PRISONS

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2136, limit the time of incarceration for civil contempt in a child custody case in the District of Columbia, 20092 [12SE]

Articles and editorials

Boot-Camp Alternative Deserves a Tryout, 20893 [19SE]

Bush's Prison Plan Is a Crime, 10041 [23MY]

New York Weighs 50 Sites for Jail Conversions, 6754 [17AP]

Surge in New York Drug Arrests Sets Off Criminal-Justice Crisis, 6754 [17AP]

Tough Isn't Enough, 19662 [6SE]

Trouble in the School Yard, 11266 [7JN]

Why We're Losing the War on Crime, 20420 [13SE]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: prohibit the performance in Federal penal institutions (see H.R. 620)

Construction: State assistance (see H.R. 1644)

Correctional Alternatives Act: enact (see H.R. 2374)

Crime and criminals: incarceration of convicts under the habitual criminal statute of a State (see S. 180)

———mandatory minimum sentence for unlawful possession of a firearm (see H.R. 2529, 3059)

———Shock Incarceration Program (see H.R. 3446)

———special prisons as a sentencing option (see H.R. 2985)

Dept. of Defense: conversion of closed military installations (see H. Con. Res. 128)

Drug Dependent Offender Rehabilitation Act: enact (see S. 1193)

Education: availability of financial assistance relative to incarcerated students (see H.R. 2588, 3473)

Federal Bureau of Prisons: priority in transferring Dept. of Defense real property or facility (see S. 1393)

Federal Prison Drug Testing Act: enact (see S. 1638)

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: fair competition with private sector (see S. 254)

Inmates: training in a marketable job skill and basic literacy (see S. 181)

Mandatory Prison Sentence for Armed Drug Traffickers and Violent Criminals Act: enact (see S. 1702)

Military-style boot camp program: demonstrate reductions in recidivism by juveniles (see H.R. 3162)

———evaluate (see S. 1142)

National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 135)

Purchase of goods: special privileges (see H.R. 1215)

Veterans: availability of benefits to those incarcerated (see H.R. 3453)

Briefs

Prisoners retain constitutional rights to religious freedom, 22546 [29SE]

Factsheets

Prison and Jail Overcrowding, 7918 [3MY], 10532 [1JN]

Letters

Educational program in District of Columbia Dept. of Corrections: Hallem H. Williams, Jr., 20512 [14SE]

Job placement of inmates of District of Columbia correctional institutions: Hallem H. Williams, Jr., 20510, 20513 [14SE]

POW camps for narcotics traffickers: Henry Sellers, 20098 [12SE]

Prison overcrowding: Eugene McGuire, 14761 [14JY]

Transfer from Dept. of Defense appropriation: Dept. of Justice, 10530 [1JN]

———Dick Cheney, Sec. of Defense, 10529, 10534 [1JN]

Memorials of legislature

Michigan, 320 [20JA]

Remarks in House

Construction: State assistance (H.R. 1644), 5326 [23MR]

Contract Services for Drug Dependent Federal Offenders Act: additional appropriations (H.R. 3007), 23960 [11OC]

Correctional Alternatives Act: enact (H.R. 2374), 9420, 9437 [16MY], 9975 [18MY], 10041 [23MY]

Correctional Education Assistance Act: enact, 11393 [8JN]

Dept. of Defense: conversion of closed military installations (H. Con. Res. 128), 9992 [18MY]

District of Columbia: limit the time of incarceration for civil contempt in a child custody case (H.R. 2136), 13604 [27JN]

Drug abuse: criminal sentencing for traffickers, 19550 [6SE], 20431 [14SE]

National Correctional Officers Week: designate (H.J. Res. 135), 7742 [2MY], 8914 [11MY]

Population, 20420 [13SE]

———overcrowding and early release, 25813 [25OC]

Veterans: availability of benefits to those incarcerated (H.R. 3453), 24231 [12OC], 24543 [13OC]

Remarks in Senate

Appropriations, 7912, 7913 [3MY]

Crime and criminals: alternative punishment for nonviolent offenses (S. 1365), 20893 [19SE]

———incarceration of convicts under the habitual criminal statute of a State (S. 180), 405 [25JA]

Dept. of Defense: land transfer to Virginia to be used for correctional facility, 17446 [1AU]

Drug abuse: expenses related to offenders, 8224 [4MY]

———rehabilitation programs, 23521 [5OC]

———testing of inmates, 23515 [5OC]

———treatment programs for women, 23514 [5OC]

Drug Dependent Offender Rehabilitation Act: enact (S. 1193), 11915 [15JN]

Federal Bureau of Prisons: priority in transferring Dept. of Defense real property or facility (S. 1393), 16043 [25JY], 21006 [20SE]

Federal facilities: expansion, 10527-10534 [1JN]

Federal Prison Drug Testing Act: enact (S. 1638), 20881 [19SE]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: fair competition with private sector (S. 254), 1005 [25JA]

———sale of products to Dept. of Defense, 16894-16899 [31JY], 20659 [18SE]

Inmates: funding to hold after conviction, 22512-22515 [29SE]

———training in a marketable job skill and basic literacy (S. 181), 406 [25JA]

Military-style boot camp program (S. 1142), 11121 [7JN]

———alternative to imprisonment, 22968 [3OC]

———incarceration for certain drug offenders, 23510 [5OC]

National Correctional Officers Week: designate (H.J. Res. 135), 8596 [9MY], 8990 [11MY]

———designate (S.J. Res. 72), 3534 [6MR], 9291 [16MY]

Overcrowding, 14760 [14JY]

Religion: liberties of inmates, 22545-22547 [29SE]

Statements

Alternative Punishment for Nonviolent Offenses: New York State Dept. of Correctional Services, 20893-20896 [19SE]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc. Government Procurement, 29117 [15NO]

———John Sloan, 16897 [31JY]

Prisoner Job Training: Warren E. Burger, 406 [25JA]

Summaries

Incarcerated Veterans Rehabilitation and Readjustment Act, 24543 [13OC]

Tables

Current status of District of Columbia inmates placed in jobs (sundry), 20511 [14SE]

Educational program in District of Columbia Dept. of Corrections (sundry), 20513 [14SE]

Prison population, construction, and funding summary, National Institute of Corrections, 7916 [3MY]

State prison population, National Institute of Corrections, 10530 [1JN]

Texts of

H.J. Res. 135, National Correctional Officers Week, 7742 [2MY]

H.R. 2374, Correctional Alternatives Act, 9437 [16MY]

S. 180, incarceration of convicts under the habitual criminal statute of a State, 406 [25JA]

S. 181, prisoners training in a marketable job skill and basic literacy, 406 [25JA]

S. 1193, Drug Dependent Offender Rehabilitation Act, 11915 [15JN]

S. 1393, priority to the Federal Bureau of Prisons in transferring any Dept. of Defense real property or facility, 16044 [25JY]

S. 1638, Federal Prison Drug Testing Act, 20881 [19SE]

S.J. Res. 72, National Correctional Officers Week, 3534 [6MR]