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Incarceration
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Family Law Prof Blog
Incarcerated Parents
By Family Law
According the Child Welfare League of America:"More than 1 million parents were incarcerated in prisons or local jails in 2000, affecting 2.3 million children. From 1991 to 2000, the number…
Family Law Prof Blog
Keeping in Touch with Parents in Prison
By Family Law
"One way to cut down on the number of inmates who end up right back in prison shortly after being released is to make sure that they preserve their ties…
Family Law Prof Blog
Case Law Development: Effect of Parent’s Incarceration on Initial Child Support Determination
By Family Law
The Indiana Court of Appeals held that in making an initial child support calculation in cases in which a parent is incarcerated, the court should impute income to the parent…
Sentencing Law and Policy
The number 1,000,000 in sentencing perspective
Main December 15, 2005The number 1,000,000 in sentencing perspectiveI see from my site-meter summary that this afternoon I passed 1,000,000 total visits since the meter started running about 18 months…
Sentencing Law and Policy
New report on incarceration and crime
Main November 17, 2005New report on incarceration and crimeVia e-mail, I received notice of this interesting new report from The Sentencing Project, entitled Incarceration and Crime: A Complex Relationship. The…
Family Law Prof Blog
Case Law Development: Child Support Orders Against Incarcerated Parents Appropriate
By Family Law
The Family Court of New York determined that a parent who is incarcerated at the time child support proceedings are commenced and who is likely to remain in prison until…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Women and mothers behind bars
Main October 12, 2005Women and mothers behind barsThis AP story about women offenders in prison is quite an interesting read, and I found especially notable some of the data it…
Family Law Prof Blog
Case Law Development: Child Support when Child is Incarcerated
By Family Law
Rodney P. v. Stacy B., 2005 Ky. LEXIS 245 (August 25, 2005)This case of first impression, the Kentucky Supreme Court examines child support obligations for an incarcerated child. Here, Mom…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Potent sentencing questions in the First State
Main August 21, 2005Potent sentencing questions in the First StateThomas Eichler, who recently authored this potent report on race and incarceration in Delaware (detailed here), has followed up that effort…
Sentencing Law and Policy
New report on “Race and Incarceration in Delaware”
Main July 30, 2005New report on "Race and Incarceration in Delaware"A new study entitled "Race and Incarceration in Delaware: A Preliminary Consideration" (available here) provides a sobering view of the…