http://jjs-consultant.com/legalblog Criminal Justice Consultant Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:36:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Not only does Arizona have an overcrowded prison system but Arizona is a national leader in incarcerations--primarily from non-violent offenses. Arizona incarcerates more people per 100,000 than any other western state. In fact, there is no state in the Northeast, Midwest, or Western United States that incarcerates a higher percentage ... http://jjs-consultant.com/legalblog/?p=47 Arizona, like many other states, currently has an overcrowded prison population. Recently, a panel of federal judges ordered the State of California to reduce its prison population by approximately 27% (a reduction of 40,000 out of 150,000 inmates). The California legislature is now working on a bill to reduce the prison ... http://jjs-consultant.com/legalblog/?p=38 Welcome to JJS Consulting's Web Site. Our goal is to provide our readers with the most up-to-date standards and practices. This is our first blog entry. http://jjs-consultant.com/legalblog/?p=1 States throughout the nation, including Arizona have experienced a tremendous increase in prison population, as a result of adopting a “Truth in Sentencing” type criminal code. With this increase, due to budgetary restraints, we have seen a decrease in available programming within the prison systems. While punishment is ... http://jjs-consultant.com/legalblog/?p=14