. of Justice, 1864 [6FE]

Pretrial detention reform proposals: Dept. of Justice, 990 [31JA], 1817, 1818 [3FE]

Prison overcrowding: National Sheriffs' Association, 12664 [17MY]

———U.S. Conference of Mayors, 12664 [17MY]

———William Sheffield, Governor of Alaska, 12666 [17MY]

———sundry correctional officials, 12664-12668 [17MY]

Provisions of Correctional Improvements Act: Dept. of Justice, 25777 [18SE]

Role of repeat offenders in criminal assaults: Dept. of Justice, 3093 [23FE]

———Edward G. Rendell (sundry), 3096 [23FE]

———National District Attorneys Association, 3092 [23FE]

Sentencing reform: Dept. of Justice, 840 [30JA]

Lists

False criminal identification victims, 2237 [8FE]

Newsletters

For 10 STECEL unionists, a four year prison nightmare: Labor Campaign for Jailed Salvadoran Unionists, 30233 [4OC]

Petitions

Petway, Isaac, 122 [23JA]

Transfer of George Bosnake from incarceration in Veracruz, Mexico: Okaloosa County, FL, Board of County Commissioners, 17180 [19JN]

Proclamations

Sacco and Vanzetti Day: Michael S. Dukakis, Governor of Massachusetts, 2227 [8FE]

Remarks in House

Bail reform: proposals, 5957 [20MR]

Comprehensive Crime Control Act: enact (S. 1762), 14352 [24MY]

Construction: funding, 14583, 14585 [31MY]

Contraband: increase penalties for possession (H.R. 5910), 21486 [1AU]

Correctional Improvements Act: enact (H.R. 6201), 24538 [6SE]

Crime legislation: proposed reforms, 27376-27379 [26SE]

Criminal offenders: right to vote (H. Con. Res. 335), 20455 [29JN]

Democratic Party: effort to register prisoners to vote, 10730 [2MY]

Lorton Penitentiary, VA: deplorable conditions, 26580 [24SE]

———drug abuse, 4774 [7MR]

National Correctional Officers Week: designate (S.J. Res. 132), 5029 [8MR]

Prison Employment Security Act: enact (H.R. 6400), 30280 [4OC]

Prison sentencing: reform (H.R. 5963), 26924 [25SE]

———reform proposals (H.R. 6012), 25954 [18SE]

Remarks in Senate

Armed Career Criminal Act: enact (S. 52), 2900 [22FE], 3090-3100 [23FE]

———enact (S. 52), debate procedure, 2952 [22FE]

Bail reform: proposals, 818-820 [30JA], 986, 1013 [31JA], 1291, 1349 [1FE], 1579-1587 [2FE]

Bail Reform Act: enact (S. 215), 1810-1823, 1827 [3FE]

Correctional Improvements Act: introduction (S. 3003), 25775 [18SE]

Criminal justice system: reform, 29669-29700, 29708 [4OC]

———reform collateral review procedures (S. 1763), 1854-1872 [6FE]

———sentencing procedures reform (S. 2240), 1038 [31JA]

Facilities: construct, 11304 [8MY]

———private-sector tax incentives to finance construction or rehabilitation (S. 2903), 22132 [2AU]

———private-sector tax incentives to finance construction or rehabilitation (S. 2933), 23329 [9AU]

Federal Prison Industries: formation of business advisory council, 26294 [20SE]

Habeas corpus petitions: Federal-State review, 1854-1872 [6FE]

Juvenile Prevention Detention Standards Act: introduction (S. 2854), 20480 [23JY]

Overcrowding: reform proposals, 1014 [31JA], 1583, 1586 [2FE], 12663, 12668-12676 [17MY]

———relieve, 23662, 23664 [10AU]

Parole reform: proposals, 977-986, 1014 [31JA], 1349 [1FE]

Pretrial detention: reform, 986-995 [31JA], 1291 [1FE], 1810 [3FE]

Sentencing procedures: establish minimum life sentence without parole (S. 2327), 2916 [22FE]

———maintain aggregate length of imprisonment terms, 869 [30JA]

———modify, 836-843 [30JA]

Sentencing Reform Act: enact (S. 668), 1644, 1648 [2FE]

———enact (S. 668), debate procedure, 1643 [2FE]

Trials: expedite procedures for preventive detention defendants, 1814-1821 [3FE]

Reports

Bail Reform Act: Task Force on Violent Crime (excerpt), 987 [31JA]

Bail Reform Act Amendment Regarding Pretrial Release Conditions: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 5865) (H. Rept. 98-1121), 28143 [1OC]

Convention With France on Transfer of Sentenced Persons: Committee on Foreign Relations (Ex. Rept. 98-28), 17575 [20JN]

Criminal Judgments Collateral Review Procedures (S. 1763): Committee on the Judiciary, 1855 [6FE]

Criminal Penalty Improvement for Contraband and Riots in Federal Prisons: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 5910) (H. Rept. 98-908), 21056 [25JY]

Erroneous Convictions, 2240 [8FE]

Escape From Custody: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 5526) (H. Rept. 98-902), 20702 [24JY]

Parole Reform: Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission (excerpts), 980 [31JA]

Prisoners, 1983: Dept. of Justice (excerpt), 11305 [8MY]

Sentencing and Probation System, 983-986 [31JA]

Treaty of Cooperation in Execution of Penal Sentences With Thailand: Committee on Foreign Relations (Ex. Rept. 98-38), 19348 [27JN]

Resolutions by organizations

Construction of prison facilities: Federation of New York Judges, 11304 [8MY]

Pretrial detention reform: Senators Armstrong, Hatfield, and Nunn, 991 [31JA]

Statements

Bail Reform: Attorney General Smith, 820 [30JA]

Construction of Prison Facilities: Francis T. Murphy, 11304, 11305 [8MY]

Erroneous Conviction of Freddy Pitts and Wilbur Lee: Rubin O. Askew, 2240 [8FE]

Habeas Corpus Petitions: sundry, 1865-1867 [6FE]

Parole Reform: Allen F. Breed, National Institute of Corrections (excerpt), 981 [31JA]

Vindication of Sacco and Vanzetti: Michael S. Dukakis, Governor of Massachusetts, 2227 [8FE]

Summaries

Criminal Judgments Collateral Review Procedures (S. 1763), 1855 [6FE]

Tables

Prison population changes, 1015 [31JA], 29692 [4OC]

Profile of prison crowding, 11305 [8MY]

State prisoners held in local jails because of overcrowding, 11305 [8MY]

U.S. murder rates, 1957-82, 2229 [8FE]

———with and without death penalty, 2243 [8FE], 2708 [21FE]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 335, right of criminal offenders to vote, 20455 [29JN]

Pardon of Timothy J. Evans, Queen Elizabeth II, 2218 [8FE]

S. 52, Armed Career Criminal Act, 2953 [22FE], 3100 [23FE]

S. 215, Bail Reform Act, 1823-1826 [3FE]

S. 668, Sentencing Reform Act, 1649-1665 [2FE]

S. 1763, criminal judgments collateral review procedures, 1871 [6FE]

S. 2327, establish minimum life sentence without parole, 2917-2919 [22FE]

S. 2854, Juvenile Prevention Detention Standards Act, 20480 [23JY]

S. 2903, private-sector tax incentives to finance construction or rehabilitation of State or local correctional institutions, 22132 [2AU]

S. 3003, Correctional Improvements Act, 25775-25776 [18SE]

S.J. Res. 132, National Correctional Officers Week, 5029 [8MR]

Speedy Trial Act (pretrial detention), 988 [31JA]