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  2. Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ...

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    Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex, 442 U.S. 1 (1979), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that when state law requires the state to grant parole whenever a prisoner satisfies certain conditions, due process requires the state to allow the prisoner to present evidence in support of his request for parole and to furnish a written ...

  3. Federal Bureau of Prisons - Wikipedia

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    The exterior of Federal Correctional Institution, Milan. The Bureau of Prisons was established within the Department of Justice on May 14, 1930 by the United States Congress, [5] and was charged with the "management and regulation of all Federal penal and correctional institutions." [6] This responsibility covered the administration of the 11 ...

  4. Penal system in China - Wikipedia

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    The penal system in China is composed of an administrative detention system and a judicial incarceration system. As of 2020, it is estimated that 1.7 million people had been incarcerated in China, which is the second-highest prison population after the United States. China also retains the use of the death penalty with the approval of the ...

  5. Criminal sentencing in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Criminal sentencing in the United States. Rate of U.S. imprisonment per 100,000 population of adult males by race and ethnicity in 2006. Jails and prisons. On June 30, 2006, an estimated 4.8% of black non-Hispanic men were in prison or jail, compared to 1.9% of Hispanic men of any race, and 0.7% of white non-Hispanic men.

  6. Inmates of Attica Correctional Facility v. Rockefeller

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    A group of prisoners at Attica Correctional Facility alleged that various crimes were committed against them and their fellow inmates before, during, and after the 1971 prison uprising, and filed a lawsuit in federal district court to compel the state of New York to create an independent investigation of the events surrounded the Attica Prison ...

  7. List of United States federal prisons - Wikipedia

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    Administrative facilities; Federal correctional complexes [1] Former Federal facilities; This list does not include military prisons, halfway houses, or prisons, jails, and other facilities operated by state or local governments that contract with the Federal Bureau of Prisons. It also does not include facilities operated by Immigration and ...

  8. Twin Towers Correctional Facility - Wikipedia

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    The Twin Towers Correctional Facility, also referred to in the media as Twin Towers Jail, is a complex in Los Angeles, California. [1] The facility is located at 450 Bauchet Street, in Los Angeles, California and is operated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The facility consists of two towers, a medical services building, and the ...

  9. Former Maryland correctional officer sentenced in prison ...

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    Former correctional officer sentenced in contraband case On May 28, Washington County Circuit Court Judge Brett R. Wilson granted Ashby probation before judgment and put her on three years ...