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Sign in Welcome! Log into your account your username your password Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password your email Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account your username your password Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password your email A password will be e-mailed to you. Prison Home Blog Grants Help the Incarcerated Find Work and Schooling Last Monday, the Department of Education announced new grants worth $1 million called, “Promoting Reentry Success through Continuity of Educational Opportunities” (PRSCEO). The grants will be awarded to the best support partnerships that help incarcerated individuals find education and workforce training after reentering society. According to the Department of Education, about 700,000 individuals are released from federal and state prisons per year. However, 4 out of 10 released prisoners commit a new crime or violate the terms of their release within three years because programs often fail to reintegrate the prisoners back into society. It is estimated that the failure of successful rehabilitation for prisoners costs states about $50 billion every year. The grants were announced at the Correctional Educational Summit last week. The Summit addressed ways confined youth and adults can reintegrate back into society. Suggested improvements for reentry include support for education services, job training, and job searching during intake and prerelease. Additionally, job search services need to target the demands of labor markets that don’t regard criminal history. Lastly, reentry programs need to use technology to measure performance and outcomes and conduct evaluations. Attorney General Eric Holder stated: “Expanding access to education is a proven strategy for reducing recidivism and preventing crime. By working together to support education and training programs for those rejoining our communities, the Departments of Justice and Education are helping to improve outcomes and ensure public safety.” Grant applications will be accepted by the Department of Education until December 26, 2012. The Department of Education has announced that about two to four grants worth between $200,000 and $400,000 will be awarded. Announcement of the awards will occur in January of 2013. Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education, stated: “Promoting effective policies that offer education and workforce training will protect our communities and benefit our economy.” Source: Department of Education Former Corrections Officer Sexually Assaulted Inmate The Department of Justice announced that Sylvester Bruce was sentenced on October 22, 2012 for sexual abuse of an inmate during 2010. Bruce was a former corrections officer at the Navajo Nation’s Shiprock Detention Center (SDC). Bruce pleaded guilty in July. He admitted that he touched the victim’s breasts against her will, and he also lied to the FBI after they questioned him about taking pictures of inmates inside of cells. Bruce is sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison and will receive three years of supervised release after he gets out of prison. Additionally, Bruce can never have a career in law enforcement again, and he must register as a state sex offender. Court documents indicate that Bruce placed his hands under the victim’s shirt and bra repeatedly after she made clear she was not consenting. Bruce knew where cameras could not see him, and he only touched the victim’s breasts in these locations. U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzalez stated, “Every person in lock-up, regardless of the charge or crime of conviction, is entitled to be safe and certainly should never be victimized by the law enforcement officers responsible for guarding them. I commend the victim in this case for having the courage to step forward and assert her right to be free of sexual abuse, and for trusting the Department of Justice to protect her.” The case was investigated by the Farmington Resident Agency under the Albuquerque Division for the FBI. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Baker and Fara Gold of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division. Thomas E. Perez, the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, stated, “Every person in official custody has the right to bodily integrity, and namely to be free from sexual assaults by corrections officers. The Justice Department will continue to vigorously prosecute these serious crimes.” Source: U.S. Department of Justice Inmate Receives 60 Years for Assaulting Correctional Officers On October 16, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announced that Antoine Wallace received another 720 months in federal prison for assaulting and injuring federal officers at the United States Penitentiary in Florence, Colorado. He was currently serving a sentence of 218 months for robbing a bank in Maryland. According to court documents, Wallace was in a meeting with correctional counselors before the assault began. The counselors told Wallace that his unit orderly job was being relieved, and he became furious. The correctional counselors called off the meeting. Wallace became even angrier in the common area and soon returned to the area where the meeting occurred. He proceeded to punch the first counselor in the face and knocked him to the floor. The second officer went into a defensive position, but Wallace punched him in the face and made him fall to the floor as well. Wallace left the office, but as the second counselor the office and called for help, Wallace began a second attack. He punched the counselor several more times in the face and caused his head to hit the concrete floor. A large pool of blood began coming out of his head. Emergency staff at the prison responded to the call. The first counselor was sent to the hospital for head injuries. The second officer’s face was so badly damaged that he was unrecognizable. He was life-lined to the hospital and remained in intensive care for days. The second officer is now permanently disabled and can never work again. U.S. Attorney John Walsh stated, “The defendant in this case severely injured a Bureau of Prisons counselor and caused him permanent injuries. For that crime, Wallace will spend the next 60 years of his life in prison.” Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation All You Need To Know About Jail What is a Correctional Facility? The institution colloquially regarded as Jail is included within the classification of a penal system existing within a country or nation. The Department of Corrections within the United States is a governmental branchresponsible for the regulation and oversight of Federal correctional institutions and prison facilities. Although jails and prisons are both classified as correctional facilities that provide the means of incarceration, a contrast between both jail and prison exists within a variety of factors – this contrast is typically found upon the examination of not only the administration structure belonging to the prison or jail in question, but also to the respective size of the institution, the population of inmates, the duration of incarceration within the facility, the capacity of the facility, and the nature of the resources available with regard to the facilities in question: What is a Jail? A Jailis acorrectional institutionthat exists outside of the jurisdiction belonging toa specific Department of Corrections, as well as the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Jails are typically utilized to incarcerate inmates on a more localized level; as a result, these types of facilities commonly exist withinthe jurisdiction of towns, cities, or counties. The following classification and detailing is common with regard to the classification of a jail in contrast to the classification of a prison: A Jail is considered to house criminals for periods of incarceration that are far more brief than those taking place within the level of prisons A jail typically houses individu...